Tottenham Journal: Cycling victim’s sister pleads for safer roads - 22 November, 2006
The sister of a 29-year-old cyclist who was killed in Crouch End last year has called for action to make cycling safer. Matthew Crocker was killed on November 15, 2005, when cycling to work down Crouch End Hill. His sister, Amanda Crocker, of […]

News Wales: Cyclists slam Lib Dem green credentials - 22 November, 2006
Ruling Lib-Dems on Cardiff Council have failed to control the car-promoting projects of planning and transport officers, despite claiming green credentials, it was claimed today. Dr Dyfed Wyn Huws, Chair of Cardiff Cycling Campaign, will tonight be calling on Councillor Elgan Morgan to prove […]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Drivers, cyclists point at each other in need for better road safety - 21 November, 2006
James Aaronian usually yields to bicyclists when he’s driving. But he said he didn’t see Arthur Payne until just before the bicyclist slammed into the windshield of Aaronian’s PT Cruiser. “It was almost like he fell out […]

Star Tribune: Confusion at trail crossings endangers bicyclists - 21 November, 2006
Officials are trying to minimize the confusion where trails and roads meet. Drivers have the right of way, but many don’t know it. Consistent signage could be an answer. The last person biker Jim Stoobs wants to see drive up to a trail crossing […]

The Union.com: Corridor into Grass Valley OK for bikes - 20 November, 2006
If you drive down the windy stretch of East Main Street that lies between Richardson and Idaho-Maryland streets, you might have to be more patient with bicyclists.
A new sign allowing bicyclists to use the full lane has been erected to ensure greater safety […]

The Age: Boys dominate cycling accident figures - 20 November, 2006
Boys riding bikes on the road and peak hour traffic make the most catastrophic combination for cycling accidents. A Victorian study of emergency department records has found that almost half of all cycling accident victims are aged five to 15 years old.
And they are […]

Business Standard: Fast track bikes - 20 November, 2006
With international brands jazzing up their pedal pushers with technology for India, bicycles cease to be a poor man’s transport. How about shelling out Rs 33,000 for a snazzy bike? Sounds steep? We suggest you pay another visit to your neighbourhood bike store. […]

Sportingo.com: Tour de France - Not for these two-wheeled pests - 20 November, 2006
Bicycles used to be the domain of children, professional athletes and maybe a handful of eccentric adults who wanted to stand out as being different. Not any more. In Australia they’re everywhere, individually or in swarms, and not just restricted to our […]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Cyclists need helmets, room to ride - 20 November, 2006
Bike helmets, like bikes, are not just for kids. Given the surge in deaths and injuries among older riders, Georgia should extend its mandatory bicycle helmet law to all cyclists. The law now only requires bike helmets up to age 15. The state […]

Cambridge Evening News: Get on your bike to help track of pollution - 18 November, 2006
Cyclists care being invited to measure pollution levels using pocket-sized sensors. Cambridge University is involved in a nationwide project called MESSAGE, which aims to gather detailed knowledge of how traffic-generated pollution behaves in urban environments. Led by Imperial College London, […]

Sunday Times: Perth’s lethal bicycle paths - 18 November, 2006
Trevor Tyers was left paralysed after a horrific bicycle smash on Perth’s shambolic cycleways. The once ultra-fit chemical engineer was training two female friends for triathlons when he was in a collision with another cyclist on a Como bike path one morning in January last year. […]

Perth Now: Multi-use pathways put lives at risk - 18 November, 2006
Cyclists and pedestrians say they’ve had a gutful of risking life and limb on Perth’s chaotic cyclepaths. Cycling WA chief executive Chris Thompson said more off-road cyclists-only paths were needed, as more and more people took to two wheels and risks increased. Police figures […]

The Border Mail: Crackdown on cyclists - 18 November, 2006
Near misses and potentially serious injury have prompted North East police to get tough with bike riders on footpaths. Police have been inundated with complaints, particularly at Beechworth, where pedestrians claim to have been all but knocked down by cyclists.
Sgt Cameron Roberts, from the Wodonga traffic […]

Oxford Mail: ‘Cycle promises are not enough‘ - 17 November, 2006
The consortium behind the £300m Westgate scheme has moved quickly to try to win over local cyclists. Green Party councillors had expressed concern that the massive development failed to provide adequate facilities for cyclists. But the Westgate Partnership this week announced that it would be […]

Spiegel Online: Controlled Chaos: European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs - 16 November, 2006
Are streets without traffic signs conceivable? Seven cities and regions in Europe are giving it a try — with good results. “We reject every form of legislation,” the Russian aristocrat and “father of anarchism” Mikhail Bakunin once thundered. The czar banished […]

China Daily: Driver sorry for throwing foreign woman’s bike - 16 November, 2006
A Beijing driver who infamously threw aside the bicycle of a foreign woman who had blocked his way has apologized to her on television. The driver, surnamed Niu, apologized in response to a barrage of criticism after photographs of the incident were […]

Cairns Newspaper: Future bike and walkways plans - 16 November, 2006
The importance of providing quality sustainable walkway and cycle facilities and public transport alternatives for communities was highlighted in a recent seminar conducted by Cardno. Cardno Eppell and Olsen, the specialist traffic and transport arm of Cardno are experts in sustainable transport planning, design […]

Townsville Bulletin: Getting on front foot over transport links - 16 November, 2006
Townsville could become a pedestrian and cyclist’s paradise, but first it needs to connect its walkways and cycleways. Transport experts who attended a transport planning and design seminar in Townsville yesterday concluded authorities should ‘join the dots’ between the city’s many pathways to […]

Times Colonist: Driver gets six-month sentence for leaving scene of fatal crash - 16 November, 2006
Byron Kuc, guilty of leaving the scene of the accident where Nick Mathers was killed, was taken red-faced and in handcuffs from a Victoria courtroom yesterday to serve six months in jail. In a courtroom packed with friends, family and […]

Peoples Daily Online: More and more Chinese choose cycling for exercise and entertainment - 16 November, 2006
A 58-year-old man rode a bicycle with his wife from Beijing to Sanya, China’s southernmost city, to watch 2006 Tour of Hainan cycling here on Thursday. Ma Bing, the old man who comes from Urumchi, capital of northwest […]