I want an upper-back dog.

transportationnation:

When your dog is too big to ride in the basket.

(Seen on Charlton Street near WNYC.)

Denmark debuts beautiful bicycle superhighway ›

Cute!

blah-city:

Copenhagen’s Bicycle Superhighways

Heroic bus driver traps a driver attempting a hit-and-run. At first I was confused about what I was watching. I thought it was just a video of a bicyclist hogging a lane. Then, in the next few frames, he’s flat out on the pavement and the car that hit him tries to take off. The bus driver, having witnessed the driver trying to speed away, swerves over and blocks the lane.

citymaus:

Bus to the rescue! attempted hit-and-run in Bethlehem, PA. 02.04.12.

On 02 April 2012 at approx. 3:06 p.m., expert cyclist Frank Pavlick was struck from behind while riding across the Fahy Bridge by a seventeen year old juvenile who was attempting to pass a LANTA bus. Immediately following the impact, the juvenile attempted to flee the scene to avoid identification and apprehension.

The driver of the LANTA bus, identified as Richard Gubish, Jr., saw the crash in his rear view mirror and also saw the driver attempting to get away. Mr. Gubish took immediate and decisive action and positioned his bus across the lanes of the bridge, effectively blocking the path of the getaway driver.

Another witness to the crash, Judson Smull, stopped to render aid to the injured Pavlick, who implored Smull to go after the offending driver to get the license plate.  Smull also took immediate action, and following the lead of Mr. Gubish, positioned his car directly behind the offending vehicle, further blocking any attempt to escape.

citymaus:

Repainting The Bike Lane On Bedford Avenue, NYC 2009.

I know I’ve posted “renegade bike lanes” videos before, but I’m always so impressed by badass-ery.

THIS SUMMER. somehow.. $$$, paint, new cyclist friends..

Cool.

Dutch bike lane design. Inherent in this design is purpose, which is “improve safety.” Transportation design in the U.S. does not recognize, “improve” only safety. The system is rigged in favor of productivity. Move cars faster, work work work shop shop shop.

Sweet sweet bike lanes in Chicago. Go Rahm go!

Kinzie Street: The First of Many Protected Bike Lanes for Chicago

In his campaign for mayor, Rahm Emanuel pledged to make Chicago a more bike-friendly city. And in office, he set his sights high, aiming to construct 100 miles of protected bike lanes in his first term.

His team wasted no time. Chicago DOT installed the city’s first protected bike lane on Kinzie Street before Emanuel’s first 30 days in office were over. Leading Emanuel’s DOT is former Washington, DC DOT Commissioner Gabe Klein, who clearly understands the connection between safe streets and the health of a city.

source here

(via thegreenurbanist)

Vilnius Mayor A. Zuokas fights illegally parked cars with a tank.

A Lithuanian mayor is sticker-bombing New York with message of bike lane respect, what’s not to love?

A lovely map of bike/gas burner street design in the NYTimes today. Might be the first time I’ve seen transect design in a newspaper - fantastic! 

NYTimes - click to view large.

See also: “Taming the mean streets: A talk with NYC transportation chief Janette Sadik-Khan.”

Mayor Bloomberg for president!!!!!!!!!!!!

A New Breed of Lawyers Focuses on Bicyclists’ Rights

Judge Rejects Groups’ Effort to Remove Bike Lane ›

Pretty cool article on key indicators to developing bike lanes - more women. ›

Bike Lane Video of the Day! Mayor Arturos Zuokas is very upset with cars parking and blocking bike lanes. Here’s his promo video, which is awesome. 

The mayor of Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, was sick of cars parking in no parking zones and bike lanes. Ticketing the cars—often luxury vehicles, no less—seemed to have little effect. So Mayor Arturos Zuorokas has taken matters into his own hands. According to this video, you now park illegally in Vilnius at your own risk.

(Dearest Kateoplis, I swear we posted simultaneously!)