[...] FABB has a post about the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance's latest alert.
The alert references a recent Post article on the decline of the use of bicycles in China, stating that the only reason the Chinese used bikes was because they couldn't afford a car. The alert ends by stating: "Let's [...]
The FONSI for K Street is out and, as reported on GGW it appears there will be no bike lanes. The Finding states the following about bicycles.
The proposed modifications to K Street are intended to accommodate multimodal traffic (bus, automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian) that currently uses the corridor.
The proposed [...]
A common law among all DC, VA and MD is the following :
DC 1201.7 Persons riding upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or part of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding [...]
Much like the popular Chicks and Bikes blog, the Tokyo-based blog Girls on Bicycles by Charikichi features women on or with bicycles. Sure, it’s not the most original concept, but that doesn’t make it any less popular.
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Here's the Washington Post piece, thanks to Donald, who useta live there.
Toronto's most notorious and prolific bicycle thief pleaded guilty to possessing 10 stolen bicycles and six drug charges on Wednesday, resulting in a 30-month prison sentence.
That guilty plea covers just a few of the 2,200 to 2,900 stolen bicycles that Igor Kenk, 50, had stored away in his bike shop, his [...]
The San Jose Mercury News featured a story this weekend about delivery giant UPS utilizing a small fleet of bicycles for home delivery in some areas of Silicon Valley, bringing back memories of days past for some and making a bunch of others ask [...]
Baby bicycles festooned in bright holiday bows, Santa comes to town on a Penny Farthing , and you can tell Winter is here when the girls wear furry boots...Last night was the Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around presentation at the Newseum featuring David Byrne, Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Janette Sadik-Khan. It was a good set of presentations, if a bit scattered, that resulted in some good conversation afterward.
Bruce Katz was the moderator and he mostly [...]
Share the Road - Buses and Bicycles from Chicago Bicycle Program on Vimeo.
While researchers say that risk is a big issue that keeps women off bicycles on the road, a documentary comes to grips with another problem of perception -- it's just not cool.
Says one of the subjects in a UK documentary about young women on bikes: "I thought it was just'" [...]
