Posts Tagged ‘urban cycling’

With the glorious Central Texas weather we’ve been having lately, there is no good reason for you not to get out on your bike. The long hell of summer is officially over and highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s are the norm.
I recently rediscovered this video from British pop singer Lily Allen. [...]

Last night, musician, author, and urban cyclist David Byrne lead a round table discussion called Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around about urban cycling and how to plan for a city that puts people on bikes, transit, and on foot ahead of cars. Joining Byrne was League of Bicycling Voters President Rob D’Amico, City [...]

Interbike is now on in one of America’s most bicycle hostile cities, Las Vegas. The industry trade show might as well be in Houston for all it matters to the cycling community. Still, it is an industry show, not a public show, and from my experience the more you work in the bike industry the [...]

Jason at ATXBS has a very good synopsis of several things that were discussed at the BAC Thursday night, including the upcoming funding of bike boxes in test locations (yay!), the Austin Bicycle Plan being almost ready for a review (having an open house for comments on March 9 was tentatively discussed, sign our petition [...]

We were really excited to talk for a bit with Evan at Tour De Fat 2008 in Austin. Here are his answers to a few questions from us about the origin of Boneshaker, and thoughts on cycling.
Wolverine Farm Publishing’s Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac originated out of a desire to create a book that would somehow [...]

Or, how bicycle advocates in Oak Cliff are trying to move Dallas up from the bottom of the pile when it comes to urban cycling
“As long as I’m the bike coordinator for the city, Dallas will never have on-street bike lanes.”
- PM Summer, Dallas Transportation Alternatives Coordinator/Effective Cycling Instructor
Earlier in the week when I was [...]

Cycling New From the Blogs:
Bike shop sales strong across the U.S., Bike Commute Tips Blog
Brompton: report on the commute, metcaffeination
11 Most Bike Friendly Cities in the World, Nye Noona
Bikes Lanes vs. Sharrows, The Stranger
Bicycle Film Festival – After-Afterward, ATXBS
Bicycle Film Festival, SOURGRAPES13
Bicycles, Dave Troy: Fueled by Randomness
The Idaho Stop, and Minnesota, San Francisco Bike Blog
And [...]

Some news of interest to urban and commuter cyclists:
City’s bike plan has more than commuters in mind, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Getting with the (bike) program, Vancouver Sun
Oberstar Forum Features Germany Bike City Mayor, Minnesota Trails
The Cycle Pad: Fort Collins landlord creates cycle pad to encourage biking over driving, Fort Collins Now
Despite Cool Weather, Bike Sales Still [...]

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Some news of interest to commuter and urban cyclists:
Ian Hibell, cyclist who pedalled world, killed by hit-and-run driver, Times Online (UK)
Less-Developed Countries & Bicycle Tourism, 4Hoteliers
Charges Against Shoved Cyclist Are Dropped, NY Times Blogs
Tour de Fat bicycle parade rolls on creativity, sustainability, Coloradoan.com
Getting There: [...]

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Some news of interest to commuter and urban cyclists:
Bike Rage, Momentum Magazine
U.S. left in dust by global cycle boom, The Seattle Times
Save gas by biking – fashionably – to work, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Biking to work now cool way to commute, Edmonton Journal
And from the Blogs:
Bicycle [...]