Here’s the news that caught our eyes week…
– In NYC: The clowns have come out to defend an embattled bike lane alongside Prospect Park, police have been ticketing anyone on a bike riding over 15mph in Central Park, and more momentum builds to make both those parks permanently carfree.
– Why is there so much road rage (not to mention internet comment rage) towards people on bicycles? One writer takes on the task of explaining the hate.
– The city of Cambridge, Mass. has installed free bike maintenance stands throughout town, including integrated pumps, tire gauges, and basic tools.
– Freedom Rides, a new bike group in LA for members of the Black community that hosts fun rides that end at restaurants, has been sparking conversations about race.
– An Australian professor makes the case for improving public health by getting rid of that country’s mandatory bike helmet laws.
– In Washington, DC, steps are being taken to lure people to ride bikes to their transit stops, but are still trying to figure out how to make sure the bikes are still there when they get back.
– U.S. transit systems are finding that they have to revise their standards and designs as people become heavier.
– What does car sharing have to do with bicycling? Potentially, everything.
– Still yearning for a blow by blow recap of the National Bike Summit a few weeks ago? Here you go.
– A guy throws a big, fun party for the whole community to celebrate his 10 year carfree anniversary in the not-so-bike-friendly city of Danbury, Connecticut.
– A not-so-countercultural bicycle wedding in LA wends its way into the mainstream media.
– A look at the latest fashion trends in cycling, not leaving out plaid, wool, and the all important polka dot.
– Cool animated graphic of the week: A visualization of how London’s “Boris Bikes” bike sharing system has been used so far…
London Hire Bikes animation from Sociable Physics on Vimeo.