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• The Monday Roundup (August 29, 2011)
  

  [For nearly three years now, I've been rounding up the bike news every Monday morning right here. It's been a good run, and I'm moving on to other adventures, including writing regularly at Grist and at my new blog, Taking the Lane. Keep in touch, and thanks for reading and sharing. And don't forget to [...]

• The Monday Roundup (August 22, 2011)
  

  [Publisher's note: Thanks to the non-profit Community Vision and their annual Harvest Century (October 8th) for support of the Monday Roundup! - JM.]
  Here's the news that caught our eye this week:
  - "Why are American's driving less?" asks the Washington Post/Bloomberg business blog. It's important food for thought for transportation planning.
  - A new report details the [...]

• The Monday Roundup (August 15, 2011)
  

  [Publisher's note: Thanks to the non-profit Community Vision and their annual Harvest Century (October 8th) for support of the Monday Roundup! - JM.]
  Here's the bike news from around the world that caught my eye this week:
  - The ban on bicycling in the casino town of Black Hawk, Colorado is now headed to that state's Supreme [...]

• The Monday Roundup (August 8, 2011)
  

  Here's the news from around the world that caught my eye in the last week:
  - A look at the Slow Bike Movement, which means not just riding slowly, but purchasing a slow bicycle.
  - No slow bicycling here: A profile of a new bike courier company in bike-unfriendly Indianapolis.
  - A new report shows a clear relationship [...]

• The Monday Roundup (August 1, 2011)
  

  Here's the bike news from around the world that caught my eye last week:
  - Oregon is home to a thriving artisan bicycle building economy, but it's hard to make a living that way.
  - A Sunday Opinion piece in the New York Times reflects on why America is so "manacled to the car" while Europe [...]

• The Monday Roundup (July 25, 2011)
  

  Here's the bike news that caught my eye in the past week:
  - In Toronto, a thousand people turned out on bikes to protest the planned removal of a bike lane on a major street.
  - Los Angeles has passed a law that makes it illegal to physically or verbally harass anyone who is riding a [...]

• The Monday Roundup (July 18, 2011)
  

  The bikes won! (see first item for explanation)

  Here's the bike news from around the world that caught our eye this week:
  - First, the fun news. LA's much hyped freeway closure this weekend resulted in traffic free streets throughout the city -- and a friendly, ad hoc race between contestants traveling across the city via plane [...]

• The Monday Roundup (July 11, 2011)
  

  "Who said riding a bike had to be a white thing?"

  Here's the bike news from around the world that caught my eye this week:
  - As LA braces for the "Carmageddon" freeway closure next weekend, Santa Monica lifeguards have a different kind of traffic complaint -- bumper-to-bumper bike traffic on the beachfront path.
  - The true [...]

• The Monday Roundup (July 5, 2011)
  

  Special Tuesday double edition! Here's the bike news from around the word that caught my eye in the last two weeks and one day:
  - A new study finds that cities with a high rate of bicycling enjoy safer streets -- and not just for people on bicycles.
  - Some parts of London now have [...]

• The Monday Roundup (June 20, 2011)
  

  A design student claims that a bike helmet made of corrugated cardboard can outperform the regular helmets you buy at the store.

  Here's the bike news from around the world that caught my eye this week:
  - As gas prices rise, many are taking up bicycling to save money -- even in small towns and rural areas. [...]

• The Monday Roundup (June 13, 2011)
  

  NYC Is buzzing about an incident involving a skirt.(Photo © J. Maus)

  Here's the bike news from around the world that caught my eye in the last week:
  - What do you do if your city isn't home to a summer season of grassroots bike fun, like Portland's Pedalpalooza, Vancouver B.C.'s Velopalooza, and now Calgary's Cyclepalooza? Start [...]

• The Monday Roundup (June 6, 2011)
  

  Here's the news that caught my eye this week:
  - Hangzhou, China boasts the largest bike sharing system in the world, with 50,000 bicycles and strong integration with public transit.
  - Bicycle transportation is hardly the proprietary realm of creative class residents of gentrified inner cities--in fact, bicycling has a rich heritage all over the [...]

• The Monday Roundup (May 30, 2011)
  

  Here's the news that caught our eye this week:
  - In Mexico City, the year-old bike sharing system ECOBICI is at capacity with a waiting list for memberships, and is said to have contributed to a 50% jump in ridership of privately owned bikes.
  - Jakarta, Indonesia gets its first bike lane, and 5,000 people show up [...]

• The Monday Roundup (May 23, 2011)
  

  In Seattle, bicycle politics are getting a little heated, though many aren't sure why.

  Here's the bike and transportation news that caught my eye last week:
  - Bike to Work Week led to a lot of positive press about bicycling last week. Here's one woman's story about overcoming her fear of bicycling. And there was plenty of [...]

• The Monday News Roundup (May 16, 2011)
  

  Here's a look at bike news from around the country and the world:
  - Tragedy struck during the Giro d'Italia, a famous, long-distance professional bike race. Closer to home, the Tour of California canceled its first stage due to snow.
  - It's Bike to Work Week, and rising gas prices have led to increased interest in bicycling, [...]

• The Monday Roundup (May 9, 2011)
  

  In the U.S., we work 2 extra hours per day on average just to pay for our cars.— TheUrbanCountry.com

  Here's the news that caught our eye this week:
  - Bike sharing has launched in Toronto, with much fanfare. As Canada's government switches parties, support for the Bixi system isn't falling along party lines. A reporter tries out [...]

• The Monday Roundup (May 2, 2011)
  

  Here's the news that caught our eye this week:
  - California is getting set to pass a law that would require passing someone on a bike with at least 3 feet to spare and no more than a 15mph speed difference.
  - A Maryland transportation official responds masterfully to a perennial complaint about bicycling on rural roads. [...]

• The Monday Roundup (April 25, 2011)
  

  Here's the news that caught my eye last week:
  - How do you get people on bikes in large numbers all at once? The people who run DC's bike sharing system have it nailed: Give them a coupon, and they will ride.
  - Instead of talking about cities versus suburbs, what if we focused on walkable [...]

• The Monday Roundup (April 18, 2011)
  

  A horrific road rage incident in Brazil has spurred bicycle activism.(Photo: BikersBrazil)

  Here's the news that caught our eyes this week:
  - You have to make transit cool, says the organizer of a program in an exurban office park in San Ramon, California where a third of 30,000 workers choose not to drive to work.
  - A [...]

• The Monday Roundup (April 11, 2011)
  

  "Death by dangerous cycling law gets government support"— From the U.K. Seriously.

  Here's the news that caught our eye this week:
  - In the UK, in the wake of a tragic crash, the government is moving to pass a law to handle traffic fatalities caused by people bicycling.
  - A new report takes a look at the [...]