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Bike News Roundup: The world’s biggest city has few bike lanes, yet people bike a lot anyway

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a glance at some of the bikeish stuff floating around the web.

First up! Lots of people in the world’s most populous city bike despite few bike lanes:


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The Gaman Spirit: Why Cycling Works in Tokyo from STREETFILMS on Vimeo.

Pacific Northwest News

Halftime Show! How New York City is revolutionizing life and travel on Queens Boulevard first with low-cost changes, then with major investment:

The Transformation of Queens Boulevard, Block By Block from STREETFILMS on Vimeo.

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6 responses to “Bike News Roundup: The world’s biggest city has few bike lanes, yet people bike a lot anyway”

  1. Phil

    Gotta love those “divisive, bold changes…”

    1. Tom Fucoloro

      Ha! That was a funny typo. *decisive*

      1. jay

        While you are probably better off not reading the comments at the Times, MyNorthwest etc., I’m pretty sure you were right the first time.

  2. The RNC patrol bikes article often uses the phrase “volcanic bike” without capitalizing the brand name. I’m not sure whether to picture a police bike being grunted up to the mouth of Mordor or being ejected from it!

    1. Charles

      If it’s seattle bike cops, they’re leaned up against the wall outside of the coffee shop at the base of mordor, waiting to get loaded into a van for the long trip home.

  3. AW

    Thank you Tom for digging up the video of Tokyo. I was just in Tokyo at the end of January and did see a fair number of bikes even in the cold weather. The video missed a very important thing that makes cycling feasible, most likely because they take it for granted – lack of bike theft. The only locks I saw were the rings mounted above the rear wheel and keep the rear wheel from turning. In the downtown area, I also saw bike parking stations that look like proto stations. You put your bike in and then there is a clip around your front wheel. But the clip is there to be sure you pay when you come back to get your bike.

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