Here’s the news that caught our eye last week:
– In response to constituents’ complaints, a Manhattan official has conducted an unscientific study of the city’s bike lanes, and found that they are being equally disrespected by all mode users.
– During a period of heavy construction leading up to the UK Olympics, a plumber has successfully avoided traffic delays by getting to his gigs via xtracycle.
– With the embargo gone, San Francisco continues to install new bike infrastructure. The city’s been embedding permanent bicycle counters into the pavement under some of its new bike lanes.
– Parking guru Donald Shoup gets an excellent write-up in the LA Times, plus a portrait with his bicycle.
– An intrepid group of bicycle activists in Missoula were given citations after police found them painting bicycle symbols on a busy road.
– DC big ups are responding to a recent spate of traffic fatalities of people walking and bicycling with the less than awe inspiring message that “everyone needs to slow down.”
– In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a gubernatorial candidate promises to create walkable, livable communities, yet is against raising the gas tax and cites a bicycle and pedestrian bridge in town as an example of wasteful spending.
– Some people who bicycle along a beachfront path in Kent, UK are offended by the city’s decision to paint a yellow stripe warning them not to fall off the edge.
– Several U.S. cities have been converting their unused coin-op parking meters to bike racks, but apparently the design needs a little more work before it’s entirely theft proof, as a Philadelphian has demonstrated.
– A California town is testing microwave rays for detecting bicycles at intersections for the purpose of giving them longer green lights.
– The story of how one couple traded their cars for bicycles as a strategy to pay off their debt, and never looked back.
– From one of our nation’s most influential news sources, some timely, in-depth reporting gets to the heart of an important issue for bicycling in this era.
– Video of the week: An eleven mile bike commute across New York City that wouldn’t have been possible just a few years ago, captured to prove the importance of the city’s new bike infrastructure. Watch it below…
