Courier Mail: The Great Transport TestA week of trying out different ways of getting to work in an effort to do the right thing leaves reporter Graham Readfearn frustrated. For one week, I decided to take five different forms of transport – bus, train, bicycle, car and scooter – to make the 10km journey from [...]

ABC Online: Cycling safety in Tasmania
As people were encouraged to get on their bikes and ride to work as part of National Ride to Work Day, some bike riders were asking hat councils are doing to make Hobart and other Tasmanian cities better for bike riding. Anthony Stoner rides his bike about 40 kilometres to [...]

The Age: Pedal power pays as Bike Account interest rises
The number of cyclists entering central Melbourne has doubled in the past year, according to the first comprehensive study of cycling in the City of Melbourne.
Melbourne City Council’s inaugural Bicycle Account summarises cycling trends, behaviour and safety in the CBD and inner suburbs.
A copy of the [...]

The Age: On your bike
For one day at least, the car is not king of the road. Michelle Hamer learns how the switch from four wheels to two can be done. So how good was your trip to work today? Were you crammed into a train, stuck in stop-start traffic in your car? There is [...]

Scotsman.com: Bumpy road for the city’s cyclists
Congestion on the Capital’s roads can garner opinions in much the same way rock star Pete Doherty attracts sniffer dogs. Everyone has got something to say and, given the botched congestion charging and traffic management schemes in recent years, they have had no shortage of talking points. But a [...]

The Age: But for some a harder road
While cyclists numbers are booming in the inner city, new figures paint a bleaker picture of cycling on Melbourne’s fringes.Census data to be released next week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that while the population skyrockets in the outer suburban growth corridors the number riding to [...]

Viet Nam News: Helmet aversion, petrol boost bicycle sales
The demand for bicycles increased rapidly, allowing the industry to thrive once again after a period of decline. The growth was mainly driven by hikes in the prices of oil and gas, a regulation banning students from riding motorbikes, and a new helmet-wearing regulation. With [...]

Daily Herald.com: Cycling commuters have opened our eyes
For those who drive to work, it may not be surprising that the Chicago area clocks in some of the highest average travel times to work in the nation. In a 2005 ranking of large cities, Chicagoans spent an average of 33.2 minutes, second only to New York.

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Belfast Telegraph: Seventy council stars get on their bikes
Two Belfast councillors are doing their bit for the environment as well as helping City Hall staff to offset their carbon footprint. Sinn Fein’s Tom Hartley and the PUP’s John Kyle were among the first to subscribe to a novel new bike-to-work scheme. And 70 [...]

Daily Herald: Ditch the drive to work
High gas prices have sucked cash out of our pockets for months. Nick Lenarz takes a stand every day when he hops on his bike in Rolling Meadows and pedals 15 miles to his job in Northbrook. On a good day, he sees other cyclists on the road, [...]