From my ‘Around My Block’ photoset, ‘Residential Street Parking’ & ‘Place Your Trash Here’:
Elisa from Herb Of Grace sent me this great Street Use post from Kevin Kelly about wooden bikes from around the (’developing’) world:
Wooden bicycles can be found all over the world. These handmade bikes are often larger-scale scooters that you sit on. [...]
Things get rough between police and protestors outside the RNC.
CNN iReport seems laudable, but in practice it is mainly a joke, satinized when it’s discussed on CNN itself (compare the two!). But here’s one other sample:
Follow live citizen journalism coverage via The Uptake. The bigger picture: journalists are also getting falsely arrested.
My comment on Torontoist’s post on Amsterdam cycling:
Hi Roxanne, your observations and interpretations are spot on, contrary to more elaborate (and just celebratory) articles on cycling in Amsterdam.
However, you’re making a few classic (and quite understandable) mistakes when you mirror Amsterdam’s cycling ‘heaven’ to Toronto’s characteristics.
Commuting distances
Backdrop: Everyday cycling in Amsterdam is certainly a great [...]
Via Canada.com and dedicated to Les and his wife Helen (wink & smile):
Spandex-free cycling commute sells in Vancouver, importer finds
Cyclists can wear suits and skirts on Dutch-style bikes
Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun
If you like the idea of cycling to work but are loath to join Vancouver’s growing army of two-wheeled, pedestrian-dispersing, 24-speed seawall warriors, there is [...]
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Bikeprovidence.org:
Bicycle czar will try to tame city streets
Mayor creates post to improve cycling
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stephen Patchan prefers urban cycling to pedaling through the countryside because it’s “more exciting, for obvious reasons.”
The new Pittsburgh bike-pedestrian coordinator’s job, though, is to make pedaling or walking the city’s 89 [...]
It’s more than ironic that MINI tries to promote a car through the concept of cycling, don’t ya think?
From Wired:
“Getting attention in Beijing is tough these days if you aren’t an Olympian wearing gold or a protester unfurling a Tibetan flag, but Mini’s managed to do it with a rickshaw made from the back half [...]
Today I’ve installed a plugin that allows you to publish a video comment. I’ve used this on other blogs and it certainly enhances the conversation.
Simply click on ‘Or add a video comment with Seesmic’ below the comment field, allow the flash application to use your webcam and hit record. Like I said in my [...]
Exterior car airbags could save more than 350 lives in the EU annually
Outer car airbags can save the lives of 350 cyclists in the EU annually. This is the result of a recent TNO study from the Netherlands, presented by the Dutch Fietsersbond to Members of the European Parliament. The presentation was organized by [...]
Sent in by faithful reader Gabemac:
Turn signal biking jacket
“This tutorial will show you how to build a jacket with turn signals that will let people know where you’re headed when you’re on your bike. We’ll use conductive thread and sewable electronics so your jacket will be soft and wearable and washable when you’re done. Enjoy!”
World
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Sent in by Amsterdamize faithful NunoXEI:
Google’s Sexy Bicycle Giveaways and Africa’s Versatile Bike Trucks
“The Internet search engine company Google, now a reputable green icon with its solar powered Mountainview headquarters, last year gave away bicycles to its staff in Europe, Asia and Africa as part of its efforts to reduce the impact of transportation on the [...]
Here are some excerpts from regular/local Amsterdam and Dutch national news outlets. (The English translations are mine.)
From our local newspaper Het Parool: (published from the national press agency ANP)
Tree Root Pressure On Sarphatistraat Dealt With
“Good news for all cyclists who frequently commute via Sarphatistraat. For years they got ‘launched’ by the bump in the road [...]
At least once a week I try to lift something from the bike news feeds that is either remarkable, uplifting, alarming or just informative. Today I bring your attention to an article from the Arizona Republic that brings both good and bad news. First the good part (excerpts):
Valley commuters rediscover bikes
As gas costs rise, firms [...]
I caught this news item, or should I call it a ‘nugget’?
Flemish military bikes 144 km to work every day
BRUSSELS - His wife and children think he’s nuts. Anything trumps being stuck in traffic, says Flemish military Peter van der Haegen. Hence, he cycles to work every morning, 72 kilometers to Brussels, and back [...]
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