Orange County Register: Boy on bicycle killed in Huntington Beach crash – The 14-year-old was riding alongside a friend when he was struck.
The memories of a Yellowstone family vacation less than two weeks ago were still fresh in his relatives’ minds – playing horseshoes, whitewater rafting, riding canoes. The 14-year-old had just finished a [...]

The Day.com: How I Brought Exxon Mobil to its Knees
While crossing the Gold Star bridge one day last week I had to jam on the brakes and swerve to avoid a bicyclist heading straight toward me. Of course, he also had to veer aside to make room for me on my bike. I was pedaling [...]

SMH: Stay in Touch blog – Urban journeys: Cyclists, cars poles apart
Cyclists have reasoning powers superior to normal human beings, but we suspect even they would have trouble with Waverley Council’s latest attempt to make life easier for them.
Riders heading down Martins Avenue’s hill from Penkivil Street, Bondi, are directed straight into the street sign [...]

Scotsman.com: Train and bike . . just the ticket
The most recent Transport 2000 survey has highlighted a host of problems people face if they are attempting to travel to railway stations by bicycle, including insecure cycle parking and the lack of safe routes to stations. This is something that must be addressed because bicycles [...]

South Wales Echo: Give cyclists a fairer deal
The Echo today demands a fairer deal for the city’s cyclists with the launch of our Back the Bikes campaign. With Cardiff having one of the lowest rates in the UK for the number of people using bikes, we want to make it easier – and safer [...]

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Bike Radar: Bike/bus schemes winning over Stateside commuters
While bike rental schemes are hitting the headlines in Europe, a quieter revolution is happening on the other side of the Atlantic. Bus and bike commuter schemes have been on the increase in the USA and Canada in recent years, and [...]

SMH: Souped-up pedal power
Having given up on the privately owned internal combustion engine a few years ago, we are now a three-bicycle family. This brings with it its own rewards, and its own set of problems. For a start, the big Saturday supermarket shop has gone – those panniers can only hold so much. And [...]

WMUR9.com: Bail Reduced For Man Charged With Hitting Bicyclists – National Guard Member Ordered To Not Drive, Stay Away From Guns
A man charged with driving drunk and crashing into two bicyclists asked a judge Friday to reduce his bail. Adam Lamothe, 24, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated in connection with an Aug. [...]

SeattlePI: City backpedals on healthy road option
When you’re riding your bike or walking down a road such as Stone Way in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, you are more likely to be thinking about what color of duct tape to buy from Stoneway Hardware than the lanes in the road. But research tells that the layout of [...]

The Register-Guard: City to start work after Labor Day on Monroe-Friendly bike route
A bike route that opens in mid-October will give bicyclists a straight shot between southern Eugene and the Willamette River, the city says. Work will start after Labor Day on the Monroe-Friendly bikeway project, a nearly 30-block stretch going from Friendly Street and [...]