An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
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FASHIONISTA
From Scot Bathgate, a lovely local example of the cycle chic movement:
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WHAT SAN FRANCISCANS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT – AS SEEN BY L.A.
Gears of rhetoric ratchet up in San Francisco’s car-bike debate: The death of a pedestrian run over in a crosswalk by an out-of-control cyclist has inflamed the conversation about who owns the scarce public space in this dense city.
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TEN THOUSAND MORE THINGS FOR NEW YORKERS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
What happens when you throw 10,000 publicly available bikes into one of the most crowded, dense cities in America?
Check New York City in a few months.
Citibike. Coming soon.
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WHAT VANCOUVERITES WILL BE COMPLAINING ABOUT
For the record, City Hall’s priorities for the future of bike routes in Vancouver:
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Cycle chic – not a helmet in sight
is that a sidewalk she’s riding on?
Ha. Two have beat me to it. Hipsters don’t wear helmets and they like to ride on the sidewalk.