This just in from UTNE Reader Beyond Bike LanesDespite a recent boom in the number of U.S. bicyclists, fewer than 1 percent of us regularly bike to work. According to the January 2010 Governing magazi...

I did another guest blogger piece for the The Los Angeles Times' Bottleneck Traffic Blog, this time all about Copenhagen's Cargo Bike Culture. I don't need to bang on about it here when you can just p...

I just had to chuck this post up. I'm in the midst of reading reams of research studies and formulating a blog response to the world of bike helmet advocacy.Regarding the fear-mongering inherent in th...

It's often in the details. If you're cycling down the street in the background (which is my back street) you're going to do one of two things when you get to the end. If you're turning right, it's eas...

We've got a love-in going on over at Copenhagen Cycle Chic this week. It's La Semaine du Vélib' over there, wherein we celebrate the birth of bike culture in Paris since the introduction of the Vélib'...

Above photo by Søren HyttingThis morning was the launch of the annual We Cycle to Work [Vi cykler til arbejde] campaign in Denmark. Here we have the Vice Mayor of Copennhagen, Klaus Bondam, handing o...

I was sent a link to a paper from the Technical University of Denmark's Dept of Transport. The paper was published in November 2008 and I was surprised I didn't see it. I was less surprised to realise...

A country's bike culture is reflected in its bike signs. Fenders, chainguard, proper dynamo light. If the pictogram featured a 10 speed you'd think that no racing was allowed. But with this sign you'r...

I can only see a blue plastic thing and a tree branch...The classic excuse from motorists when getting into accidents, including those involving cyclists, is "I didn't see him!"It hammers home the fac...