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Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week.
I post all interesting Elsewhere Links as well as lots of Bike News from Other Cities over on the Links Page.
Manhattan to Enjoy 6.9 Mile Temporary Car-Free Route
California: Bike Boulevards Coming to Long Beach
Danish IKEA Intros Fleet Of Trailer Bikes To Get Those Flatpacks Home
Things are happening in Montreal... their upcoming "Public Bike System" (or PBS) has a fancy new website, a name contest, and plans to start with 40 public bikes this fall and expanding to 2,400 in a year:
The first city-issue self-serve bikes are to appear at specially designed outdoor stations in fall 2008. By autumn 2009, it's expected 2,400 bikes will be available for as little as $1 per half-hour, at 300 stations around central neighbourhoods.
The idea is to encourage Montrealers and tourists to use the public bicycles instead of cars for short, inner-city trips. Users will be able to pick up a bike at one station, use it, then drop it off at any station of their choice.
Oh, and the bikes look awesome... which makes sense since the aesthetics of the system were designed by Michel Dallaire.
You may be asking yourself "How are they paying for this?" and the answer is easy:
The city has chosen Stationnement Montréal, a subsidiary of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, to run the bike rental system, partly because the company's automated parking meters are similar to those needed for the self-serve bike scheme.
The company, which manages the city's paid on-street and public parking lots, is to invest
$15 million to get the project going, although it is expected to eventually be self-financing.
That's right... Montreal's equivalent to the Toronto Parking Authority is running this.
Is there any reason this can't be done in Toronto?
Discuss this on the BikingToronto Community.
Links for this story:
- Montreal Gazette: City looks to Paris as it cranks up self-serve bicycle rental project
- TreeHugger: Montreal Canada Launches Public Bike System
- Montreal Public Bike Sharing Website
- PBS: Find My Name
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Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week.
I post all interesting Elsewhere Links as well as lots of Bike News from Other Cities over on the Links Page.
NYC: Mayor Bloomberg & Friends Announce "Saturday Streets" Essentially the plan opens Park Avenue to pedestrians and cyclists from 72nd thru to the Brooklyn Bridge (using other connectors) on August 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 7 AM to 1 PM! |
| Obama: I'll Boost Funds for Bike-Ped Projects If Elected Barack Obama, in a private 20-minute meeting with members of the Bikes Belong board of directors, told them if he were elected president he would increase funding for cycling and pedestrian projects. And the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee als |
| USA: Obama bicycle meeting was "a coming of age moment" "I've been doing the bike policy stuff forever, but, in the last 30 days," he said, "I feel like more has happened than in the last 30 yrs." |
| Cycling Saves Australia $200 million in Health Costs The study, Cycling: Getting Australia Moving, funded by the Australian government and prepared by Melbourne University and the Cycling Promotion Fund concluded that thanks to the increased health of cyclists, public health services are spared an estimated |
NYC: Car-Free Saturdays Will Open Path For Peds and Bikes From City Hall to 72nd
On three Saturday mornings in August, the Department of Transportation will ban cars from nearly 5 miles of city streets to make way for cyclists, joggers and walkers.Man on a bike is tackled, then tasered by Portland Police
Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week.
I post all interesting Elsewhere Links as well as lots of Bike News from Other Cities over on the Links Page.
NYC Bicyclists Get Their Own MapQuest The good old New York City Bike Map is about to face some stiff competition. On Sunday, three enterprising cyclists launched "Ride the City," a web site that finds the safest and most efficient routes for those on two wheels. |
| Taking a Ride, with a Couple Thousand Friends, by the LA River Yesterday marked the 8th Los Angeles River Ride. Thousands of cyclists, riders and even some Ridazz gathered at Griffith Park to go on organized rides of 10, 50, 70 or 100 miles. |
| Bells ring in Portland's first Blessing of the Bikes In a respectful and poignant outdoor ceremony, St. Mary's Cathedral in Northwest Portland held their first-ever Blessing of the Bikes on Sunday. |
CNN: "My Next Vehicle Will Be a Bicycle"
TreeHugger: Obama Wraps Up Nomination, Celebrates By Riding His Bike
Australia: Cyclists want protected bicycle lanes
Bicycle Victoria wants to see bicycle lanes with a higher level of protection than just a white line trialled on some routes in Melbourne
Governors Island to Serve as Testing Ground for NYC Bike-Share
Turns out the wait for free bikes will be a lot shorter. Starting this week, 250 bikes at the island's rental outfit, Bike and Roll, will be available to visitors at no charge on Fridays, thanks to sponsorship from Transportation Alternatives.Kingston needs more bike lanes While the City of Toronto is celebrating Bicycle Month and has plans to expand its 90 kilometres of bike lanes to 495 kilometres by 2011, city councillors in Kingston are delaying making decisions about this issue. |
| As gas prices soar, so does interest in bicycling in Massachusetts Drivers clear a lane, bicyclists are taking to the road in record numbers in Massachusetts. |
| Cycle Fun Montreal: Bikes and local trains - the Montréal experience Cycle Fun Montreal asks: The suburban train system: does it provide good access for urban cyclists to get to suburban/rural cycling destinations? |
Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week.
I also post all the Elsewhere Links I find over on the Links Page.
Bikes go mainstream with Today Show coverage In recent weeks, there's been an unprecedented barrage of bike-related news stories in the mainstream media. | ||||||
| CNN: Car crashes into bike race; one dead A car plowed into a weekend bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others, police said. | ||||||
| Columbus, Ohio Unveils 20-Year Bicycle Master Plan There are also plans for a bike share program, the installation of more bike racks, the creation of several bike boulevards and significantly improved signage. Looks like nowadays cities of all geographies, political landscapes, and socio-economic...
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Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week:
Montreal: 100 kilometres of new Montreal bike path in 2008 Some of these are new paths on major traffic arteries, like on Cote Ste-Catherine road. Some are connections between existing bike paths. But we are promised 100 new kilometres. |
| The Latest Innovation From Paris: Cargocycles So what's the delivery truck equivalent of the bicycle? Look no further than Paris, the home of 20,000 shared bikes, and there you'll find La Petite Reine, a delivery company that utilizes a fleet of 60 Cargocycles. |
| Streetfilms: Tour de Brooklyn 2008 This year's event was moved a week early to coincide with the anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge's 125th birthday. Among the highlights of the jaunt was a ride thru the Evergreen Cemetery and a very rare visit behind the gates of the Brooklyn Navy Yar |
| Two of Los Angeles' better known bike advocates and bloggers were busy writing about how to make Los Angeles a better place for bicyclists. |
| League launches Bicycle Friendly States program Similar to their successful Bicycle Friendly Communities program this new campaign will look to "rank and recognize states that actively support bicycling." |
| Announcing Oregon Manifest; an event to celebrate handmade bikes, Portland-style "The most original, spirited, and spectacle-laden boutique bike show in the nation." |
| Ghost Bikes: A Memorial to Cyclists Ghost bikes are a spontaneous memorial to lost cyclists; they are old bikes painted white and locked near the crash site, accompanied by a small explanatory plaque. They serve as a message to those who pass by and a reminder of the need for safe cycling. |
7 Ways Cities Can Make Your Bike More Secure
In Afghanistan, Bicycle Courier Service Provides Work For the Wounded
Portland: New bike/ped bridge over I-5 will connect to South Waterfront The City of Portland is moving forward with their plans to build a new bike and pedestrian bridge over I-5 that will connect the Lair Hill neighborhood with the South Waterfront district near the Aerial Tram. |
| Coming Soon: A Major Car-Free Event in NYC Speaking at Tuesday's Fit-City Conference, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced that a Ciclovía-style car-free street event is in the works for this summer. |
| Portland Elects Cyclist Mayor; Obama Draws 8K Supporters on Bikes On Tuesday, voters in Portland, Oregon elected Sam Adams as their next mayor. A former Congressional staffer and current Portland city commissioner, Adams -- who is a cyclist -- ran on a platform that emphasized environmental and progressive growth initia |
| Montreal's many bicycle co-ops "I used to think that cycling was a solitary pastime. But lately I've come to realize, through taking long bike trips with roommates, watching gaggles of bike racers on TV, or working on my bike at a local bike co-op – that the best cycling experiences |
Bike Boxes on (Brooklyn's) Broadway Broadway now sports bike lanes, bike boxes, and pedestrian refuges with space for plantings. The changes have significantly narrowed the car travel lanes |
| Montreal: Six months on, de Maisonneuve bike path is going strong "It's changed my life – or maybe at least preserved it… I'm talking about the newish (opened in November) bicycle path that runs along along de Maisonneuve Blvd. from the west end through downtown. After years of death-defying rides to work on Sherbro |
| 285 Rides of Silence scheduled for today Today marks the Ride of Silence that honors bicyclists who have died or been injured on public roads. It also raises awareness that we bicycle riders have a right to the road. |
| Portland, Beaverton will join annual Ride of Silence They'll join nearly 300 cities worldwide taking part in the event which seeks to raise awareness of bicycles on the road by remembering those who have lost their lives on two wheels. |
| Sam Adams is Portland's next mayor The big news is that bike-friendly Sam Adams has won the race for mayor with a decisive 52-34 victory over Sho Dozono. |
| Pedal-Powered Ecocabs Reach Streets Of Stockholm The Ecocab, that jazzy three-wheeled improvement on the older pedicab/rickshaw idea, debuted the first of May in Toronto and has been seen in cities such as Dublin and in Berlin for last year's World Cup. |
| A new bicycle sharing program in Washington DC provides subscribers with convenient, green rides. An annual $40 membership fee entitles SmartBike DC subscribers access to three hour blocks of emissions-free travel. |
Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week:
StreetFilms » National Bike To Work Day
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Posted: 15 May 2008 12:46 PM CDT thirty cyclists and rollerbladers make the case that every day should be Bike to Work Day by cruising down the 405 during rush hour. This video has higher production value than the first one. Graphics spell out the difference in speed between those biking |
Portland: Man-eating streetcar tracks ahead Posted: 15 May 2008 12:39 PM CDT |
LA: This Morning at the Bicycle Blessing Posted: 15 May 2008 09:18 AM CDT A group of bicyclists gathered this morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital for the Blessing of the Bikes (remember the Blessing of the Animals?). It was one of many events taking place for Bike to Work Week. |
Democrats and Republicans to Have Bike-sharing at Conventions Posted: 15 May 2008 09:17 AM CDT Bike-sharing will be "bike-partisan" at both of this year's Democratic and Republican National Conventions, showing that bicycling is "neither left, nor right, but ahead" to quote the Green Party's motto. |
The Birth of Bike Culture - Vive la Vélib Posted: 15 May 2008 09:15 AM CDT I just spent three days in Paris and two of them were on Vélib' bikes. It was an astounding experience, even after hearing so many good things about it from afar. I've lived in Paris and have been a regular visitor for years so I was not a little amazed |
Vélib - Sociable and Sustainable Posted: 15 May 2008 09:13 AM CDT One of the best things we noticed about cycling in Paris was that Parisians have understood how sociable cycling is. Cycling in couples is a common sight in Copenhagen and by all accounts Parisians have embraced this sociability as well. |
Portland: Why are bicycles key to the future of Portland (and other cities)? Posted: 14 May 2008 02:44 PM CDT "Bicycling is the most equitable and affordable form of transportation… All of Portland's citizens already live within a 20-minute bicycle ride of our existing Regional and Town Centers and Commercial Main Streets." |
| Posted: 13 May 2008 02:53 PM CDT If you haven't heard yet, it is bike month in New York. This year over 200 rides, tours, and events are planned. To help kick things off, City Commissioners & Transportation Alternatives held a bike ride down 9th Avenue's protected bike lane and a pre |
| Snackin' & Schwag for Cyclists in Queens Posted: 13 May 2008 02:53 PM CDT If it's Bike Month, then Transportation Alternatives must be hosting their annual commuter pit stops with help from NYC DOT and the five Boro President's offices. |
| Portland earns a Platinum rating from the League of American Bicyclists Posted: 13 May 2008 02:51 PM CDT The League of American Bicyclists has awarded Portland it's highest honor, a Platinum rating. The city is the first major metro area to get the recognition. Davis, Calif., is the only other city to have the rating. |
| NYC: 5 Borough Bike Tour Video Posted: 13 May 2008 12:39 PM CDT |
| Posted: 13 May 2008 08:05 AM CDT Exploring Montreal on bike is a great way to get to know our city. But if you don't know where to go, or you don't feel comfortable doing this alone or independently, a guided tour is a great way to go. |
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Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week:
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Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week:
Past Weekly Elsewhere Posts:
Cool biking stuff happens in tons of places besides Toronto.
Here's some news, views, and inspirations that I've come across in the last week:
Past Weekly Elsewhere Posts:
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