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Dallas, Texas gets its first bike lane; bicycle advocates celebrate baby-steps.
You have to start somewhere.
* After months of pressure from campaigners, London Mayor Boris Johnson has
retracted his claim that two-thirds of cyclists killed or seriously injured in London had suffered as a result of breaking the law,
London Cycling Campaign reports. “This retraction should help correct the damaging misconception, including among many politicians and journalists, that people who are hurt while riding a bicycle are usually responsible for their own injuries," states LCC’s Charlie Lloyd.
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League of American Cyclists shows
that bikes aren’t just good for you, they’re good for the economy, too. The League released
a detailed graphic which highlight studies from across the country showing the positive benefits of bicycling.
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Driver’s License fees go up in Washington State
from $45 to $80.
That's like two new commuter tires!
* The
NewScientist featured this cool
“Tron-like” animation, which provided a snapshot of 5 million bicycle journeys in London.
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100-year-old man sets 100-kilometer cycling record.
Robert Marchand, a French amateur cyclist, set a record for the fastest 100-year-old to cycle 100 kilometers (62 miles),
finishing the distance in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
* According to the
Seattle P.I. headline,
everyone hates Critical Mass.
* Would you
ride a Porsche bicycle? Designer
Bastiaan Kok has come up
with a cool concept design for a
Porsche 911 Bicycle, as the name suggests his concept is based on the Iconic Porsche 911 car.
*Clarence Eckerson points out that a Lexus car commercial filmed in Vancouver, BC, is the first U.S.
commercial to feature a complete street with a protected bike lane. But Eckerson doubts the commercial producers were trying to make a statement that streets are for more than automobiles. “
After looking at the manipulation closer it's probably just that it's really just a nice-looking, busy-with-people-city-street to use as a canvas to show off the Lexus,” Eckerson said.
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An Op-Ed in Hush magazine calls for a
slower, simpler, more civilized bicycling culture, with less “Gore-Tex clad” militant cyclists.
* Following
Cher’s angry Twitter rants about bicyclists, this image has been making the rounds on the twittersphere.
* We all know that the best way to get to know a place is from the saddle of a bicycle. Englishman Dominic Gill takes that one step further, by
riding solo on a tandem bicycle and inviting people from the local countryside to join him through Egypt.
If you have a subscription, you can watch his documentary on Universal Sports.
