A few items on cycling during Bike-to-Work week.
First up, if you missed John Pucher’s great talk - Cycling for Everyone: Lessons for Vancouver from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany - then check it out here.
Said the “Copenhagenize” blog:
I can only say that it is absolutely brilliant. It’s an hour-long filmed seminar with legendary John Pucher at [...]
Yet another starchiect - Zaha Hadid - doing yet another pedestrian bridge (or passerelle, as the French call them), this one across the Ebro River in Zaragoza, Spain.
More here in the Independent on the 270-metre bridge which also houses a pavillion for the 2008 Expo being held there.
More than ever, it’s apparent to me that we have [...]
In Price Tags 101 - on the Paris bike-sharing system known as Velib’ - I wondered what patterns would emerge, given that the system collects real-time data every time a bike is used.
Well, here’s the answer:
This is an animation of the Velib’ system for a full day (February 10th) based on the number of bikes available [...]
Next up: London
We’ve already seen the massive success of urban bike sharing in Paris, but now the super-smart Velib Bike program is taking to the streets of London! 15,000 bikes, 1,000 stations and more than 7.5 million miles of combined biking later have already been implemented in London, and the new scheme will contribute £75 [...]
Brisbane looks set to become the first Australian capital city to join several European centres in introducing a public bike hire scheme, with the city’s council launching a call for proposals for the project at the weekend. Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the scheme would be similar to the Paris and Barcelona models.
There’ll be [...]
Bravo to The Sun for stoking a discussion on the future of Burrard Bridge - Bridging the Repair Bill Gap. Journalist Catherine Rolfsen found a range of opinon, from going ahead with the widening but trying to do it cheaper, to building a separate low-level bridge.
I like that idea. Build a passerelle, as the French [...]
In arguing against action on the Burrard Bridge, to make it safe for cyclists and pedestrians, The Sun has it exactly backwards.
Let’s just stick to fixing the railings on Burrard Bridge
There is no evidence that widening the sidewalks will increase the numbers cycling or walking, but it’s a sure bet that vehicular traffic will grow.
If [...]
Notice anything different between this:
And this:
But of course: a bike rack. Full of bikes.
After dumping on Concord for the curious absence of this amenity at their Presentation Centre, I’m happy to acknowledge the change.
On July 4th, 2004, the people of Redding, CA, celebrated the opening of a footbridge - a spectacular piece of engineering art that would become an internationally known icon for their small town.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava (who has gone on to become one of the world’s ’starchitects’), the Sun Dial Bridge is 700 feet long and cost $23 million.
By comparison, [...]
I suppose there was a remote chance that Vancouver could have had North America’s first Paris-style bike sharing program (see Price Tags 101 for details). But now it looks like Washington, D.C. will be the pace-setter.
The New York Times has an article here.
Starting next month, people here will be able to rent a bicycle day [...]
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