Cyclists Can Ignore Some Traffic Lights, Paris Announces
KPBS
July 9, 2015
[…] The new policy follows several years of an experiment in which Paris allowed cyclists to pass through intersections more fluidly. The city says the test demonstrated that “the passage of cyclists through red lights isn’t accident-prone and avoids certain conflicts between cyclists and vehicles that are stopped at lights” – notably those cases in which a bike is in a car’s blind spot. […]
Bike-sharing as a bridge between commute gaps
LA Times
7/7/2015
[…] Bike-share, which is available in most major U.S. cities and 25 countries in Europe, could translate well to car-choked Los Angeles, where officials are pushing to reduce driving. […] Bike-share is slated to debut downtown in the spring, and will probably expand to Pasadena the following year, with possible future sites in Hollywood, Venice and East Los Angeles. L.A. officials have sung the system’s praises, saying it could eliminate some car trips, make transit use more fun and help the city look more in step with London, New York City and Paris, which have their own bike networks. […]
Bike-Friendly States Ranked from Best to Worst
Bicycling Magazine
May 21, 2015
Best
[…] This year, Washington again took the win, for the eighth year in a row. “In Washington, we’re focusing on connected communities and sustainable transportation, and bicycling is an important element of that multimodal system,” Washington Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson told the League. […]
Middle East Eye
May 21, 2015
[…] Last week, when freelance photographer Bushra al-Fusail told her friends that she was considering riding a bike to work, they warned her against it.
Female bike riding is almost unheard of in Yemen – many conservative Yemenis believe it’s immodest or reveals too much of a woman’s body.
[…]
Bost Globe
May 19, 2015
More than 150 cyclists are expected to join an eerily silent expedition through Boston this week in memory of those who have been injured or killed by cars while riding their bikes.
The “Ride of Silence,” part of an international movement that began more than a decade ago in Texas, will lead bikers on a 5.2-mile journey through the city. […]
Road CC
May 19, 2015
[…] A London cyclist has been hailed a hero after he jumped into a river in east London to rescue another bike rider who had fallen into the water.
Now, the man he helped rescue has asked the man, who rode off without leaving his name, to come forward so he can thank him in person, reports the Jewish Chronicle. […]
Biz Journals
May 18, 2015
[…] With its naked bike ride (one of the world’s largest), high percentage of bike commuters (the most of any major U.S. city), and its 319 miles of bikeways, Portland is known worldwide as a bike-friendly city. [….]
ABC News Australia
May 17, 2015
[…] Within three years, mountain bike tourism is expected to add $15 million to the region’s economy and generate nearly 100 jobs. […]
Mountain X
May 12, 2105
[…] The study credits bicycle tourism with a $14 million estimated annual economic impact in the region. […] The statistics from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials show that work on greenways, sidewalks and bicycle facilities, on average, creates the most jobs — 17 jobs per $1 million spent, generating 4.5 more jobs than the next-most productive categories, new highway construction and pavement widening. […]
IIHS
Status Report, Vol. 50, No. 3 | March 31, 2015
[…] A growing number of vehicles are equipped with front crash prevention technology that can recognize the back of another vehicle and prevent a rear-end crash. If more of these systems could also recognize the backs of bicycles and bicyclists, they could prevent or mitigate a large portion of the crashes that kill people traveling on two wheels. […]
