The Monday Roundup

Guerrilla protected bikeway on Seattle Bike Blog. Here’s our recap of the biggest and best bike news we came across last week… — Finally. It’s coming folks. Citibike in New York City. My friend Doug from Brooklyn Spoke shared photos and commentary on the new bikeshare stations and kiosks that were installed over the weekend. … Read more

Movie-makers in LA are whining over green lanes.(LA Times screenshot) Welcome to Monday. If you missed some of the great bike stories last week, fear not: The links below will bring you right up to date… — One of pro bike racing’s biggest stars has pinched into some controversy after grabbing the rear-end of a … Read more

“The traffic was crazy… I really don’t do bicycles, but I will today.” — Serena Williams Let’s get right to it shall we? Here’s all the news and other interesting things we came across this past week… — Add another major city to the bikeshare list: San Francisco has inked an agreement with Porltand-based Alta … Read more

From The Mayor’s Vision for Cycling in London (PDF).(Or could it be Naito Parkway in Portland?) Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I got back from Washington DC last night and had a crazy morning. So without further ado, here are the best bike stories and other stuff we came across last week… … Read more

Here are the stories of the past week we deem worthy of your attention… — The comments made over the weekend by Washington State Representative Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama) have become a national news story. Orcutt is the high-ranking rep who believes that bicycling isn’t environmentally friendly because it causes people to breathe more heavily which … Read more

Let’s get right to it shall we? Here are the best news stories and other tidbits we came across last week… – The North American Handmade Bicycle Show wrapped up yesterday from a snowed-in Denver, Colorado. It looks like builders once again pushed the boundaries of bike design to even greater heights. Check the coverage … Read more

Lookin’ good Al Roker. Welcome to our time-honored Monday morning tradition of rounding up the week’s bike and transportation news… – Aspen, Colorado is poised to be the latest city to enact the “Idaho-style” stop sign law for people riding bicycles. – If you’re a parking policy wonk, you’ve got to be encouraged that the … Read more

Rockstar invests in racing in Red Hook.(Image via NY Times) We start off our best-of-the-web recap today with several stories about car ownership and car culture… — It seems to be getting more and more expensive to own a car. A few weeks back we shared that the annual cost of ownership had passed $10,000 … Read more

Welcome to your weekly roundup of the best bike stories on the web… — Big news from Colorado this morning: According to the Denver Post, the bike ban in the small town of Black Hawk has been overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court. — It was a big week for cyclocross in America with Louisville … Read more

It costs over $10,000 (Canadian) per year to own a car.(Source: Price Tags) Quite a lot of news to get to this morning, so let’s get started… — We’ve heard the push for hi-vis clothing before, and we know that it sometimes crosses the line into victim-blaming. Well, police in Columbus, Ohio have taken it … Read more

D.C.’s protected bike lanes aren’t protected frompeople parking illegally.(Photo: Who’s Blocking the L St. Bike Lane Today?) Happy Monday everyone. Welcome to our weekly cheat-sheet of all the noteworthy bike news and stories published last week. If you’ve fallen behind on your reading, first check out last week’s BikePortland headlines and then scroll down for … Read more