Category Archives: Real news/events

Eating our brussels sprouts: News and bureaucracy updates

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Driver convicted of reckless driving An alert reader, as Dave Barry used to say, brought this R-G story to our attention. It’s about a woman accused of running cyclists off the road out on Lorane Highway last summer. She was … Continue reading →

Posted in Real news/events | 5 Comments

Bicycle-car collision near River Road and Beltline

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

The Register-Guard is reporting on a bicycle-car crash today on River Road. The report says a teenager on a bike was going the wrong way in the bike lane — that is, riding against traffic — and collided with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Links/aggregation, Real news/events | 15 Comments

From the defense in the Pelkey fatality

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

According to his public defender, James Gleich “suffers from severe anxiety and panic attacks that render him helpless” as well as a brain injury from an accident in which a door fell onto his head in 2001. He takes a … Continue reading →

Posted in a cyclist in a car culture, Real news/events, the mingo pelkey case | 16 Comments

James Robert Gleich charged with manslaughter

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

James Robert Gleich was jailed yesterday, Eugene police say, on charges of first-degree manslaughter, negligent homicide and reckless driving. Gleich was driving a car on River Road last Aug. 29 when he hit Mingo Pelkey on her bicycle. Pelkey died … Continue reading →

Posted in Real news/events, the mingo pelkey case | 12 Comments

Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

I’m happy to learn that the afternoon of car-free streets — known as Sunday Streets — is coming back next summer. But before I get to that, I need to tell you a story. My daughter somehow acquired a betta … Continue reading →

Posted in a cyclist in a car culture, Real news/events | 13 Comments