Epic Story on Bike Plows
0savesSave Not much to say here save that Grist has an epic, epic post – with pictures! and video! – of bike plows in different places around the world. Go read it, for it is super awesome. Copyright ©...
View ArticleSwedish Bicycle Education
0savesSave The Swedes are good for more than just delish meatballs, lingonberries, and glögg. Club Global has published a manual from their “Cycling for Everyone” program. It’s available in both...
View ArticleMinnesota Randonneurs Conference: February 19
0savesSave For those cyclists interested in a unique long-distance touring experience, the Minnesota Randonneurs are holding a conference on Saturday, February 19 from 10 am – 3 pm. Randonneuring is ta...
View ArticleMcCain Takes Aim At Airport Bicycle Parking
0savesSave Legislation often has weird clauses, but this one is super-weird. The most excellent StreetsBlog reports that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) inserted a stipulation in the federal aviation...
View ArticleStudy: Cycle Tracks Safer Than Riding in Street
0savesSave A new study published in the journal Injury Prevention reports that cyclists in Montreal using dedicated cycle tracks have lower incidence of injury than cyclists using the street. Cycle...
View ArticleSlowing Down: Embracing Lower Speed Limits For More Complete Streets
0savesSave This is pretty cool. Strasbourg, France, is planning to reduce speed limits throughout the city to 30km/hour, or about 18mph, as an initiative to protect cyclists and pedestrians. Speed...
View ArticleCheap Gas Encourages Dependence
0savesSave Simple economic wisdom suggests that as prices for any commodity go up, price helps dictate demand. The Economist took a look at gas taxes and relative gas use, specifically in light of...
View ArticleWomen & Bicycles
0savesSave On this International Women’s Day, I thought I’d address one of the skeletons in the room when we discuss bicycle-friendly infrastructure and the interested-but-hesitant cyclist: A pretty...
View ArticleCopenhagenize on Winter Cycling: Right, Yet Not Entirely
The excellent Copehnagenize has an excellent post on how most posts on cycling in winter complicate the issue and emphasize subculture instead of mainstreaming the notion. They both have a point, and...
View ArticleDanish Finding: Biking or Walking to School Increases Concentration
As I continue to rant regularly about poor school location, poor school design choices, and ridiculous NIMFY shoot-downs of easy school access remediations, in comes a study from Denmark that shows...
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