Moving Beyond the Automobile: Road Diets from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
So, I was going to start making more of these so they weren’t so long, but I failed. Here’s another long one.
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- Seattle’s transportation infinite loop.
- Remember the guy who tried run over a cyclist in Portland only to find out later that the cyclist was an off-duty cop? Well, the two of them sat down and talked it out. Two takeaways: 1. Anger on the roads really could be eased by sitting down and talking it out. 2. People are far more likely to agree to that conversation if the dude they tried to hurt was a cop.
- AASHTO is upset that the new rules would make it too hard to ignore cyclists.
- Some crosswalk signals in Seattle are too short to meet federal recommendations.
- Attention people with female genitalia: If your bike seat is uncomfortable or causing problems, read this.
- Is a bicycle a car without an engine or a pedestrian with wheels? Again, the two-wheeled are caught in “Faustian” limbo in Central Park.
- Man behind Seoul’s highway removal success speaks in Vancouver. Here’s a recap.
- A group in Dublin, Georgia, where over 27 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, has begun praying for lower gas prices.
- The Lycra brand of spandex is owned by Koch Industries. You may recognize the Koch name as the mega rich brothers behind a large part of Tea Party funding.
- Free bike commuting classes.
- Woman in NYC is ticketed for riding with a tote bag on her handlebars. NY Post celebrates the moment by inventing the term ‘Scandal’bars.
- NY Times reports on the surge in bicycle use in post-quake Japan, which has remained steady.
- Seattle Electric Bike opens on Crown Hill.
- The Riding Reporter interviews Craig Etheridge, a Seattle messenger who is the reigning World Champion of bike messengers.
- Why do we force bars to offer parking?
- Serial bike thief arrested in Redmond.
- The Feds approve the use of green bike lanes … sorta.
