The Monday Roundup

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: China, car capital of the world; Tweeting and driving; immobilizing the poor; Potestio speaks; Jacquie Phelan speaks; garbage bikes; burning cars; motorized wheelchairs on the loose. – The high-profile “road rage doctor” case has concluded; ER doctor Christopher Thompson, who was found guilty of intentionally slamming … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week. Lots of good stuff here: – Officials in Amsterdam are promoting and building infrastructure for a boom in electric cars, and encountering difficulties matching that goal with the city’s extremely high bike ridership. – Meanwhile, a look at how the energy and carbon numbers would work … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – One commentator says that fully half of the US’s climate goals for 2020 can be achieved solely through increasing active transportation. – Transpo Sec’y Ray LaHood went on the Daily Show to plug high speed rail — but no mention of bikes. – A blogger … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – The EPA has ruled that “greenhouse gases threaten the health and welfare of the American people.” Electricity generation and vehicle emissions are listed as the two leading causes. – Cities for Cycling, an initiative that will change the way road design regulations work, celebrated its … Read more

Hit and run on a bike; bike laws (pro- and anti-); how to save the bus system; high speed rail; seat belts on the motorcoach; Rosa Parks revisited; the art of bike safety Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Prominent medical journal The Lancet has published a study that includes a … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Over one third of US young people between the ages of 17 and 24 are unfit for military service — primarily due to obesity and poor health. – The Netherlands may soon become the first European country to charge a kilometer tax (with higher fees … Read more

Portland-based Blind Pilot, shown here playing at KBOO studios, is hitting the big time.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – The US government is crossing bureaucratic boundaries to create policies (and funding) aimed at creating complete streets around transit hubs. – After a tight race, Mike McGinn, who … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week. – On Tuesday, a cable on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge snapped. The bridge and its approaches have been closed since, resulting in transportation difficulties and rare photos of huge swathes of urban freeway completely empty of cars. – In the midst of a mayoral election in … Read more

Streetcar funding, ciclovias, contraflow cycle tracks, carrots and sticks, cycle speed bumps, pro-bike Republicans, anti-bike bloggers, a bike hearse, and rude drivers – The National Resource Council has released results from a study conducted in 2005 on costs stemming from health effects of manufacturing cars and burning fuel. The result: $56 billion. – The NY … Read more

It’s Monday morning, time for the news: – Worldchanging sees the Nobel’s committee choice in its Peace Prize as intended to pressure Obama to move forward on climate issues. – The LA Times is on the scent of a new trend — kids who aren’t interested in cars. The bad news is that this is … Read more

Here’s the news we came across last week. Thanks to everyone who sent us links and tips. – President Obama has signed an order prohibiting federal employees from sending text messages while driving. – You can now download your own copy of Robert Moses’ 89 page plan for Portland’s transportation future, drawn up in 1943 … Read more