The Age: Lycra brigade descends on city
More than 6000 people took advantage of a free breakfast at Federation Square this morning to fill their stomachs after this year’s Ride to Work Day. Lycra was an obvious fashion choice, but others donned pin-stripe suits, shorts or tracksuits for the commute - one man was spotted […]

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 […]

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 […]

RTE News: Hearing on free bicycle initiative
An Bord Pleanála is considering a controversial decision by Dublin City Council to allow large billboards be erected at key sites in return for free bicycles. The deal with JCDecaux is believed to be worth tens of millions of euro over a 15-year period, but the Council has […]

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 […]

The Gazette: City looks to Paris as it cranks up self-serve bicycle rental project
Montreal plans to be the first city in North America to set up a large-scale “self-serve” public bicycle rental service. Pedalling along the same path as such French cities as Paris and Lyon, where similar systems have become wildly popular, Montreal […]

CCTV.com: Bicycle business for Olympic Games
To promote environmentally-friendly transport and ease grid-locked city streets before the Olympics, the government is urging people to take public transport, walk, or ride bikes. Bicycles were once the main mode of transportation in Beijing. Will a “Green Olympics” make them popular again? Entrepreneurs hope so.

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The Brooklyn Rail: A Future on Two Wheels - Is Bike-Sharing Possible in New York?
On a recent trip to Paris, I noticed with curiosity the rows of perfectly spaced, knee-high gray posts that had popped up intermittently throughout the city, just off the curbs. The next day, bicycles appeared next to each post, and representatives […]

The Age: Think differently and connect
There is no doubt that 21st-century urban living presents us with some real challenges. Getting enough physical activity into our lives as our girths grow and traffic congestion infuriates us. Controlling levels of depression and anxiety, as isolation and work and life demands weigh heavily on us. And worrying about […]

The China Post: Mayor Hau leads bicycle tour in Car Free Day
To mark Saturday’s Taipei Car Free Day, city mayor Hau Lung-bin will lead a bicycle tour from the Taipei County Government in Panchiao to Taipei City Hall. The event was organized to stimulate public awareness about environmental protection and join the international campaign to […]

New York Times: Turning the Ride to School Into a WalkThe signs say “School Is Open, Drive Safely.” Of course, one should always drive safely, school or no school, and not only “when children are present,” as speed limit signs near schools often state. If only these signs reflected what health and safety experts hope […]

The Star: Researcher links gas price, obesity - Commuters more likely to walk, bike or take transit when costs rise
High gasoline prices may prompt people to tighten their belts in more ways than one, a U.S. economics researcher has found. Studying average U.S. state fuel prices and U.S. government-reported health trends, Charles Courtemanche, a […]

Hovis London Freewheel: On Sunday 23 September, London goes traffic-free
The Hovis London Freewheel – organised by the Mayor of London – is aimed at encouraging more people in London to cycle. London is already experiencing a cycle revolution with the number of cyclists soaring by 83 per cent since 2000, but we want the […]

The Hindu: The latest French revolution
The bicycle’s comeback in France represents a willingness to make environmentally and socially sensitive choices. After creating the world’s fastest mode of transport the TGV, the French are now returning to something much more simple — the bicycle (vélo in French). On July 15, 2007, 10,000 public […]

Associated Content.com: Walking and Bicycling to School Program Announced by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer - $32 Million Given to Promote Walking and Bicycling to School
According to the New York State website, Governor Eliot Spitzer has launched a new initiative that will supply $32.1 million in federal funding to promote walking and bicycling to school.
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Inquirer.net: Environmental group wants to make Metro safe for fireflies
For the Firefly Brigade, there is hope that the smog-choked air of Edsa can be cleaned up and Filipinos can be weaned from their dependence on motorized vehicles. This group of campaigners for the environment believes that the most effective way to clean up the air […]

The Age: Move to ease rail squeeze
The removal of seats from train carriages to create more standing room and encouraging big businesses to give workers more flexible hours are among a range of measures being considered by the Brumby Government as short-term fixes for Melbourne’s overloaded rail network.
“It’s a good thing people are using public […]

Streets Films: Interview with Enrique Peñalosa
As mayor of Bogota, Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa accomplished remarkable changes of monumental proportions for the people of his country in just three years.
Peñalosa changed the way Bogota treated its non-driving citizens by restricting automobile use and instituting a bus rapid transit system which now carries a 1/2 million residents daily.
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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, […]

Canberra Times: Time to imagine a city with better transport
Very little in this life comes for free. And the renewed debate about pay parking in the Parliamentary Triangle has also renewed arguments about just how this territory caters for its citizens. While many people quite fairly suggest that workers mostly federal public servants who […]