Posts Tagged ‘roundup’

Want more opinions than mine on the GM-Segway “PUMA” concept? Car news site CarJake offers their two cents’ worth with some surprising insights. Geeks Are Sexy notes that South Park already invented something similar to the PUMA in an episode mocking the Segway.
The CommuterPageBlog from Washington, D.C. answers suburban critics along with a plea for [...]

It’s been a long while since we’ve done a Bicycle News Roundup around here! Every time I start to put one together it seems like the stories are big enough to merit their own post. While you’re enjoying this beautiful weekend, be sure and check out these notes:
We might be behind our peer cities in [...]

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has an interview with Boston’s Bike Coordinator, Nicole Freedman. Guess what? They’re installing bike lanes like crazy up there, trying to catch up with other cities.
For even more National Bike Summit news, look no further than D.C.’s own TheWashCycle, which reports on the free sessions and speeches.
The Bicycle Advocacy and Safety [...]

Sorry to start the roundup with sad news, but 52-year-old Burleson County cyclist Donald Nelson was killed last Monday outside of Caldwell. On Wednesday, a six-year-old was run over by an SUV in Dallas. Which vehicle is the dangerous one again?
Rob D’Amico reports in a “virus-induced fog” (his words, guess I’ll trust him that he [...]

Ever had one of those weeks? Sorry all, the roundup is two days late this week, but here it is! We have a lot of great stuff for you, so I’m sure it was worth the wait.
Apparently some Portland residents don’t actually want to bike to get around. They would rather walk. [...]

Rob D’Amico writes in support of the Lady Bird Lake Hike & Bike Trail extension at the Bicycle Austin Blog. We will have a bit on this soon too.
The blog for cleaning product Grease Monkey Wipes posted a bit about Lance’s bike being stolen, just as we did on Sunday. Anyone else quite surprised that [...]

Houston’s new bicycle coordinator has a tough job ahead. The Houston Chronicle has a short story on their desperately needed bicycle plan update.
Seattle is installing on-street bicycle parking in place of car spaces. Do we have the guts to do this in Austin?
The Bike-sharing Blog reports that San Francisco is getting a bike-sharing system similar [...]

What I’ve seen in the past week that I wanted to share with Austin Bike Blog readers:
Brain Pickings, a side which focuses on “brilliant ideas” has an interesting post about bike culture innovations. A couple of the ideas are pretty good. Unfortunately, two of them are also on our Dumbest Product of the Week list.
In [...]

There’s some really great cycling news out there, the national stimulus package notwithstanding (although having $10 billion for transit in there can’t be all bad, can it?). Here’s what I’ve found in the past week and wanted to share:

Treehugger has a great roundup of their own showcasing innovations in bicycle infrastructure around the world of [...]

It’s great to be back home in Austin after a week away in Oklahoma, where I saw a grand total of one urban cyclist in six days, and even better to have time to write some articles again!
Here are the tidbits I’ve caught in the cycling blog world lately.
Bicycle spokes in Baltimore has a [...]