Skateboarders ride into battle over by-laws

Jim Sher, a 33-year-old Claremont man who skateboards to and from work every day, contacted the Cape Times after reading about the longboarding schoolboys who call themselves The Noordhoek Group and who have lodged a formal application with the City of Cape Town to revise by-laws that make it illegal to skateboard on public roads.

Are bicycle lanes really green? Some [LA] residents see red

When [Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's] accident made headlines in July 2010, the incident energized the city’s cyclists and bike commuters around Los Angeles’ ambitious plans to make 1,600 miles of bike lanes in this auto-centric metropolis. Yet little progress has been made in the year and a half since the mayor’s fall because of an unlikely hurdle: California’s environmental laws.

New cycling coordinator to make Calgary bike-friendly

The city is hiring a new manager in its transportation department and you should know how to ride a bike if you want the job. The cycling coordinator will oversee the implementation of Calgary's new cycling strategy. “Must be able to ride a bicycle or be willing to learn,” the job posting says.

Video - Car Trouble: And How to Fix It

A humourous look at the mess cars of made of our world, this ends with some simple but radical ideas on how to fix things.

Winnipeg - Active transport to connect east and west

On Feb. 9 the University of Manitoba hosted a public session about an active transportation river crossing that will provide a direct connection between Fort Garry and St Vital. The pedestrian and cycle crossing will go over the Red River and enter Fort Garry near the U of M.

Video: Bike vigilantes pedal way towards success

A band of bicycle vigilantes, minus the spandex and capes, are fighting back in the battle against bike theft in a new Vancouver-based web series that uses bait bikes to lure and catch thieves.

Peel adopts active transportation plan

“This plan demonstrates a shift in understanding on transportation from a focus on moving people in cars, and moving goods in trucks, to one that considers that, but balances it more with different modes of transportation — in particular, with active transportation and public transit,” said Dr. Eileen de Villa, Peel's associate medical officer of health. “It is good for health, it is good for the environment and, frankly, it is more economical.”

Paris to allow cyclists to run red lights in bid to cut accidents

Paris is to become one of the first major capital cities in the world to officially allow cyclists to ride through red lights. The measure is also being tested in the cities of Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Nantes, where Paris city hall has noted there have been ‘no rise in the number of accidents.

Calgary - Bike-sharing debate overshadows growing number of cyclists

Bike Calgary posted some leaked numbers from the city’s latest commuter count, and the number of cyclists is on the rise. The day-long count of cyclists in 2011 topped 10,000 for the first time, representing more than two per cent of commuters. This came before the new 10th Street N.W. bike lane was implemented, before changes to the 10th Avenue S.W. bike lane, and before our absurdly warm winter.

Calgary - Bike share study to push forward, council decides

Even though bike sharing is just a kernel of an idea for now, council showed how reluctant it is to introduce the program to Calgary’s downtown, voting by the thinnest of margins Monday against stalling work on the program until 2014.