Links of the day – April 10, 2012
- Detroit’s Bicycling Booming To Meet Transportation, Recreation Needs
In a city where cars have long reigned, bicycles are gaining visibility in Detroit — and not just because of their lights and reflectors. More and more Detroiters are biking, some to fill gaps in a struggling public transit system and others simply for pleasure.
- World to end? Clarkson joins Twitter, praises cycling | Bicycle Business | BikeBiz
Motormouth Jeremy Clarkson has joined Twitter & in today’s Sunday Times heaps praise on cycling (in Copenhagen, that is)
- Hipster und Radhelden – Seelenvolle Maschinen – Stil – sueddeutsche.de
Die Modefotografie hat den radelnden Flaneur kaum beachtet. Bis jetzt: Zwei neue Bildbände feiern die Kombination von Mensch und Zweirad in ihrem Chic – und ihrer zärtlichen Symbiose.
- AUTO&Wirtschaft – Das Monatsmagazin für die schweizerische Automobilbranche
Noch mehr Radfahrwege in der City und eine erste Flotte von Wasserstoffautos – das sind zwei Verkehrsinitiativen, mit denen die dänische Hauptstadt sich über ihre Rolle als Gastgeber für die Anfang Dezember beginnende Klimakonferenz hinaus auch als aktiver Teilnehmer an den weltweiten Bemühungen zur Begrenzung der CO2-Emissionen profilieren will. Und um auch jedem einzelnen Konferenzteilnehmer die Gelegenheit zu einem ganz persönlichen Beitrag am gemeinsamen Ziel zu geben, stellt ihnen die Stadt kostenlos Fahrräder zur Verfügung.
- Driving costs society 12 cents per kilometre? – Sympatico.ca Autos
Danish survey says bikes benefit us 21 cents per kilometre. According to a survey out of Denmark, the “social cost” of driving is a lot higher than the cost of biking; in fact, it’s more than it’s worth.
- Widespread scepticism about Greens’ new cycling project – Politics News – Austrian Independent Online News – English Newspaper
A heated debate has erupted following a radical traffic reform idea by the Viennese Greens.
- Ken Livingstone is streets ahead of Boris in mayoral cycling policy race | Politics | guardian.co.uk
The most telling paradox of Boris Johnson’s mayoralty has been his promotion of himself as a “cycling mayor” while at the same time eschewing the measures required to transform London into a truly cyclist-friendly city. The celebrity Conservative is a vivid personification of the appeal of pedal power, yet his road-management priority has been smoothing the path of the private motor vehicle at the expense of just about everything else.
- Copenhagen really is wonderful, for so many reasons | World news | The Observer
Denmark has just come top in the UN’s survey of global happiness – far ahead of 18th-placed Britain. One former Londoner who moved to the Danish capital three years ago can see why
Category: Press Cuttings from around the world
