Archive for February, 2007

Yemen: First “Great Sana’a Bike Ride” on April 2 - Promoting the virtues of two-wheelers

The Yemen Times: First “Great Sana’a Bike Ride” on April 2 - Promoting the virtues of two-wheelers
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the traffic in Sana’a. Getting around this city by car is taking more time than ever. Parking is a problem. And a brown pall of pollution hangs over the city. Enter […]

Vic: Bike group backs coroner’s call for better lighting

ABC Online: Bike group backs coroner’s call for better lighting
Bicycle Victoria is supporting a coroner’s report on a young boy killed while riding his bike between Warragul and Drouin last year. The 11-year-old boy was not wearing a helmet, was wearing dark clothes and did not have lights on his bike when he was […]

US: Pioneers Commute By Bike

Hartford Courant: Pioneers Commute By Bike
Piles of frozen snow stick out into Franklin Avenue like deadly icebergs, but Kevin Sullivan pedals on. He’s got to get to work. Sullivan is one of a handful who have said to hell with his car in favor of year-round biking to the office - and part of […]

US: Bicyclists: ‘Just share the road’

Daily News Journal: Bicyclists: ‘Just share the road’
As temperatures rise, avid cyclists find a way to take to the roads, despite potential hazards from passing vehicles. “Just share the road — it’s a joint effort,” said Xavier Solis, Murfreesboro Outdoor and Bicycles sales associate. Cyclists don’t have adequate space on busy roads, he said. On […]

US: She puts her mettle to the bicycle pedal in any weather

Monroe News: She puts her mettle to the bicycle pedal in any weather
When winter strikes with a vengeance, Melissa Phelps doesn’t worry about gas-line freeze-up, dead batteries or scraping windshields. She doesn’t have a car. Instead, she uses alternative fuel: Muscle power. She gets around on her 10-speed Free Spirit bicycle, even […]

US: Bicycle rodeos teach kids safety ropes

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Bicycle rodeos teach kids safety ropes
Riding a bicycle might be easy, but pedaling on Broward County’s streets sure isn’t — especially if you’re a child. So recreation leaders offer what is called a “bicycle rodeo,” giving children the skills they need to ride safely, said Mark Horowitz, Broward’s bicycle and pedestrian […]

Robert Doyle: The deadly beast with cars for claws

The Age: The deadly beast with cars for claws
Can you remember a worse week on our roads? Friday to Friday 14, people dead; five in one day. It hasn’t been raining, the roads aren’t icy death traps, or oil slicks. What’s going on? I’m sure the stats will tell a familiar story: speed, […]

NSW: Hooligan drivers terrorise cyclists

Daily Advertiser: Hooligan drivers terrorise cyclists
Cyclist Milt McFarlane coping with the dangerous perils of riding on Griffith roads.
Cyclists in Griffith have been warned to watch out after a spate of senseless attacks from drivers and near-misses in recent weeks.
The careless and deranged drivers are endangering the lives of cyclists, according to local bike enthusiast Milt […]

QLD: Hit and run maniacs

Courier Mail: Hit and run maniacs
A cyclist has been seriously injured in a hit and run incident in south-east Queensland after a passenger in a passing car opened their door and hit the bike rider. Police said the 38-year-old man was riding his mountain bike on Bellini Road at Burpengary on the Sunshine […]

US: Truck Driver Gets Penalty for Fatal Bicycle Collision

Daily Nexus: Truck Driver Gets Penalty for Fatal Bicycle CollisionThirteen months after UCSB triathlete Kendra Payne was struck and killed by a truck while riding her bicycle, driver Marcos Almaguer has been sentenced on charges of trespass by a motor vehicle. During a triathlon team-training ride on Jan. 11, 2006, Payne and a teammate were […]

US: DUI driver sentenced to 19 years in prison for death of Mtn. View cyclist

Mercury News: DUI driver sentenced to 19 years in prison for death of Mtn. View cyclist
Santa Clara County Judge Rise Jones Pichon gave 19 years in prison to a Fremont felon today who capped a meth binge by lethally smashing his Oldsmobile head-on into an engineer who was spinning his bike through the sunny Palo […]

US: Tension on the streets - Kyoto Ride Conflict Calls for New Transportation Ethic

New West.net: Tension on the streets - Kyoto Ride Conflict Calls for New Transport
Last Friday, over 130 cyclists rode together through Missoula to support the Kyoto Protocol, to raise awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to show that bicycle riding is part of the solution. The ride was organized by GlobalWarmingSolution.org […]

Positive Spin: Ewe lost, we won: Yule told

Hawke’s Bay Today: Ewe lost, we won: Yule told
Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule yesterday handed over one ewe, ready for the barbecue, to his Central Hawke’s Bay counterpart, Tim Gilbertson, following a slim defeat in the Mayoral Challenge bike ride on Sunday. The two mayors made the wager last week - whichever mayor had the […]

Positive Spin: Optimism - buying a new bike at 91 years of age

Port Lincoln Times: Optimism - buying a new bike at 91 years of age
For so many people hooked on it, the love of cycling is so strong that the determination of some older cyclists to keep cycling when other forms of exercise have become impossible for them, is quite amazing. Buying a new bike […]

Positive Spin: On yer bike, SA MP urges

Adelaide Now: On yer bike, SA MP urges
Politicians are often told where to go, but not often how to get there. Enter South Australian Greens MP Mark Parnell, who wants his parliamentary colleagues to travel by bike.
The former environmental lawyer today launched the Parliament House Bicycle Users’ Group, which will encourage MPs to use […]

SA: Hit-run cyclist ‘was over the limit’

Adelaide Now: Hit-run cyclist ‘was over the limit’
An elite cyclist accused of the hit and run of another elite rider was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol reading almost twice the legal limit. Chris Chad Jongewaard, 27, of Para Hills, appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court yesterday over an accident on February 10 that left rider […]

WA: Broome cyclist hit by car dies

The West: Broome cyclist hit by car dies
A cyclist has died in Broome when he was hit by a car in the early hours of this morning. Police spokeswoman Ros Weatherall said the man and his two friends had been at a local hotel and were returning to their units about 1.45am. Two […]

UK: Pedal Power

The Times online: Pedal Power
Road proceeds should be invested in repopularising the bicycle In all the sound and fury about roads in the past few weeks, there can be few groups left that have not had their say, though the arguments of cyclists have quietly glided by. When London’s transport supremos launched the extended […]

Positive Spin: Two students, two bicycles, one million new trees

The Daily Targum: Two students, two bicycles, one million new trees
Imagine you had the ability to place Lance Armstrong and Johnny Appleseed into a blender and combine the two. What would come out? Just ask Matthew Cortina. The University College sophomore and friend Grant Gardner, who attends Virginia Tech, are planning to cross America […]

SA: Jongewaard cleared to travel

Adelaide Now: Jongewaard cleared to travel
Star Australian cyclist Chris Jongewaard has been cleared to travel to the United States to take up a new professional contract after a court today varied bail conditions on dangerous driving charges. Jongewaard, 27, appeared before the Adelaide Magistrates Court over a road crash which left fellow cyclist Matthew Rex […]


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