Biking in DC is on the rise and it got noticed by NPR.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – In the UK, heavy trucks are being equipped with sensors that are designed to detect people walking and bicycling in blind spots. – The city of San Jose, California, … Read more
Touring on a Brompton; a must-read travelogue from a local bike shop owner.(Photo: Todd Fahrner) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Pittsburgh has announced that the city’s transit service will be cut by a whopping 35%, eliminating 47 routes and leaving 15,000 riders without a bus to catch; an estimated 9,000 … Read more
Streetfilms looks to get ’em while they’re young with Zozo, the livable streets mascot. Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Some (very) large companies are finding it beneficial to encourage employees to bike to work, and to stay active in general, in part as a way to control rising health care … Read more
Door-zone bike lanes got a beat-down last week.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – A reporter had low expectations for his assignment to visit Los Angeles on a budget that did not allow him to rent a car–and had a blast, enjoying the city far more by bicycle … Read more
Chuck Ayers of Cascade.(Photo © J. Maus) – When slow and fast sidewalk lanes appeared in NYC last year it was a joke, but now a group of London business owners are seriously lobbying to create a slow lane for tourists on the overflowing sidewalks of Oxford Street. – A slideshow presentation on the little-acknowledged … Read more
Bikla Bike Share in Guadalajara, Mexico.(Photo: Ryan Hashagen/AROW) – Bike sharing is coming to the Bay Area, and it’s coming up fast, with a pilot project in the works for SF and several nearby cities. – In Guadalajara, Mexico, the government didn’t jump at a bike sharing system, so one was implemented with creative, grassroots … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye last week: – The Centers for Disease Control estimate that in the U.S. the cost of motor vehicle crashes is over $99 billion per year—that’s $500 for every licensed driver. – New York City has settled a nearly $1 million lawsuit brought by people who had been arrested … Read more
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 … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Organizers guess that 100,000 people turned out on Sunday for CicLAvia, Los Angeles’ first open streets event, where 7.5 miles of streets were opened up for bicycling, walking, and hanging out. Check out this short video with on-the-street interviews and great footage:
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – National organization Bikes Belong is using some of its clout and funding to send U.S. city officials and planners to the Netherlands to bring home lessons in bicycle culture and infrastructure. A reporter followed one delegation and describes what he observed. – In NYC, bicycling … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – In Baltimore, a 30 year old woman who was running as the Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate was struck and killed while bicycling last week. – One more obstacle to an important bicycle trail connection in Seattle has been overthrown in court.
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – A government-commissioned study in the UK has found, presumably to nobody’s surprise, that overall, most drivers don’t like sharing the roads with bikes when there is no bicycle infrastructure and that negative views of cyclists, generally of the “they don’t obey laws or pay for … Read more