Flashback: Normal 2020 Raab Rd and Bikes

By: Diane Benjamin The Normal Police Department posted this pic Wednesday on Facebook along with: Road Closed Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Accident Raab Road between Linden St. and School St. will be closed to thru traffic while the McLean County Accident Reconstruction Team conducts their investigation. Please find an alternate route of travel through this area. […]

Raab road is a death waiting to happen

By:  Diane Benjamin Watch this video, you don’t need the sound to realize what is going on: The video was filmed by Normal resident Doug Fansler.  The Town of Normal must think bikers and pedestrians have no responsibility to “cross when clear”.  Normal expects vehicles where the speed limit is 30 MPH to notice somebody […]

Biking McLean County

by:  Diane Benjamin The McLean County Regional Planning Commission conducted a poll a few months ago.  Their results showed 72% wanted bike lanes!  Of course, most of the people who took their poll were members of BLONO because they were the only ones who knew it.  http://blnnews.com/2012/10/25/blnnews-verses-mcrpc-poll/ Normal is huge into biking, maybe their mayor […]