It’s the Thursday Bike News Roundup! All the (other people’s) news that’s fit to list! As always, this is an open thread.
To get things started, here’s a beautiful video from Dan McComb (director of Beyond Naked) of the Seattle Randonneurs biking all night on the winter solstice:
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Seattle Randonneurs Trailer from Dan McComb on Vimeo.
- Carol Pierson Holding: Why Mileage-Based Insurance Should Be a Federal Mandate – YES!
- Go Means Go! » Review: Pelican Porteur bag – Review of a completely rad Swift Industries bag.
- Politics | Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week | Seattle Times Newspaper – Huge bike supporter leaves Congress to concentrate on her recovery.
- Bike Ban Averted in Albuquerque, City Moves to Add Bike Lanes Instead | Streetsblog Capitol Hill – Excellent bike advocacy kung-fu
- BikePortland.org » SoupCycle reaches milestone 50,000th delivery
- BikePortland.org » Mayor Adams tries Capital Bikeshare: “I like them, they’re cool”
- Ride of the Week: “Ride with Earthcorps” « Cascade Bicycle Club Blog – Sounds like an awesome West Seattle ride!
- Mixed-Use Development Delivers Huge Public Returns Compared to Sprawl | Streetsblog Capitol Hill – Really great visuals
- Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring :: Comparing states and big cities for bicycle commuting and safety
- Majority of Seattle Housing Units are Multifamily – Seattle Transit Blog – Deconstructing the myth that most people in Seattle live in stand-alone houses with yards. They don’t.
- What About Bikes, Mr. President? : TreeHugger
- BikePortland.org » Bikes, Obama, and the State of the Union
- BikePortland.org »New Rose Quarter housing development inspired by, named after a bicycle – Totally awesome.
- BikePortland.org » Dan Kaufman’s media trike confiscated by police during J25 protests – Not cool.
- Survey finds Boulder’s bike industry supports $52 million in sales, hundreds of jobs – Boulder Daily Camera
- House Bill Threatens to Eliminate Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding – Another attempt to cut biking and walking funding. Defending federal investment gets tiresome, but we need to do it.
- Volkswagen announces two-year partnership with Peopleforbikes.org and Bikes Belong | People for Bikes
- Plug-in gadget halts phone texting, apps while driving — Mobile Technology News – Should this be mandatory for repeat texting while driving offenders? Or maybe insurance companies could require it (or offer a reduced rate if you get one). Either way, it’s cool to see this technology in the works.
- How the “Right” to Cheap Parking Makes Streets Less Equitable | Streetsblog.net
- Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring :: First bicycle expedition to the South Pole – Too cool…
- Maze of Minneapolis skyways: A dead end? | StarTribune.com
- Bike parking ordinance passes St. Louis Planning Commission | KMOV.com St. Louis
Finally, this doesn’t sound like the shit I hear cyclists say (then again, I’m not into racing):
Comments
4 responses to “Bike News Roundup: Seattle Randonnneurs bike the winter solstice”
The link for Steetsblog Capitol Hill link is wrong. The article looks really interesting.
Weird! Don’t know how that happened. I’ll fix it, but here’s the link: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/01/24/public-return-on-mixed-use-development-up-to-800-times-better-than-sprawl/
What’s happening with the Burke-Gilman?
I was in Recycled Cycles last night for brake pads, and their whiteboard says the Burke is supposed to be totally open February 1. I think. I might have that wrong.