Monday, April 30, 2012
The funeral will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Oak Grove United Methodist Church.
The bicyclist killed Monday morning in Decatur has been identified as Paul Taylor, 53, known for being a volunteer soccer coach and chairman of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church’s annual barbecue fundraiser. Taylor was truck by a pickup truck in the 2200 block of North Decatur Road shortly before 6:30 a.m. Monday, Decatur police said. He was pronounced dead at DeKalb Medical. A.S. Turner & Sons funeral home said visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the funeral home at 2773 N. Decatur Road, Decatur, and from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at Oak Grove United Methodist Church at 1772 Oak Grove Road, Decatur. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Taylor was quoted in the New York Times last October in a story …
Friday, September 2, 2011
Those white plastic road bumps showing up around town are getting plenty of criticism from bicyclists.
Decatur bicyclists may begin wearing shirts with the slogan, "Save the Whales, Annihilate the Turtles." But it's not living turtles they despise. The objects of their scorn are the hard white bumps glued into the road all over Decatur to delineate parking or no-drive areas. They get their name because they're about the size and shape of a turtle. Cute name aside, Decatur's biking lawyer Ken Rosskopf says the road turtles are a waste of money and hazardous to bicyclists. Rosskopf plans to air his turtle trepidations at a Community Workshop on Clairemont-Commerce-Church Street Pedestrian Safety And Bicycle Trail Improvements. The workshop will be held on Monday, Sept. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the City Commission meeting room of Decatur City …
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Avondale Estates warns cyclists to obey traffic laws or get a ticket.
Last March, thousands of cyclists rode to the gold dome to lobby for laws for safer cycling. Ironically, cyclists continue to blow off one of the easiest ways to get safer cycling. When was the last time you saw a bicyclist stopping at a stop sign or a traffic light? The situation has made Avondale Estates Police Chief Gary Broden so frustrated that he's issued a broad letter to area cyclists warning them that they risk tickets if they continue to roll through stop signs in this hamlet. Oh, some area cycling leaders are on Broden's side. The Avondale Estates Police Department contacted local cycling clubs in February to request that cyclists please observe the “rules of the road.” "To our delight, we received messages in return from some…
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4:23 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Well, the city of Atlanta isn't particularly bicycle friendly, so let it be a wake up call to all those cities that don't put forth the effort to make the roads safer for bicycle enthusiasts. Paul was a good person and while doing something he loved was needlessly taken from us too soon. With the facts that have been presented, I don't blame the driver of the truck, but this could have been … more ›