Category Bike News
Beating the Heat in Melbourne, Australia
When studying cities around the world that have strong multi-modal transportation options (bicycle infrastructure, streetcars, pedestrian paths), a high level of walkability, and an active downtown life, it’s hard to beat Australia’s second most populous city, Melbourne. In previous articles, we discussed roadblocks to creating a vital downtown life given the climate in the South…Melbourne […]
BFOC Pedicab for Bishop Arts!
We’ve been raising quite a bit of funds recently through the sales of t-shirts, online fundraisers, and a homebrew fest. So far with the funds, we’ve got a couple more bike racks on order, some “share the road” signage plans, a September Bicycle event, and an entry point sign into Oak Cliff stating “Welcome to […]
Oak Cliff’s Own In Second Place At Tour de France!
Photo: Reuters As we discovered from a commenter, seven time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, was born right here in Oak Cliff at Methodist Hospital and lived in the OC for a short while until moving to Richardson and later Plano. Curiously, Wikipedia notes Plano as his birthplace, but his biography lists first living […]
John Pucher Video on Cycling for Everyone
Also from EcoVelo, ran across this great video of John Pucher discussing “Cycling for Everyone”. It’s fascinating to see the numbers of accidents, and rates of ridership among the elderly and more in Europe compared to the US. Something else he touches on is something we documented earlier from Danish planner, Jan Gehl, where car-centric […]
Thoughtful Post
Ecovelo offers this thoughtful post regarding the Facility Advocate vs. Vehicular Cycling quibble.
New Painted Sharrow Lane in Long Beach
A BFOC member forwarded us the following video and article showing the new painted sharrow lane in Long Beach. This is pretty groundbreaking, as it’s not a bike lane, but simply a painted marking for cyclists. Features interviews with bike shop owners, activists, and cyclists to get their first impressions. Looks like it’s a hit.
More Copenhagen Bicycle Eye Candy
From Copenhagenize.com:
Oak Cliff Bicycle Company Selling Pashley’s!
Just got off the phone with the guys at Oak Cliff Bicycle Company, and it looks like they may be carrying the hand-built British classic Pashley bicycles! To me, Pashley is the equivalent of that other classic English manufacturer, Jaguar. These bicycles come decked out with leather Brooks saddles, Sturmey Archer hubs, and super cool […]
DART’s most recent InMotion Quarterly focuses on Bicycles and TOD’s
If you don’t already subscribe to the free InMotion Quarterly put out by DART, I highly suggest you sign up. The most recent edition, which can be viewed online here, has an overview of the light rail, and bus bike-rack systems. Also, an article titled “Home on the Rail”, talks about the changing landscape of […]
BFOC’ers Report from the Road
Since it’s summer, we’ve got BFOC members reporting in from all over the world while on vacation, helping document bicycle infrastructure and culture in other cities. Here’s some recent comments and pics they’ve sent us from the road: “Super-bike-friendly in Munich! Bike trails everywhere!…Our hotel actually hands out bikes for free!” BFOC member Tanya Muerer […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 