Roanoke.com: Organizers of Sharebike venture aim to provide two-wheelers for area use
A Roanoke group is almost ready to begin a bike-sharing enterprise that wants to provide cheap and environmentally friendly transportation. Sharebike founder Ron McCorkle looks at a pile of donated bikes Wednesday at his home. ”We have many bikes, and they’re all ready,” he [...]

Tribune de Genève: Ad dispute delays bicycle plan
Geneva’s hopes of copying Paris and Lyon with a free bike rental system are on hold as a US company challenges the city’s way of handling advertising. A plan to launch a free bicycle system in Geneva has been held up by a dispute over advertising. Vélib’ in [...]

SMH: City slickers are the new city thickers
Large shopping centres, elevators and the dominance of the car are driving Australia’s obesity epidemic, an Australian report has found. The report, to be released tomorrow by Research Australia, says changes to our physical environment are resulting in obesity.
Professor Anthony Capon, one of 12 researchers who worked on [...]