Archive for the 'Cycling Advocacy News' Category

US: Cycling summit gets rolling

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 [...]

New Zealand: Council gets moving on cycle strategy

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 [...]

Greece: Hundreds of cyclists braved heavy rainfall

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. [...]