The first time I heard about someone making a bicycle out of bamboo -- Craig Calfee at Calfee Designs in California -- I thought it might be a joke.
But while those Calfee Design bamboo frame bikes might put smiles on their owners' faces, they're no joke. Many bicyclists prefer them [...]
Again from GGW.
The Mount Pleasant ANC wants to transform Mount Pleasant Street into "pedestrian encounter zone" and bicycle boulevard.
Such a space would also make bicyclists safer by slowing drivers and giving visual cues that the bicyclists belong instead of being "in the way" of speedier travel.
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--Updated with more gran fondo events--
Amateur cyclists and recreational bicyclists in the US and Canada will get more opportunities to participate in Italian-style gran fondo bike rides in 2010.
Nearly a dozen gran fondo bike rides are scheduled next year in California, Colorado, [...]
Over the last 100 years or so, the roads transformed from places filled with people, horse drawn vehicles, streetcars and bicyclists, into a place that was almost solely the domain of cars. In the last 20 years, and especially the last 10, that has started to change; but the laws [...]
The following article was originally published in 2008 in the League of American Bicyclists American Bicyclist magazine, and is reprinted here with their kind permission:
Bicycling is an adventure, a thrill, and a freeing experience that non-cyclists can only imagine. It’s more [...]
Seattle experienced a 15% increase in bike commuting in the past two years, based on a count conducted in September.
Volunteers stationed at 30 locations around the city counted 2,609 bicyclists heading into the core downtown area the morning of Sept. 16.
Many [...]
Should we repeal "Far To the Right" laws that apply only to cyclists?How high-tech do we need to go? What problems do we have as bicyclists that can/could be fixed with high-tech solutions?
MIT is working on a kinetic wheel that captures energy from braking and then allows the rider to apply it to accelerating.
This solves no problem for me. Does it [...]
The Topeka City Council, by an 8-to-1 vote, has approved a resolution in favor of Complete Streets:
In designing future street projects, the city staff should integrate and implement “Complete Streets” concepts targeted at making roadways safe and accessible for everyone, including bicyclists and pedestrians, the [...]
Commuting and Transportation Subcommittee - The MBPAC voted to encourage accommodation for bicyclists and pedestrians for the renovation of the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.
Education and Awareness Subcommittee - Toole Design Group had received permission by the Montgomery County Public Schools to conduct the Maryland School Administrators Study survey [...]
Despite the obnoxious behavior of the two bicyclists in question (re: resisting a police officer), an Ohio court made exactly the right ruling:
The judge ruled:
The bicyclists may have been rude for riding two abreast but were breaking no law in Ohio–not the law requiring bicyclists to ride as far [...]Thanks to Christopher McNeese (he of bicycle petition fame), we now have a thriving Bicycle Friendly Springfield group on Facebook. There are 456 members as of today. Be sure to check it out.
Also be sure to sign the newset bicycle petition at Springfield’s bicycle shops now.
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Many bicyclists are seeking to influence a political agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference that begins next week in Copenhagen.
A global bike commute challenge is underway and cyclists are joining climate-change bike rides in selected cities this coming weekend for Ride Planet Earth. Meanwhile, activists in The Bike Bloc Project who [...]
Let's admit it. Too many bicyclists keep too many unused bicycles in their garages or their basements. I'll include myself among the guilty.
Maybe there's an emotional attachment to an old relic. Or it's difficult to find an alternative to taking the bicycle to the dump, an unceremonious end for a trusty [...]
Last weekend Philadelphia Cops pedaled around town on a mission:
Make bicyclists pay attention to their surroundings, those they share the road with, and the laws they're supposed to follow.
Why all the fuss, and attention?
The targeted enforcement was aimed at ticketing cyclists while educating them on what constitutes good behavior (stopping' [...]
When two girls, aged 11 and 10, on bicycles were struck and killed by a van driver in October 1987, the people of Davie resolved to make the small south Florida city safer for bicyclists.
By the end of the year the town council budgeted $150,000 for its first bike [...]
An opinion writer to the post ask that half of the city streets be turned over to cyclists.
For example, even-numbered streets and D, F, H, K, M streets, etc., would be for bicyclists. Residents and those making deliveries or carrying out other local functions would still be allowed to drive [...]
Bicyclists in more than a dozen US cities are planning to ride 29 miles on Sunday, Nov. 29, to mark the 29th anniversary of the first reported AIDS case.
The number of miles may be small but the cause is great. The bike rides are a preview of the Dec. 1 World [...]
It's a deadly mistake to design streets and roads with only cars in mind, especially as more commuters are turning to walking and bicycling.
That's no surprise to those of us on bikes. But it's always welcome to see groups like the Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy [...]
For those wondering how Rockville got an honorable mention from the League of American Bicyclists, this may be a part of it.
The City Council on Monday unanimously adopted the Complete Streets policy, bringing together several road and pedestrian programs aimed at making Rockville's streets more inviting.
The policy provides a [...]
