Tag: helmet laws

September 1, 2017

Missing the forest for the bicycle helmets

This week, the authors of a disputed study promoting bicycle helmet laws with bike share systems penned an op-ed for Crosscut arguing that Seattle’s bike share companies should be forced to provide helmets with their bikes. Aside from the ick factor of sharing helmets with strangers, the hyper-focus on helmets is dangerous because such a…
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tagged: frank rivara, helmet laws, janessa graves
December 19, 2016

Times: King County’s adult helmet law could hold back Seattle’s new bike share system

The debate about bike share in Seattle is contentious enough without bringing up one of the most divisive bike-related issues out there: Adult helmet laws. Though I understand that it may seem counter-intuitive at first, best practices from the the safest cycling cities in the world do not include helmet laws. In fact, nearly all…
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tagged: bewegen, helmet laws, pronto emerald city cycle share, seattle times
February 10, 2016

Bike share can flourish in Seattle

With the City Council debating whether to buy out the 54-station Pronto Cycle Share system already in need of a buyout, the main question on people’s minds is: How do we know it will be successful going forward and worth that investment? Bike share in Seattle absolutely can succeed and flourish, but it’s not guaranteed.…
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tagged: bike share, center city bike network, helmet laws, pronto emerald city cycle share, puget sound bike share, u district
May 11, 2015

Pronto Cycle Share starts charging day-pass users $2 to rent a helmet

If you buy a 24-hour or three-day pass to use Pronto Cycle Share, you will now have to pay an extra $2 to check out a helmet. The bike share service activated the locks on their helmet bins today, which now require a key code to open. Previously, the bins were completely unlocked and Pronto…
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tagged: helmet laws, pronto emerald city cycle share
February 24, 2015

Pronto’s helmet solution just might work, but can it keep up with growth?

We’ve discussed the challenges of launching a bike share system in a city with a rare all-ages helmet law previously. In fact, we’ve done so at length several times. But while some other municipalities with helmet laws balk — Vancouver’s planned system has been delayed yet again, and B.C.’s helmet law was cited as a…
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tagged: capitol hill seattle, helmet laws, holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share
September 24, 2014

Pronto starts installing station docks, helmet vending machines won’t be ready for launch

With just weeks to go before 500 Pronto Cycle Share bikes are scheduled to fill the streets of Seattle, workers will begin installing the 50 station docks this week. This is a big step for the bike share system, and it will be a chance for people to start getting familiar with station locations. Speaking…
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tagged: helmet laws, pronto emerald city cycle share