Recent Chicago Tribune article quoting someone from the Active Transportation Alliance and the mayor's office about safe competent roadway cycling in the windy city, with helpful cycling tips about avoiding the left cross, the right hook and other traffic hazards bicyclists face.
Chicago Tribune: Bike defensively to avoid cars
This type of populist bike education is bound to have some trickle thru, in the Chicago Tribune no less. This competent bicycling message seen in a major american newspaper really discredits the naysayers of the bicycle revolution and their tired and mendacious 'incompetent cyclists' message.
an excerpt....
Originally Posted by Chicago Trib, 8/16/10
... Don't ride in the parking lane and merge back into the driving lane where there are cars. Make sure you signal before making any lane changes or big moves. Try to be predicable to other drivers — don't make sudden moves.
not that this is anything new, but notable nonetheless.