Headlines, News, and views

• Blood diamond lanes James Howard, Uptown Magazine (Winnpeg, Feb 18 2010) I'm not sure what to make of this. I had thought there were anti-racist laws against advocating for violence against a definable group
• Cyclists waging a war for safety, not on cars (Inside Toronto, Feb 18) Hey, Inside Toronto, Did you finally run out of car advertising dollars, or is this article being used to blackmail them for more money? Last year you weren't so hot on cycling!
• Bike speed limits wheel their way to council (Calgary Sun, Feb 17 2010) See also Commute at 20 k.p.h.? Hell no! (Calgary Blogs, Feb 18 2010) Toronto's trails also have a 20km/h speed limit. So far, the Toronto Police have not been called in to enforce this
• City will not enforce speed limit for cyclists (Edmonton, iNews 880 , Feb 18 2010) Edmonton is better than Calgary. So there!
• Twin Falls (Idaho) looks at improving bicycle safety (ABC6 News, Feb 15 2010)
  Besides the Big Cities like London UK, Paris FR, New York USA, Boston USA, Montreal PQ, now we are seeing even small cities like Portland OR looking to help cyclists. Notice that Toronto's not on that list
• Va. bill for more bicycle clearance is defeated (The Virginian-Pilot, Feb 15 2010) Virginia's bill to give cyclists three feet instead of the current two was defeated. At least they have a minimum safe distance. Here the OPP have let motorists hit cyclists for sport
• Montreal commuters shun cars, embrace 'BMW' (The Gazette, Feb 15 2010) While cycling rates in Toronto is slowly growing without help from City Hall, the cycling rate is just BOOMING in Montreal. But then they do have separated bike lanes and a public bike share program
• Positive initiative could be better (Times and Transcript, Moncton,Feb 18 2010)
• Call 311 to report rusty, `forgotten' bikes (Toronto Star, Feb 18, 2010)
  We've always been able to call the city about this, 311 just makes easier
• Saanich South MLA Lana Popham wants HST exemption for bikes (straight.com, Vancouver, Feb 18 2010) As in Ontario, BC also has PST-free bikes, before HST removed that
• Preferred design for County Road 43 expansion unveiled (Kemptville EMC, Feb 18 2010) County roads to get a separated bike lane
• Leslie car house stirs soil stink (Now, Feb 16, 2010) Yet something else to fight City Hall for
• What to do when the Games prorogue your semester (oncampus.macleans.ca, Feb 17 2010) "Cycling is the fastest and most convenient way to get around downtown." Tell me something I didn't know
• Colonel by drive electrical power upgrade work (Ottawa Start, Feb 17 2010) "bicyclists to dismount and walk for this stretch" But motorists can stay in their cars
• Number of cyclists killed in Britain has halved in last 15 years (road.cc, Feb 17 2010) I like good news

Products

• Shredding the Pump Track on a Runner (Norco's Blog, Feb 18 2010) It's very much like a "Like-a-Bike," only it's from Norco
• The Spokeless Bicycle Wheel (Geeky Gadgets, Feb 18 2010) Because it's always much more fun to re-invent the wheel