Posts Tagged ‘urban’

Summary: A look at the growing urban bike culture in the United States and Europe, with a special emphasis on the personalities involved.
Rating: 5/5
Availability: Order it from Powell’s if you want to feel authentic. Otherwise you could go for the usual, Amazon.
“I often saw cyclists running red lights, riding the wrong direction on one-way streets, [...]

NPR covered Spain’s high-speed rail network recently in comparison to ours, which is obviously WAY behind. So far behind as in not really there at all (unless you count Amtrak’s Acela service in the northeast, which is kinda-sorta-high-speed in some places and at some times because our tracks suck).
It’s worth a listen, especially considering President [...]

Edit: Part 2 of the review is here, with a slideshow of the damage to my laptop along with a rebuttal of Axiom support.
How does an $80 bag turn into a $1000 bag? Read on.
Summary: The Axiom Transition pannier is an attractive, functional bag for urban commuters that unfortunately suffers from terrible design flaws. We [...]

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 [...]

This Katy Trail Arts Loop Sounds Interesting. But That’s a Lot of Green. Dallas Observer
As the Friends of the Katy Trail point out, the “complete street” concept, which would add bicycle paths and pedestrian crossings to sidewalks and streetscapes, is a potentially big player in New York City, where Commissioner of the Department of Transportation [...]

Building the Cause for Change, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
In a sad revelation, Beth noted a conversation with Dallas Bike Co-Ordinator PM Summer, where he stated, “As long as I’m the Bike Coordinator for the city, Dallas will never have on-street bike lanes”.
Bicycle on METRO light rail; your emails & attendance needed again, Bicycle Commute Houston
Please [...]

CityRacks Design Competition Winner, NY City Racks Competition
The design of Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (Bettlelab), based in Copenhagen, Denmark, was selected as the first-place winner in the outdoor competition that attracted over 200 entrants from around the world.
Product Review: Blackburn X4, Jack and Adam’s Bicycles Blog
With the loss of light associated with this [...]

Yes, by the way, starting with last week, I’ve dropped the “news media” part of the roundup, and just focused on blogs. Yay!
Tech-Enabled Bike Sharing Rolls Into North America, The Huffington Post
Now RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and Smart Card payment systems have created a third generation of bike share programs popping up all over [...]

News and interesting stories from the blogs:
Portland Going For 25% Bicycle Mode Share Within 15 Years, San Francisco Bike Blog
Would you mind saying that one more time, please? I could have swore you just said ‘25% Bicycle Mode Share within 15 years,’ but I’m not stupid, and I’m not crazy – yet – but I [...]

News and interesting stories from the blogs:
No Getting Around It: Cycling and Religion Clash Again, Bike Snob NYC
Few things are more stressful than awakening on a Monday morning to a full-blown local bike-related civic controversy. And once again, this one involves orthodox Jews and (forgive the simplistic catch-all term which is just too convenient not [...]