Message from Ray: Vicki Porter Awareness Ride
AWESOME! This is what 1000 Riders looks like! Photos: Carolyn Dare, Barrier Reef Apex Club. Can people please send photos they have to rayAThelpvicki.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. My email box is very large, send as many […]

Bicycle Federation of Australia: e-News - September 2007

Federal Election Campaign developments
Bike Fleets
London follows Oz cities
Vote4Cycling website
Climate Change Advert
Cycling Training
Donations to the BFA
Australian Bicycle Council
BFA meeting

Federal Election Campaign developments
During last week’s Parliamentary sittings, likely to be the last before the election, the BFA’s Peter Strang and Cycling […]

The Brooklyn Rail: A Future on Two Wheels - Is Bike-Sharing Possible in New York?
On a recent trip to Paris, I noticed with curiosity the rows of perfectly spaced, knee-high gray posts that had popped up intermittently throughout the city, just off the curbs. The next day, bicycles appeared next to each post, and representatives […]

York Press: Community devastated by bike tragedy
Shocked friends and colleagues are struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of a larger-than-life character who was killed in a road accident on Tuesday. Jeannie Tolson, 49, of West Haddlesey, near Selby, died yesterday morning from injuries sustained when she was knocked from her bike […]

University Daily Kansan: Geared for change
Subversive cyclists want a piece of the street and to change your mind about grassroots traffic. Nearly 100 bicycles, some lacking brakes, others modified and accessorized, have gathered in front of Wescoe Beach. None of their riders are wearing spandex suits. Someone is in a cow costume. […]

Queens Ledger: Cyclist’s Death Inspires PSAs
The death of an avid Greenpoint bicyclist has inspired a new safety campaign urging drivers to be aware that they share the road with bikes. Liz Byrne was 45 years old when she was hit by a truck and killed in September of 2005 at the intersection of Kent Avenue […]

The Age: Think differently and connect
There is no doubt that 21st-century urban living presents us with some real challenges. Getting enough physical activity into our lives as our girths grow and traffic congestion infuriates us. Controlling levels of depression and anxiety, as isolation and work and life demands weigh heavily on us. And worrying about […]

The China Post: Mayor Hau leads bicycle tour in Car Free Day
To mark Saturday’s Taipei Car Free Day, city mayor Hau Lung-bin will lead a bicycle tour from the Taipei County Government in Panchiao to Taipei City Hall. The event was organized to stimulate public awareness about environmental protection and join the international campaign to […]

Raise the Hammer: Is Bicycling Safe?
If you follow the rules of the road and ride carefully, cycling is actually much safer than driving.
Raise the Hammer promotes cycling as a great transportation choice. It’s cleaner and healthier than driving, producing zero emissions and achieving the equivalent of 595 km/l (1,400 mpg) in fuel economy.
Nevertheless, would-be cyclists […]

Manawatu Standard: On yer bike’s better than off it
Most weekends turn up a quota of carnage. Dead and smashed bodies are pulled from mangled car bodies writes deputy editor Ewan Sargent in an editorial. More often than not we have a picture of some such happening locally in Monday’s newspaper. If the graphic stories […]

New York Times: Turning the Ride to School Into a WalkThe signs say “School Is Open, Drive Safely.” Of course, one should always drive safely, school or no school, and not only “when children are present,” as speed limit signs near schools often state. If only these signs reflected what health and safety experts hope […]

SeattlePI: Cyclists need to soft-pedal their wants
Daily letters from “insulted,” “offended,” “shocked” and “outraged” readers are printed in the P-I. A few of those grouchy letters have been mine. Nearly all my complaints dealt with one topic: bicycling. So, what’s my problem?
I have nothing against bikes, bikers, bike clubs or bike trails. But it’s not […]

Commercial Appeal.com: Sharing bike skills can solve social ills
In mid-August, more than 200 cyclists crowded into the Pittsburgh Filmmakers School for the fourth annual Bike! Bike! Community Bicycle Conference. The diverse collection of cyclists represented 62 bike shops from three continents, and the international flavor couldn’t distract from the unifying goal of each group: […]

Honolulu Advertiser: Maui hit-run victim biked to cut gasoline use
A Maui man who rode a bicycle to avoid burning gasoline and protect the environment died last week after a vehicle struck him in a hit-and-run. Robert Clay’s family and friends are still trying to cope with the loss of the man they said loved […]

News-Record: Fast Forward: A bike-friendly city
College students returning to Greensboro this fall found a much more bicycle-friendly city. The city’s bike lanes and trails, which have been spreading throughout the city, are making it much easier for freshmen to leave their cars at home. “As a college student, it’s really expensive and kind of […]

The Star: Researcher links gas price, obesity - Commuters more likely to walk, bike or take transit when costs rise
High gasoline prices may prompt people to tighten their belts in more ways than one, a U.S. economics researcher has found. Studying average U.S. state fuel prices and U.S. government-reported health trends, Charles Courtemanche, a […]

The Age: The curious case of a cyclist’s life destroyed

PDF: VCAT’s TAC ruling

A Victorian judge has accused the state’s Transport Accident Commission and the police major collision investigation unit of omitting evidence and trying to destroy the case of a cyclist who sought compensation after being rendered quadriplegic in a mysterious accident.
In a decision handed […]

The Age: Another freeway a must, new roads chief urges
Victoria’s roads boss believes Melbourne needs another east-west freeway. VicRoads chief executive Gary Liddle said Melbourne needed another crossing to supplement the M1 — the West Gate-CityLink-Monash Freeway corridor — and join its fragmented freeway network.
This link is the focus of a $5 million State […]

New York Observer: The Spokes-Models
Get a Helmet, Morning Glory! Beautiful—SCREEECH!—Roadkill! Who Are These Schwinn-Pumping, Flower-Shlepping Sirens? Where Do Gisele, Naomi and Chloë Think They Are? Shropshire?
Oh, carefree bicycle nymph, what thrilling secrets do your tires conceal? This anonymous beauty coasts down Broadway.
On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon, Vikki Eichmann was striding through the Union Square […]

Hovis London Freewheel: On Sunday 23 September, London goes traffic-free
The Hovis London Freewheel – organised by the Mayor of London – is aimed at encouraging more people in London to cycle. London is already experiencing a cycle revolution with the number of cyclists soaring by 83 per cent since 2000, but we want the […]