[Publisher’s note: Please welcome back contributor Elly Blue from her Bikestravaganza Tour. This is her first Monday Roundup for the past month or so.] Here’s the news that caught my eye this week: – Remember the three-year injunction on any bike projects in San Francisco? Now that it’s lifted the City attorney is going after … Read more
Advocates in San Francisco finally got their wish.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – The San Francisco bike infrastructure injunction has been lifted! The city is preparing to roll out 35 bike lanes that it’s planned over the last four years, during which bicycling rates in the city … Read more
Without a home, but not without a bike. (Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – London has officially launched their new bike-sharing scheme with a fleet of 6,000. Here’s a look into how the technology works. – In Anchorage, Alaska a change in municipal code is being considered … Read more
London is the latest big city to get a public bike-share system, and it comes with these cool illustrations. Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – The outcome of this year’s particularly dramatic Tour de France was decided by a mere 39 seconds. Meanwhile, Bend Oregon’s very own Chris Horner had a … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Bend, Oregon continues to be the choice of big-time race organizers. They’ve been chosen to host the 2011 and 2012 Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships. – The final 150 mile gap of an off-road biking and walking path running from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh will … Read more
A new way to stop thieves.(Photo: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – A 21-year old student from the U.K. is making waves on the web for his foldable bike with a unique theft-deterrent — it can bend around a pole and lock to itself. – JetBlue knows how … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Gasoline use is on the rise again in the Pacific Northwest. – San Francisco’s bike infrastructure construction is still in limbo even after the four-year long injunction was lifted by a judge. This article explains it all. – Colorado bicycle advocates are actively taking on … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – It doesn’t often make the news, but every year, enough oil spills into the Niger Delta in Nigeria to dwarf the scope of the current oil spill off the U.S. coast. – In Chicago, two young men have been found guilty of setting out, drunkenly, … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – In Eugene, Oregon, the city is evaluating the expansion of its Urban Growth Boundary as developers seek to increase sprawl. – Car registration numbers are decreasing across Oregon. – The CEO of Lloyds of London warns investors that the world is staring down a “period … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has continued to worsen, and apparently to nearly overshadow news of another major oil spill in Alaska, when a pipeline largely owned by BP burst. – As NYC closes streets to cars, people walking and bicycling … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spread, we are continuing to not make the personal or policy connection between the disaster and oil consumption. – Large scale bikesharing programs are taking off in the U.S. this year. First DC, then … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Attempts to stop the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have failed, and officials are now saying that it may continue gushing all summer or longer; it’s also now being called the largest environmental disaster in US history. Here’s how engineers say it … Read more