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National
- Americans Cyclists Bike the Least, Still Most Likely to Get Killed
- 2013 year in review for bicycling
- The Bicycle — an old, abandoned bike learns to love again
- Engineering Establishment Poised to Endorse Bike Boxes and Bike Signals
- Why this woman says biking can save our economy
International
- Australian cyclist takes axe to neighbour’s car after being pushed off bike
- Copenhagen Bicycle Rush Hour in Lego
- Sixty mile network to open up city to casual riders in bid to ‘de-Lycrafy’
From 12/25 NYT
In a Car-Culture Clash, It’s the Los Angeles Police vs. Pedestrians
at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/us/in-a-car-culture-clash-its-los-angeles-police-vs-pedestrians.html?ref=automobiles&_r=1&
http://www.humantransit.org/2013/12/a-glimpse-into-the-road-lobbys-echo-chamber-and-how-to-respond.html
It’s a response by Jarrett Walker to this one in the Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/sick-of-congestion-build-roads-not-transit/article16107135/#dashboard/follows/?page=2
from Jarrett:
“Everyone should know how to respond to articles like this, because we’ll keep seeing them. The comments on the article (“Wendell Cox is an idiot”) are not encouraging. Wendell Cox is not an idiot. He is part of a reactionary process that accompanies every revolution, one that we’ll hear more from. He’s a smart man who knows exactly what he’s doing. Take time to understand the point of view. Many people’s brains are so fused with their cars that to them, congestion really is the same thing as urban mobility or urban liberty. . . .
So first you have to object by shining light on that premise. TTI, and by extension Canada’s leading newspaper, believes that certain people do not exist or do not matter — namely everyone who already travels by transit, bike, or foot, and everyone who can imagine choosing not to drive in the face of real and attractive choices.”