Oxford Mail: On Yer Bike – 31 October, 2006
The other day, I found myself cycling along the Oxford Eastern Bypass. Quite inadvertently, I might add. It’s 7am on the first day of my new fitness regime, and I’m feeling virtuous. My regime takes in a few miles of ring road cycle track which, between the [...]

The Age: Freewheeling into the future – 31 October, 2006
Bayswater North Primary principal Leigh Johansen has encouraged more students to cycle to school, above. In this last part of our Cycling the City series, Clay Lucas investigates a changing approach that will help more bike-riders take to the roads.
Road rage and small children are a [...]

Sunshine Coast Daily: State denies rego for bicycles – 30 October, 2006
The State Government has denied claims by a Sunshine Coast bike safety campaigner that it is considering introducing compulsory registration for bicycles. Former police officer and founder of the Stakki Stikka organisation, Carolyn Kerr, yesterday said “very credible” government sources had told her the [...]

ABC Online: Hit-run penalties to rise to 20 yrs’ jail – 29 October, 2006
The West Australian Government is cracking down on drivers who fail to stop after injuring someone in a traffic crash. The Police Minister John Kobelke says the changes have been prompted by the death of 75-year-old Michael Witkowski, who was run [...]

The Australian: ‘Mike’s law’ now means hit-run drivers will pay  – 29 October, 2006
Hit-run drivers who cause serious crashes face jail sentences up to 20 years under tough new laws to be announced today. Failing to report an accident in the same circumstances, will now carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. [...]

The Courant: Make Way For Bicycles – 29 October, 2006
In some cities, commuters almost live in their cars. In Washington, D.C., you can almost live on your bike. That was me in the 1990s, so going back to ride last summer was like going home for momma’s cooking. Suburban Arlington’s I-66 trail was a sop [...]

Guardian Online: On your bike – 27 October, 2006
Ken Livingstone says that TfL is spending £28m a year on cycling, but most people’s experience is that cycle routes leave a lot to be desired. Cynics might say that Ken Livingstone’s willingness to close the capital’s busiest streets and turn them over to sports events and [...]

Transportation Alternatives: The NYPD’s New Bid to Criminalize Group Biking and Walking – 26 October, 2006
On October 18th, the NYPD announced another proposal to change the City’s parade permit regulations. Unfortunately, there is very little difference between this new proposal and the draconian regulations that the NYPD put forward this summer. Under the NYPD’s new [...]

CECE: 30 000 cyclists get green traffic light wave – 26 October, 2006
Cars and especially busses have for year had the benefit of a green traffic light wave on the roads. But now it is the cyclists turn to enjoy a smooth ride through the city without stopping at red light. This week the first [...]

ABC Health Matters – The Pulse: Are our cities killing us? – 26 October, 2006
It all began about ten thousand years ago. People figured out that you could cultivate grains rather than forage for them, and breed cattle, goats and pigs, rather than go hunting for them. It made food supplies reliable – and you [...]