Archive for the 'Commuter Tales' Category

Singapore: Cycle, Bathe, Dress for work

The Electric New Paper: Cycle, Bathe, Dress for work To you, CBD stands for Central Business District. To a yuppie who cycles 10km to work, it stands for…Cycle, Bathe, Dress for work. Human resource consultant Ng Soo Ming relies on his mountain bike to get him to his office in the central business district. The [...]

South Africa: People urged to use bicycles

News24.com: People urged to use bicycles Johannesburg – Riding a bicycle is cheap and affordable and could help people save money spent on car fuel and public transport, North West MEC for Transport, Roads and Community Safety said on Wednesday. Speaking after riding a bicycle from his home to his office in Mafikeng on Wednesday [...]

Bike Bus Project

Read more about the NSW Bike Bus Project. A bike bus is a group of people who cycle to work in a group. It’s called a “bus” because there is a set route and timetable so it can pick up more “passengers” along the way. Cycling is a quick, fun way to get to work [...]

Canada: A cyclist’s crash course

The Varsity: A cyclist’s crash course – After getting hit by cars seven times, Kristen courtney has a thing or two to say about bike safety on and around Toronto’s largest campus Kristen Courtney is no newcomer to cycling. The third-year law student at the University of Toronto has been riding her bike for years, [...]

Positive Spin: Cycling convert says riding saves him time

ABC Online: Cycling convert says riding saves him time 6 years ago Murray Gomm threw away his car keys and started riding to work. “I just got quite guilty,” he says. “We had two cars and we’d go separately and it just seemed to be all wrong.” He says becoming a commuting cyclist was “a [...]

Brisbane: Cars lose the race to work

Courier-Mail: Cars lose the race to work The Inner City Bypass is quickly turning into the inner-city car park after traffic grew by almost 25 per cent in the past year, according to a survey by Rivercity Motorway, builders of Brisbane’s North South Bypass Tunnel. The number of morning traffic delays jumped by 25 per [...]