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Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts

As you know, our Share the Road license plates were intended in our OBF legislation to fund Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts, a wonderful little book which tells the reader how to ride a bicycle in traffic on Ohio's roads.

We in the OBF have worked with ODOT to update Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts to reflect changes in the Ohio Revised Code brought about by OBF's Better Ohio Bicycling Bill of 2006. We need to let ODOT know that we cyclists want Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts to be published again. (8/1/11)

Please contact Melissa Ayers (below) and let her know that you want the revised Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts: (4/5/13)

Melissa Ayers
ODOT Deputy Director of Communcations
1980 W. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43223
Phone: 614-644-8640
Email: Melissa Ayers.

Progress on our 3-foot Passing Law

Our Ohio Bicycle Federation Safer Ohio Bicycling Bill was introduced in the Ohio House as House Bill 145 on April 30, 2013. Our bill includes:

1. A three foot passing rule (click for petition),
2. Revised bicycle and vehicle definitions,
3. Rules for malfunctioning traffic signals.

You can help by asking your state representative to contact Rep. Mike Henne about co-sponsoring our bill. (5/1/13)

Read more about these legislative proposals here. (3/15/13)

OBF President appeared on the Ohio RAAM Show in October

Lee Kreider interviewed OBF President Chuck Smith on the Ohio RAAM Show in October, 2012. The OhioRAAM show is an affiliate of ohioraam.org representing a group of Ohio enthusiasts and supporters of The Race Across AMeirca (RAAM). You may listen to that show by clicking here. (1/28/13)

Steve Magas talks about recent bicycling accidents

Steve Magas, an OBF board member, was interviewed as a bicycling law expert on WLW Radio, Cincinnati, following a serious bicycling accident. His remarks were part of a program called "Eddie & Tracy." His interview begins at the 7:30 time point and continues to 16:00. Hear the interview here. (9/13/12)

OBF President Chuck Smith featured in WPAFB article

Because of his long-time bike commuting reputation, OBF President Chuck Smith was featured in the March 30, 2012 edition of the Wright-Patterson Air Force employee newsletter the Skywriter, in an article named Bicycling Bonanza. (4/6/12)

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Resources

Ohio Legislature Information

• All sorts of information about the activities of the Ohio State General Assembly, legislation in progress, schedules, finding your legislator, and much more is available here.

Cyclist Friendly Communities

• The Cyclist Friendly Communities Program includes a complete toolkit for improving conditions in your community and information on qualifying for this new award.

Street Smarts pamphlet is on-line

• You can click on the Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts icon to the right to see an on-line version of this helpful pamphlet. (4/5/13)

On-line Discussions

• To discuss any Ohio bicycle issue with the leading bicycle advocates in the state, join the OhioBike e-mail discussion list. Send a blank e-mail or visit the list on the Web.

OBF Publications

• The Ohio Bicycle Communicator is published two times per year.
• The most up-to-date and comprehensive list of Ohio rides is published in the annual Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. This is published in March as a bicycle enthusiast's resource. In addition, the Web version is updated throughout the year.

Share the Road license plates	310 license plates sold in 2012
Share the Road auto license plates are available in Ohio. You may get your plates in one of three ways—Here's How	(through Feb 25.) We need to sell 1000 plates each calendar year— Here's Why  A record 2,413 plates sold in 2011