It’s time for the weekly bike news roundup! This is an open thread. What’s on your mind?
Paseo de Tod@s Guadalajara 11/3/11 from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
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Due to comments on last week’s roundup, I’ll try breaking this week’s list into a section for Seattle and a section for elsewhere. First up, Seattle:
- Crosswalk carnage: Why do cops still ignore drivers who won’t yield? | Crosscut.com
- Seattle U starts a cycling team
- Stagnant Wages + Expensive Gas = Less Driving | Sightline Daily – One of those two factors is worth promoting.
- Ready? Set? Register! « Streets + Beets – Register for the Alleycat Acres ride today!
- Bike buying basics — don’t buy based on style alone | KOMO News – With a visit to Montlake Bike Shop
- No cellphones, no texting by drivers, US urges | Seattle Times Newspaper – Oh please oh please can we pass this? Hands-free doesn’t help (much), studies show.
- A cellphone ban for drivers? Don’t count on it in Washington | Seattle Times Newspaper – Rats.
News from outside the state:
- Cycle like the Danes to cut carbon emissions, says study | Environment | The Guardian – Though Copenhagenize swears that almost nobody in Denmark chooses to cycle simply for environmental reasons, the facts are staggering (and this study does not even include the CO2 impact of car culture!)
- BikePortland.org » Responding to feedback, BTA clarifies and modifies helmet policy
- The good folks at the Path Less Pedaled are in New Zealand these days, and they posted this awesome music video asking for a bike facility on a major bridge in Auckland:
- Cycling On The Harbour Bridge – The Electric Era – YouTube
- Number of Bicyclists Keeps Climbing, City Says – NYTimes.com – If you build the lanes (well), people will bike in them!
- Car Crashes Hit A New Low | Sightline Daily
- Tech Roundup: ‘soft’ Swiss helmet from Ribcap, women’s Ella range from Velobici plus more cycling books & art | road.cc – The future of bike helmets?
- A Walkable Roller Coaster For Those Afraid Of The Usual Kind : TreeHugger
- NHTSA data shows drop in traffic and bike deaths — and cyclists fare as well in collisions as motorists « BikingInLA
- On The Cheap: Cycling loses its safety ambassador – mcall.com – Sad news from Bethlehem, PA
- DeLorean | Flickr – Photo Sharing! – DeLoreans and bikes
- Task Force Recommends $20B for Transportation | PubliCola
- Best of Blog: Do we really care about children? – Strong Towns Blog – Strong Towns
- Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring :: And now for something completely different — transformer bicycle
- The Urban Country Bicycle Blog: We’ve Been Carjacked
Finally, here’s an awesome (if not Internet scammy) infographic about cycling and health:
Comments
5 responses to “Bike News Roundup: Critical Mass in Guadalajara is huge”
Was today supposed to be the day BG opened back up?
Basketlover, I think there was a thread last week saying the BG is delayed into next year.
Tom, as for Guadalajara, even the bus station is HUGE, I mean big, very big. The only place where they get bigger is Mexico City, and those are so busy it feels like an American airport more than a bus station.
Finally, I ask all the cyclists with strobe lights to please lower them so they don’t blind other riders and users, there more than annoying when used improperly, they are a road hazard. And please don’t put them on your helmet, that’s just plain wrong.
Ha! So I’m not the only one. I really hate the supercommuters’ insistence on using ultra-bright blinking lights on bike trails. Yeesh.
Agreed, I can’t stand blinking lights. They are not necessary and they are disrespectful to other trail users.
I am bringing my bike and will arrive this MONDAY!