Links of the day – January 18, 2011
- London Cycling Campaign – Department for Transport to make cycling contraflows easier to create
The rule that forbade local authorities from simply adding an ‘except cyclists’ sign to existing No Entry signs is expected to be removed in 2011.
- Bastiaan Bloem | PRI’s The World
A doctor in the Netherlands has discovered that some people who suffer severe symptoms of Parkinson’s disease can ride a bicycle with relative ease. Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Bastiaan Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in Nijmegen.
- The Invisible Cyclists: Immigrants and the Bike Community – Cities – GOOD
They ride on the sidewalks around the city, many of them without helmets or lights. For thousands of immigrants in Los Angeles, the bicycle is their primary means of transportation. But while “everybody’s sort of aware of these bikers,” says Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition organizer Allison Mannos, “there’s not really any outreach. My interest is to address the people who never get taken into account.”
Category: Press Cuttings from around the world
