Bike Safer Still Going Strong
Jeff Frings of BikeSafer is still going strong with his blog. This piece aired not long ago on his local Fox News network (where Frings..
Advocacy
Portland Considering “Idaho Stop” Law
The city of Portland is considering adopting “Idaho Stop” legislature. The laws would allow bicyclists to treat stop lights as..
Get to know ‘em: Michael Burns
Urban Velo reader Joel Gillespie recently wrote a piece about a local cycling advocate, Michael Burns, in the Champaign-Urbana blog Smile..
2009 National Bike Summit
Bicycle advocates from around the country descend on Washington DC this week for the 2009 National Bike Summit. While Urban Velo has..
Bicycle Advocacy Stimulus Package
When I tell people what I do for a living, they usually say two things. “People actually get paid to do that?†And second,..
Senator Jim DeMint Hates Bicycles
According to The Wash Cycle: Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who said that directing stimulus funds toward bicycle and..
Stimulus Bike
Stimulus Bike is a grassroots program intended to encourage people to pledge to use their individual cut of the latest proposed economic..
Good Roads, Great Protests
The other day I was riding through a road construction area when the pavement abruptly disappeared and I found myself slogging through a..
Bicycle Times is now Chainlinks
Bicycle Times, the newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition has been revamped and is now being distributed as a bi-monthly..
Inagural Bike Valet
According to a story on Bicycle Retailer, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association wants to make it more convenient for people to cycle to..