icWales/Western Mail: Road safety skid
The UK no longer has the safest roads in Europe, according to a report released yesterday. It has lost its top-ranking position in the European road safety league, as progress on reducing the number of road deaths has been slower than in other countries. The UK now has a higher number […]

Northumberland Today: Join Cobourg cyclers for safety Saturday
In five years of avid cycling, Cobourg residents John Roxborough and Dave Marshall have raised more than $60,000 for charity, mostly to fight cancer and multiple sclerosis. This Saturday, they don’t want your money. They are simply riding for cycling-safety awareness, a 110-mile Orillia-to-Cobourg event that will be […]

The Oregonian: Memorial service is today for bicyclist struck and killed last SaturdayA memorial service for Timothy M. O’Donnell of Aloha, who was struck and killed last Saturday while on a bicycle ride in Washington County, is at 3 p.m. today at St. Patrick’s Church, 1623 N.W. 19th Ave., in Portland. Following the service, there […]

North Bay Nugget: Social, environmental responsibility aim of ride
Callander’s Katy Falk is leading by example by cycling across the East Coast this summer to challenge her fellow youth to be more socially and environmentally responsible. She’s one of 15 cyclists taking part in the Otesha Project East Coast bike Tour leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia July […]

The Jerusalem Post: Making way for bikes
If you asked most Tel Aviv cyclists if they would consider wheeling their way from home to work (and possibly even do a little shopping) if they lived in Jerusalem, you would probably get a blank stare of incredulity in response. “But what about all those hills?” is […]

Lake Sun Leader.com: Incredible bicyclistsMost of us rode bicycles growing up. At the same time, many of us dreamed of becoming professional baseball players or nurses or astronauts ‘ or all three. But, we dare say, few if any of us ever dreamt of riding a bicycle across the entire country as fast as we […]

Vueweekly.com: Local Cyclists Gear up for Bicycle Month - Edmonton’s festival of ‘velo-love’ will set you free on the streets
All around the world, cyclists unite in June. In Edmonton, it’s no different—except we tend to keep our clothes on. Across Europe and South America, in Australia, Japan, Mexico, the US and some Canadian cities—including Vancouver, […]

News.com.au: Paris gears up to peddle bicycles
Paris is gearing up for a transport revolution next month when a fleet of 10,000 self-service bicycles rolls out across the city, as part of an ambitious bid to coax urbanites from their cars. Echoing a growing global trend for eco-friendly, easy-access bike schemes, it is the first in […]

Postbulletin.com: Letters - Problems with restricting bicycles
Minnesotan taxpayers have paid millions for hundreds of miles of paved off-road trails that are used heavily in many ways. However, there are at least two problems with restricting bicycles to trails. First, few businesses are accessible by trails. Bicycles could not then be used for commuting or running […]

Carbon Neutral Journal: Why do Canadians bicycle more than Americans?
It’s bike to work week here in Wyoming. Finally.It seems we celebrate the bicycle as a mode of transportation later here than anywhere else in the U.S. Some folks say it’s because of our climate, but that wouldn’t explain why Alaska, Wisconsin and Minnesota go with […]

Salisbury Journal: ‘Get on your bikes’
Salisbury District Council is urging everyone to saddle up and ride their bikes this month to mark Bike Week. The week runs from Saturday, June 16 to Sunday, June 24, and the council has teamed up with Wiltshire County Council and the Cycling Opportunity Group for Salisbury, to hold a […]

Naple Daily News: Naples stays the course with plans for bike lanes and sidewalks
The Naples City Council wrestled with the details but showed no sign Monday of backpedaling on a plan to build bike paths and sidewalks. The City Council reviewed a 10-year master plan for bike paths and sidewalks that would cost $7.7 million. […]

The Argus: Brave cyclists get naked to promote greener transport
Cyclists bared all for a naked bike ride through the streets of Brighton and Hove. Almost 200 people threw caution to the wind to ride in various states of undress. A daring 30 or so people cycled as naked as the day they were born. Others […]

Torontoist: More Ass, Less GasThe World Naked Bike Ride wants to make a point that there are many things more offensive than a bare bum. The indecent exposure is not to some guy’s twig n’ berries, but to our polluted environment.
On Saturday, Toronto was among 70 cities around the world that took a spin au […]

Times Argus.com: Bicyclists are motorists too, without the protection (From The New York Times)
A journalist who regularly bicycled to work in Washington was killed when he rode headlong into the door of a truck as the driver opened it. A physician riding with his wife on an off-road path in New York was killed when […]

Evening News 24: Traffic calming made our street more dangerous
Thousands of pounds of traffic calming work, including a new 20mph speed limit, have actually made a street more dangerous, it was claimed today. Since the money - £28,000 according to Norfolk County Council - was spent last year at The Street, Costessey, there have […]

The Hindu: Three Ds of transportation planning
Cars and motorcycles, trucks and buses are what predominantly populate the roads. No, we need the roads for walking and cycling too, insist Christopher G. Boone and Ali Modarres in ‘City and Environment’ (www.pearsoned.co.in). But can pedestrians and cyclists be safe on roads? Yes, through careful planning, education and […]

Naperville Sun: Bike to Work Week event leaves Naperville in the dust
It’s Bike to Work Week in DuPage County, but Naperville is not one of seven communities tapped to participate in the annual event. Despite the city’s promotion of vehicular alternatives during May - its self-proclaimed mass transit month - and the publication of its […]

Northern Star: Cyclist’s death sparks backlash
Picture: Nugget continues to wait for his master to return from the bike ride into Byron Bay that cost him his life. It was a life that could have been saved if speed zones along the notoriously dangerous Ewingsdale Road were lowered, according to locals. But the faithful […]

Maine Today.com: Gas prices too high? Ride a bike to work
With the longest day of the year fast approaching, it’s really time to think about bicycle commuting. With the longest day of the year fast approaching, it’s really time to think about bicycle commuting. If you’re ever going to ride your bike to work, now’s […]