bicycles was major news.
Here’s the news that caught our eye in the last week:
– After the major earthquake in Japan, bike retailers quickly sold out their entire stock as train systems stopped running and people looked for alternatives to walking long distances home from work.
– Before the quake, a major car manufacturer had just proposed building 250,000 kilometers of bike lanes across Japan as a way to reduce collisions between people on bikes and people walking or driving.
– All journalistic hell has broken loose in the wake of a lawsuit filed by New York City’s former transportation commissioner among others who seek to have a cycle track in Brooklyn removed. Here’s a handy guide to the conversation.
– Researchers in the UK have compiled studies finding that people bicycling and walking are more likely to patronize local shops and tend to spend more money in them than people driving, whereas business owners tend to perceive that more of their customers drive to their store than actually do.
– Utah’s version of the Idaho Stop bill died in the Senate, for reasons that may sound familiar to Oregonians.
– In Detroit, bicycle infrastructure is part of the plan to entice young professionals to move to the inner city.
– Indianapolis has been quietly becoming more bicycle friendly.
– A tour of what Quito, Ecuador has to offer in terms of bicycle transportation infrastructure and culture.
– Los Angeles has a shiny, new bike plan—but when will it be built out?
– In New Mexico, outrage brews as State Police officers tell people not to bicycle in the road and decline to cite the person driving after a man on a bicycle died after being struck from behind.
– A look at some stark geographic differences in how we handle violence against people on bikes.
– An Elmhurst, Illinois street ends up with half a sidewalk after neighbors fail to agree on whether or not their street should have one at all.
– In Saskatoon, a planner wants us all to rethink the way city centers work.
– From Minneapolis, thoughts on cycling’s gender gap.
– The case for wearing black for bicycling around town.
– Combined bicycle and coffeeshops are a growing trend nationwide.
Videos of the week: Lego guys rap compellingly about their preferred alignment for Detroit’s new light rail line…
And a London program helps people who can’t pedal regular bikes use hand cycles and other assistive bicycles…
