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Found on: Creating People-Friendly Streets

Imagine Broadway as a pedestrian mall. Vehicles are banned, except for deliveries. Cafes and stores overlook a wide plaza, bisected by a row of trees. There are benches, chairs and tables where people can meet or take a break from shopping. Little kiosks sell coffee or a quick snack. Bicycle parking is plentiful.

Found on: Santa Ana wins $1 million for bike trail

A $1-million state grant will help pay for a new bike trail along South Flower Street that will connect the city's existing loop of trails with Costa Mesa's trail system.

Found on: Live Bicycle Radio: Giving voice and identity back to Colombia

There's a special bicycle moving around Belén de los Andaquíes in Caquetá, Colombia.

Found on: Night Cycling: Is it Safe?

When I am a motorist, I try to use my cycling experience as a tool to be as aware as possible of cyclists, especially at night. I'm dismayed at how difficult this is in the urban density of Seattle.

Found on: Cyclists should be more involved as biking advocates

Blame me. It's my fault the Northwest does not treat bicycling with respect. How? Bear with me, and I'll explain.

Found on: On your bike, Mr President, Uganda

The recent traffic jams in Kampala caused by road repairs, along with brief street closures due to mock security exercises, have left thousands sitting helpless in stationary cars for hours, and others stranded at home or at work.

Found on: Former UC Davis professor explains history of bike paths

The country's first bike path was built in Brooklyn. The motorcycle is the direct descendant of the bicycle. Bicyclists once had to contend with powerful horse lobbies to get funding for bike lanes and pathways.

Found on: Bicycles may be classified as `speedy pedestrians’ for more legal flexibility

Besides being legally defined as slow-moving vehicles, bicycles in Taiwan may now acquire a new definition as "speedy pedestrians" or suren (速人).

Found on: C.I.C.L.E.

[[image:toys_mini.jpg::inline:1]]C.I.C.L.E.’s Second Annual Holiday Toys and Mittens Ride on Saturday, December 1, 2007 is featured in the L.A. Times Emerald City Blogs

Found on: What Do You Do for the Environment?

Al Gore finally made climate change "real" – god forbid, even trendy. So have you changed the way you live yet?

Found on: Fremont woman is the bicycle lady

Last summer when Mary Alejandro began fixing up bikes for her grandchildren, it wasn't long before kids in the Elliot Street neighborhood were asking for a bicycle, too.

Found on: Bikes: DOT Still Doesn’t Get It

The governor promises a new Department of Transportation, one that's worried about more than cars and obstacles to cars.

Found on: Student completes moving art project

In the finale of a two-month project that took her from the gallery to the streets and then to the sea, a Cal State Long Beach graduate student on Monday pedaled a swan boat from San Pedro to Long Beach, the last of eight human-powered means she employed to get to class.

Found on: Holiday Toys and Mittens Ride Launches Urban Expeditions Ride Series

Found on: Just Survive? Some Thrive in L.A. — Without a Car

They say the car is king in Southern California. But more and more Angelenos are giving up their vehicles for life on two wheels.

Found on: Santa Monica Critical Mass Sends Message to Council

Critical Mass bicyclists spoke out en masse at last week’s City Council meeting charging that Santa Monica Police are improperly applying vehicle codes and ticketing riders.

Found on: Fixed-gear bicycle sales ride high among admirers

While such a machine might seem to have limited appeal, the popularity of fixed-gear bikes has expanded beyond the bigcity messenger subculture that spawned them somewhere during the past decade.

Found on: For those about to ride, we salute you

[[image:wac_small.jpg::inline:1]]I’ve been thinking for a while about how to foster a greater sense of community between cyclists. You’d think just being out there on the roads is enough. But too often for my tastes – have I passed fellow cyclists yearning for some sort of sign, some acknowledgment beyond the occasional “head nod.”

Found on: European-style bike-sharing programs head to US

American cities, eager for greener solutions to urban congestion, are rushing to set up bicycle-sharing programs similar to those launched in Europe in recent years.

Found on: Pedal to the medal

The upside, though, is that if you were to pick the ideal landscape to drop a bike-friendly small city on, Davis would be it (minus the searing heat, of course). Davis is immensely proud of its innovative 40-plus-year-old bike culture—the city logo is a high-wheeler—and it should be.

Found on: Stolen Bike? Geeky Chat Room Comes to the Rescue

When Agata Slota’s bicycle disappeared from a spot near Union Square one day in September, the odds were that she would never see it again. About 60,000 bikes are stolen in New York City each year, and only 2 percent of them are recovered by their owners.

Found on: Green wave for cyclists tested

Amsterdam has created a green wave for cyclists along the Raadhuisstraat. Cyclists riding at a speed of 15 to 18 kmph will not have to stop at red lights. Tests show that public transport benefits as well, whereas cars become slightly slower.

Found on: Special Report: Who’s to blame – drivers or cyclists?

Portland has a thriving bike culture and there is a big divide over who is to blame when cars and bikes collide.

Found on: A bump on the noggin is better than being a couch potato

Facing a lecture hall full of public health experts, Dr. Shaul Katzir, a historian at Tel Aviv University's Porter School of Environmental Studies, claimed Monday that a new Knesset law requiring bicycle riders to wear helmets was wrong and would harm public health as many would give up riding instead.