On July 7th we lost one of the most important members of the Pennsylvania cycling community. After a morning bike ride with his son, Dave Bachman fell asleep watching the Tour de France and never woke up. He was 61 and had the distinction of being PennDOT's only full-time bicycle and pedestrian coordinator from1992 to 2008.Dave facilitated the Southeast PA Bicycle Issues Task Force along with Assistant Coordinator Patti Marshall and PennDOT District 6 coordinators Karl Kieffer and Matt Bochanski. The task force was a forum for local bike advocates and planners. Among its accomplishments was preserving bike access to Valley Forge after the Betzwood Bridge was closed, and a re-striping policy which sought to widen shoulders on state roads at the time of re-striping. David often said that there was nowhere else in the state where support for bicycling was so strong.
