InjuryBoard.com: California’s Safe Routes to School Law Will Reduce Bicycle Accidents
On October 14, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law California’s Safe Routes to School bill. As a result, $52 million is available for California State Legislated Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Funds. As bicycle accident attorneys, we hope that by making negligent drivers accountable for their [...]

Urban Greeks: It’s a bike time!
Heavy rains didn’t stop cyclists, young and old, from taking to the streets yesterday in Athens, as many are fed up with the lack of bike lanes throughout the highly vehicle congested city. Athens is one of Europes worst cities when it comes to cyclist-friendly traffic code – it’s one [...]

Boston Now: Cycling summit gets rolling
Cycling advocates and transportation planners from around the country are gathered in Boston this week to advise city planners in a three-day cycling summit. “Boston has the potential to be the best biking city in the country,” Mayor Thomas M. Menino said at a kick-off event yesterday on City Hall [...]

Marlborough Express: Council gets moving on cycle strategy
Marlborough’s cycling strategy has kicked off – with a consultation period looking for feedback on how to get more people pedalling in the district. The strategy could see marked cycle lanes and allocated cycle space at intersections, off-street cycle paths, cycle routes on low volume roads and [...]

Ekathimerini.com: Hundreds of cyclists braved heavy rainfall
Hundreds of cyclists braved heavy rainfall on Saturday to join a protest through central Athens calling on local authorities to create special bicycle lanes on congested roads in the city center. Blowing whistles and shouting anti-car slogans, cyclists of all ages rode through the streets despite the heavy downpour. [...]

Daily Camera: Boulder bike routing site racking up visitors – Mapping relies on user feedback for friendliest routes for bikes
Boulder’s transportation officials say they’re pleased with the progress of a unique, online mapping tool that tells visitors the bike-friendliest way to get where they’re headed. Since GoBikeBoulder.net launched in June, more than [...]

Vancouver Province: If we really want to go green, why don’t we solve this bike-theft mess?
Just over a year ago, I fell victim to an all-too-common Vancouver crime. I walked out of my office one afternoon to realize that my trusted commuter bike had been stolen in broad daylight. At the time, I was [...]

Wheelie Wadical Worker Cycle Trip to Vietnam 2008
About Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA, the overseas aid agency of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, is giving you the opportunity to become one of the 2008 Wheelie Wadical Workers who will cycle through beautiful Vietnam, while also raising funds to contribute to vital development projects in [...]

ABC Stateline Victoria: Plans to make cycling a more attractive option for commuters
Broadcast: 19/10/2007. Reporter: Matthew Stanley
TIM PALLAS, ROADS MINISTER: About 77 per cent of all commute trips in Melbourne are by a single driver.
It is not an illegitimate activity but it is one that we’ve got to discourage.

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International Herald Tribune: Cyclists stage protest for bicycle lanes, mass transit access
Several hundred cyclists rode en masse through central Athens on Saturday demanding that the city council create designated lanes for cyclists. Braving a sudden downpour, the cyclists blew whistles and shouted anti-car slogans while holding up traffic. Athens, one of Europe’s more traffic-choked [...]