Tulsa Area Safe Routes to School is a model of effective education, partnership and leveraging limited resources to get children excited about biking. They produced a short video highlighting key aspects and testimonials from the program.

Please support these great Oklahoma bicycling advocacy efforts. Let’s continue to work together to make these type of programs a reality across the State of Oklahoma.

For more information on the Oklahoma Safe Routes to School program.

For more information about Tulsa Hub.

The Oklahoma Bicycling Coalition Board of Directors and membership once again share sadness and grief with families who have lost loved ones in the act of enjoying a sport we all share simply because someone was careless. The recent deaths of bicyclists in Stillwater, Woodward, and Oklahoma City adds to the horrors of Sand Springs, Enid, and Shawnee.

The OBC has established a Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for graduates of Road One/Traffic Skills 101 who desire to become a certified League Cycling Instructor (LCI).

Interested bicyclists should download the TAP application and familiarize themselves with the League of American Bicyclists LCI requirements.

Recently, Corey White of Hobartwrote the Wheelmen list about lane-positioning practice. He asked"What exactly are our rights on the road? From all my reading it seemsthat we have pretty much the same rights as any other moving vehicle."I've included his email following this response.

Hi Corey,

You're right--bicyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as operatorsof motor vehicles. You seem to have a pretty good handle on things, so I'lloffer the following as a refinement and as an explanation you can share withothers, if you like.Lane-positioning is about safety and clearcommunication. The one thing you want to avoid is ambiguity--am I sendinga mixed or unclear message? Twelve inches is not a lot of space. The further to the right you ride, the stronger the message that you areyielding the right of way and want the motorist to pass in the same lane. In an urban setting, this is usually undesirable; make sure you really want to sharethe lane before sending that signal. So as a general rule, be eitherclearly on the roadway or clearly off the roadway. Stay away from thestripe, out of the gutter, (oh and off the sidewalk). Visibility andright of way make you safer than "being out of the way. Rememberthat 80% of accidents happen at intersections (in front and to the side) whileonly about 2% of collisions involve bikes being hit from behind. Fearfrom the rear should not affect how you steer.