Bike items that have little to nothing to do with DC - I Saw the Sign

Good Magazine has an article by Joseph Prichard a graphic designer who has been working on better bike signage through the Better Bikeways project.

Although signs, even well designed ones, are no substitute for physical road improvements (dedicated bike lanes, sharrows, and the like) they can play an important function in improving the experience of urban biking.

The sign here reminds me a bit of the London Subway signs inside the trains.

Bicycle powered Christmas Tree in Copenhagen.

Rome on the bike sharing bandwagon.

Lance Armstrong on the daily show

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He was one of the celebrities who made picks on College Gameday this year (in Austin) and has the second best record (8-2, behind Yankee Nick Swisher at 8-1) for guests so far (no steroid accusations either). He's good at everything. He jumped off the Empire State Building this one time and he only sprained his ankle.

It's a planter and a bike rack.

Some cities promote scooter use.

FABB has a round-up of articles on cycling, health and climate change.

Bike League on the impact traffic has on biking and walking.

In the USA, 14 percent of people on crosswalks ran rather than walked across the road. In a study of driver behavior at Zebra crossings, only 5 percent of motorists yielded to pedestrians.

NPR on the LA road rage case.

Comments

[Froggie]

Regarding bike signage, I agree with the principle (after all, it's #1 on my wish list), but I'm not so sure about that color...

[SJE]

Signs=good. Enforcement of traffic laws = better.