Cyprus Mail: Bicycle lanes: progress halted by legal loopholes
Cyclists in Cyprus are facing a multitude of obstacles, with little help from government bodies despite the obvious environmental advantages of increasing traffic on two wheels. On Thursday, the Commissioner for the Environment, Charalambos Theopemotou, met with Andis Hadjivassiliou, the president of Podilatokinisis, an organisation for [...]

Cycling Promotion Fund: Vote 4 Cycling
Bicycles in this Election
In the second half of 2007, the people of Australia will be asked to elect a new Commonwealth Government. Historically, there has been little federal support for cycling, relative to state and local contributions.With the converging issues of climate change, spiralling fuel costs, an obesity epidemic and [...]

VRP.net: Sanders, Welch support tax break for bicycling to work
(Host) Congress is debating policies that can guide the nation out of an energy crunch. Vermont lawmakers say a good start is to pedal to work. VPR’s Evelyn Lombardo has the story from Capitol Hill.(Lombardo) Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders sponsored a bill to give bicyclists [...]

Democrat and Chronicle.com: Region to make way for bicycles
Like many Rochesterians, Peter LaDolce starts his morning with a 15-minute commute. Unlike most, he makes the journey by bicycle. “If it rains, I’ll still be riding,” said LaDolce, who bikes about 3.5 miles from his Browncroft Boulevard home to his job at Barkstrom & LaCroix Architects [...]

Cebu Daily News: Challenge for cycling
I was going to write about something else when I received e-mail from our publisher and chief editor, Eileen Mangubat. She wrote: “Here is something you might be interested in.” That something was a news item from the Associated Press with the head: “Cycling gains ground in NYC amid [...]

China Daily: China to prevent bike theft through numbering system
Every bike produced in China will have a number engraved on it to deter thieves and help trace it if it is stolen. All bike manufacturers in China will have to number their products and print the numbers on them from December 1, to [...]

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Honolulu awarded for being bicycle-friendly
The League of American Bicyclists has awarded Honolulu an honorable mention in its Bicycle Friendly Community program. Honolulu is one of 24 cities and counties that applied for first-time Bicycle Friendly Community designation in the latest round of evaluation. Seven other communities, including Tampa, Fla., and Los Angeles, [...]

EV Living.com: Tempe named bicycle-friendly community
The League of American Bicyclists designated Tempe a Silver-Level Bicycle-Friendly Community Award winner. Tempe is one of 70 communities around the United States being recognized for providing safe accommodations and facilities for bicyclists and encouraging residents to bike for transportation and recreation. The League of American Bicyclists examined traffic [...]

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 [...]