It’s time for the weekly Bike News Roundup (one day late, apologies). As always, this is an open thread.

First up, taking traffic lessons from NY City to India:

Pacific Northwest News:

• Seattle Magazine | Arts & Culture/Outdoors | Different Spokes – Some great photos of Seattle bicycle culture (including some from the Easter Cargo Bike Ride)
• A community conversation about the Montlake Lid, Tuesday June 26th & Thursday June 28th | montlaker
• SDOT Blog » TIGER Funding to Help Complete the Mercer Corridor! – Could mean the new Mercer underpass at Aurora could come sooner.
• B.C.’s bicycle-helmet law should be eased: Critics – With Velocity coming up, the helmet debate is in full-swing in British Columbia (has a province-wide all-ages bike helmet law)
• BikePortland.org » Don’t say it never happens: One woman’s story of a ‘hit-and-ride’
• To Avert Liability, Washington Town Drops Helmet Laws – NYTimes.com – Milton makes the NY Times. See also our post.
• Issues and ideas from WSDOT’s Roanoke Lid Community Design Meeting | montlaker
• BikePortland.org » Cargo bikes reach new heights at ‘Disaster Relief Trials’
• PubliCola to Resume Publication with Seattle Met – Independent journalism still trying to find a sustainable funding model. Publicola is going with the “try everything until something works” strategy. I hope they figure it out (and let the rest of us know what it is)
• Highway 520 bridge in Montlake may ride on federal loan | The Seattle Times
• Bicycle Portraits « Seattle Critical Lass – Some of the women who are revolutionizing cycling in Seattle.
• Bicycle Alliance of Washington: Summer Institute – Safe Routes to School institute August 9-10
• Meet Moises « Cascade Bicycle Club Blog – Hi Moises!
• Copenhagenize.com – Bicycle Culture by Design: Copenhagenizing Vancouverism
• Maple Leaf Greenways – The city now has groups representing well over half of it’s neighborhoods. Big missing pieces: Duwamish River Valley, Alki, Magnolia, Lake City and Northgate. If you live there, get involved!
• SDOT Blog » Every Nook & Cranny – Nearly Done! – Next time, I say we just let the bridge rust… (I’m kidding. But seriously, painting the Ballard Bridge sucks)
• Call for Climate Projects – The OSE will fund a Greenways for all Communities project
• Yoga, testosterone, and taking the lane | Taking the Lane – Pre-ride yoga, power poses and confidence in traffic.

Halftime show! Do you love your road bike, but wish it were just a little more comfortable for everyday city cruising? Sometimes you just need to tweak your set-up. You can do it for cheap, or you can go all-out like this:

National & Global News:

• Number plates for bicycles proposed in Tokyo – Telegraph
• Strava changes its terms and conditions, users required to agree not to sue company | road.cc – Please don’t endanger your life trying to beat your Strava record. Seriously.
• Anchorage Bike Riders Need Bike Lanes, not Helmet Laws | Alaska Dispatch
• New Survey Finds Capital Bikeshare Members Drive Less and Save Big
• San Francisco Cyclist Charged With Manslaughter – NYTimes.com – People cycling kill 6 pedestrians a year. People driving kill 6,000, says CDC.
• How to Take Great Cycling Photos | Bicycling Magazine – Great crash course
• Streetfilms The Movie – YES!
• Lance Armstrong’s Bike: ‘It Was Me’ | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
• Key West residential areas to get lower speed zone – KeysNet.com
• Diesel exhaust fumes can cause cancer, WHO says | Reuters – Duh. Now let’s take action to reduce the problem.
• AASHTO Adds Designs to Bikeway Guide, But Not Protected Bike Lanes | Streetsblog Capitol Hill