Commuter

From League of American Bicyclists: Senator DeMint (R-SC) has offered an amendment to SPECIFICALLY prohibit funding for bicycles, walking and offroad vehicles. The amendment ONLY…

Industry veterans Erik Olson and Dan Powell have launched Portland Design Works (PDW), a new brand of urban bicycle accessories with a focus on simple,…

Unless you’re a tax code attorney or accountant, there’s pretty much no way you’re going to understand what the benefits available to you are…and forget…

If you get our tweets and live in the NYC, roll over to Spector Hall located at 22 Reade Street in Manhattan. The meeting started…

Come summer, London-area cyclists (that’s London, England, BTW) will be allowed to ride against traffic in limited areas in a field test to see if…

If you’re interested in learning how to make your locale a Bicycle Friendly Communities, check out the Quad Cities’ BFC Conference January 29, complete with…

  The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), held in Indianapolis Feb. 27 – Mar 1, will host a Winning Campaigns Training program by the…

Winter Bike to Work Day: The Active Transportation Alliance – formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation – hosts its Winter Bike to Work Day Jan. 20. Hardy…

Just found this, too. The UK seems to have found a great way to fund increased cycling and pedestrian paths…use money from the Lottery!  It…

Schwinn is introducing the Tailwind at the Consumer Electronics Show, which uses new battery technology from Toshiba to enable faster charging and extended battery longevity.…

Mark Sander’s IF Mode is a beautiful folding bike that won a Eurobike ’08 Award.  It folds down very small, offers chainless pedaling and a…

The SRAM Cycling Fund has awarded Bikes Belong $200,000 to develop America’s cycling network. Working alongside America Bikes, Bikes Belong will put the money toward…

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) has noticed all the bad things cyclists in Portland are doing, and he’s smiling. Well, that’s my interpretation of the…

Bicycle Design Blog’s Commuter Bike Design Contest has announced its finalists, with the folding full suspension concept shown above being the most eye catching of…

New Belgium (aka: Fat Tire Amber Ale brewer), known for supporting Bicycle Advocacy and other philanthropical causes, is underwriting the first-ever Social Bike Business in…

New York City has added more than 100 miles of bike lanes over the past few years, but the latest 1.75 miles seems to be…

Urban Velo magazine issue #11 hits newsstands, both real and virtual, today. Download the PDF here, or view it in your browser here. Contents include:…

Following in the footsteps of NYC, Washington’s Golden Triangle Business Improvement District is calling for entries to design creative and functional bike racks for the…

Chris King, Nutcase Helmets, Vanilla Cycles and Bike Friday are just a few of the cycling companies based in and around Portland, Oregon, and the…

I know, it sounds like a Polish* joke we told in grade school when the term “politically correct” wasn’t even in our vocabulary.  And we…

From the League of American Bicyclists: Congress is currently putting together an economic stimulus package to have ready when the new Congress returns in early January. While…

If you want to read a lot of CPA tax jargon while learning how to claim a transportation benefit, check out this article by WebCPR…

You may remember this video from a past post from a Critical Mass on July 25 showing an NYC Police Officer pushing a rider, seemingly…