will help increase bicycle use in the US.
(Photo: Will Vanlue/BikePortland)
Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week…
– A study from UC Berkeley finds wealthier people tend to act less ethically. After monitoring traffic at an intersection in San Francisco, researchers determined that people with more expensive cars drove more aggressively around pedestrians.
– The Cyclo-Cross National Campionships are coming to Boulder, CO in 2014. City officials and area businesses expect the event to be a big boost to the local economy.
– Wolfpack Hustle is once again hosting its Marathon Crash Race which sends participants along the car-free route of the LA Marathon before it opens to runners.
– The blogger behind a push to double the number of women on bikes in Southern California shares her dream for U.S. bicycle advocacy.
– Researchers at Baylor and Louisiana State Universities found communities with more locally owned businesses have healthier residents than communities housing many large corporations owned by people who live out of the area.
– Medical professionals in the UK are concerned that riding a bike can increase the severity of a warning sign for prostate cancer which may fool doctors and send patients to unnecessary procedures.
– An Australian woman may have her possessions seized and auctioned off by the government to cover a fine for not wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle.
– Officials in Waynesboro, PA are working to refine the design of a new pump track to be built in the Pine Hill Recreation Area.
– Residents of Lynchburg, VA will have to pay to rent bicycles now that a program allowing them to check out bikes for free was suspended.
– Washington DC’s popular bike sharing program is expanding with five new stations slated for installation on the National Mall.
– The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are vocal supporters of London’s “Boris” bike share system.
– Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson will lead a ride through Alabama to commemorate tornado victims.
– MIT students invented the HelmetHub vending machine to dispense helmets at bike share stations.
– For those keeping score, Los Angeles is now home to two new bike corrals.
– Advocates in Illinois are pushing to complete a regional network of trails for pedestrians and people on bikes.
– Bikes are dubbed a “nuisance” on trains in California’s Capitol Corridor.
– A former paralegal in Liverpool launched a bike-based mobile bicycle repair service.
– Indoor bike park Cranx opened over the weekend in Syracuse, New York.
– And finally, an excellent video from fashion label Levi’s to debut their new ‘Commuter’ line of bike-sensitive apparel…
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