The Monday Roundup

Here’s the news that caught our eye in the last week: – Friday was a notable news day across the board, and we would be remiss not to point out several of the more important transportation stories broken that day: New York City has unveiled its truly visionary new transportation plan, even if one prominent … Read more

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 … Read more

Have you heard that oft-cited factoid about Portland’s entire bikeway network costing about the same amount as a single mile of urban freeway? Well, it checks out. Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Conservative politics and bicycle transportation ought to go hand in hand, according to this article and this editorial … Read more

Japanese disaster victims turning to bicycles was major news. Here’s the news that caught our eye in the last week: – After the major earthquake in Japan, bike retailers quickly sold out their entire stock as train systems stopped running and people looked for alternatives to walking long distances home from work.

They’re headed up again.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye last week: – A look at some factors behind the “disconnect” between many bicycle advocacy programs and communities of color. – In Tucson, the path of a family’s decision to trade in one of their cars for a cargo bike.

Here’s the bike news from around the world that caught our eye last week: – Utah is one step closer to becoming the second state in the nation, after Idaho, to allow people on bicycles to treat stop signs as yield signs. – In Porto Alegre, Brazil on Friday night, someone accelerated a car through … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye last week: – New York City is spending more to fill the pot holes left by the rough winter weather of the past few months than it has spent on bicycles in the last three extremely eventful years. – When it comes to everyday bicycling, how important are … Read more

Here’s the bike news that caught our eye this week: – We’d be remiss not to start today’s roundup with a feature about people who found love by bicycle. – A new study out of Montreal shows that cycle tracks—also known as separated bike lanes—reduce bike related crashes by 28%. Meanwhile, attempts to remove a … Read more

Cargo bikes are taking off in the UK too.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news from around the globe that caught my eye this week… – The snow continues! And in Minneapolis, people on bikes “seem to be the only ones prepared for the weather.” Meanwhile, the world’s bicycle snowplow fleet is being deployed. – … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – U.S. Congressional leaders have been feverishly studying the Constitution, resulting in the conclusion that bicycles are not transportation. – A three foot passing law has been defeated in Wyoming, with the reasoning that it should be common sense to leave that much room without a … Read more

Soul-crushing?(Photo © J. Maus) – Is your commute making you crazy? If you’re doing it by car, then probably yes, according to this new study. – As long as it keeps snowing, winter bicycling stays in the news. Some winter commuters have to deal with coworkers who think they’re crazy. Others just focus on being … Read more

Still from amazing video of DIY bikeway infrastructure from Guadalajara.-Watch video below- Here’s the news that caught our eye last week… – From the misguided to the punitive, proposals for anti-bicycle legislation have come fast out of the gate in 2011, from the quickly shot down plan in Oregon to ban children from being carried … Read more