Bike News Roundup: Bike spoke animation

It’s time for the Thursday Bike News Roundup. Here are some of the stories from around the world that caught my eye. What are you reading? Drop a note in the comments.

• European Cyclists’ Federation – Is Munich Europe’s Next Amsterdam? A Threefold Increase in Cyclists – For the price of 1 km of freeway
• Are Bike-Ped Projects Banned from the 2012 TIGER IV Program? | Transportation Issues Daily – Because that would not be cool
• The greenest voters you’ve ever seen are in … Vancouver | Crosscut.com
•  New DUI bill would make drunken drivers pay child support for a dead victim’s children – KCPQ
• Bicycle Alliance of Washington: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a….. – Bike light parade in Bellingham Friday
• Copenhagenize.com – Building Better Bicycle Cultures: Save The Street With Bicycles! – Even Copenhagen gets some backlash on bike projects.
• Return of the Metal Cowboy: A Guide to Falling Down in Public « Cascade Bicycle Club Blog – December 6
• Survey Results Positive for Transportation Investments – Seattle Transit Blog
• New Haiku Signs Will Make NYC Streets Safer Through Power Of Poetry: Gothamist
• Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring :: Accommodate bicyclists when installing rumble strips, say Feds – Feds official advise against installing highway rumble strips where they will have an adverse effect on biking (this is a big problem in some places)
• Slowing motorists down the best way to increase safety for cyclists says DfT report | road.cc
• Have You Seen This Bike Covered in Mosaic Tiles Locked Up Outside Neumo’s? | Line Out
• Reunited and it Feels So Good – Bike Hugger
• Seattle Likes Bikes! – The reworked Alaskan Way detour is much better
• SDOT Blog » Winter Cycling – Best bit of advice: “You don’t have to spend a lot of money on these items.  In fact, you probably have workable examples of this gear in your closet.”
• Can you say ‘sprawl’? Walmart’s biggest climate impact goes ignored | Walmart’s greenwash: Why the retail giant is still unsustainable | Grist – Surprise, I know
• World Class BMX in Lynnwood – Bike Hugger
• BikePortland.org » Non-profit’s trail-building machine, tools stolen from state park – Not cool
• Bicycling rules to get public hearing in Decorah – Those are some harsh penalties for trying to get exercise, have fun and not burn fossil fuels…
• City of SeaTac : CPPW Grant – Live or work in SeaTac? Take this survey (and pass it on)
• Epic Job Creation Fail: Paying Developers to Build Parking | Streetsblog.net
• War On Cars? Don’t Sweat Emissions or Congestion | Easy As Riding A Bike – The “war” has reached Chicago
• ride.rest.repeat. – A bike commute is a saving grace when your job sucks.

Finally, check out this wonderful video from Improv Anywhere in St. Louis.