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Smart Safety Design Turns Bike Lock Into Hazard Light

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Smart Safety Design Turns Bike Lock Into Hazard Light

Images via Yanko Design Safe cycling is a huge part of transitioning to a bike-friendly world, and that means great ideas for lighting and road safety products that don’t weigh down the cyclist. The Signal Lock LED bike lock/light is a perfect example of a multi-functional product that keeps both the cyclist and the bike safe. The lock turns into a glowing road hazard sign for when you’re stopped on the side of the road at night. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bike Glow. If You’re on The Go, Let Cars Know

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Bike Glow. If You’re on The Go, Let Cars Know

Photos: Bike Glow The other day we mentioned Fibre Flare , a long line LED bike light system. Here’s another light to consider, if you want to stand a better chance of being seen at night. The Bike Glow is a three metre (10 ft) long length of flexible tube that you wrap around your bike frame anyway you wish (tape and ties included). Connect the tube to a battery pack run by 2 AA’s — and presto — electroluminescent technology outlines the shape of your bike, making it that bit more visible in the gloom…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Which Came First, The Bike Or The Bike Lane? (Video)

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Which Came First, The Bike Or The Bike Lane? (Video)

Image credit ::Modern Mechanix When Richard Masoner of Cyclelicious asked “What came first, the bikes, or the bike lanes? Do bike facilities encourage people to bike? Or are they a response to increased demand after there are more bikes on the road?” I sent him a link to a post we did showing that bike lanes existed in 1928 , but another co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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IKEA Thanks USA Staff With 12,400 Free Bicycles

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on IKEA Thanks USA Staff With 12,400 Free Bicycles

Photo: IKEA via Business Wire IKEA is giving its 12,400 staff, in the USA, an early Holiday present. “We hope this bike will be taken in the spirit of the season while supporting a healthy lifestyle and everyday sustainable transport,” said Mike Ward, IKEA US President. Unlike the 9,000 British employees who, back in 2006, were the beneficiaries of a free folding bike , it looks like American staff have scored a chunkier mountain bike style bicycle. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Picture Is Worth: Snow Removal In Copenhagen

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on A Picture Is Worth: Snow Removal In Copenhagen

Image Credit Mikael Colville-Andersen We have not had much snow here in much of North America yet, but in Europe they have been socked with it; Copenhagen has had 18 inches so far. But where we don’t get our bike lanes ploughed first (that would be considered a war on the car), if at all. But Mikael Colville-Andersen writes in The Ultimate Bike Lane Snow Clearance Blogpost! :” During snowstorms I’ve seen these bike lane sweepers roll back and forth past my f… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Study Shows Urban Cycling Is Faster Than Driving

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on New Study Shows Urban Cycling Is Faster Than Driving

Image Credit iguide For all those politicians who think that roads are for cars, here are some interesting data from Lyon, France: bikes are faster. According to MIT’s Technology Review (via Grist ) the Lyon bike sharing programme collects information on where each bike starts and stops, and how long it takes. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fibre Flare – Long Line LEDs for Velocipede Visibility

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Fibre Flare – Long Line LEDs for Velocipede Visibility

Photo: Fibre Flare Nearly 70% of all nighttime Bicycle-Car collisions are due to inadequate side visibility, according to information garnered by Fibre Flare. A firm, who as coincidence would have it, happen to make a high intensity omni-directional bike light, said to visible from almost any direction at distances over 300 metres. Their Fibre Flare lights are, in simplistic terms, a 292mm (~ 1 ft) length of fibre optic tube, sandwiched between a light emitting diode (LED) at each end…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Three Green Building Lawyer Bloggers Predict The Next Big Thing

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Three Green Building Lawyer Bloggers Predict The Next Big Thing

Stephen Del Percio, Lloyd Alter, Shari Shapiro, Chris Cheatham I follow the three leading bloggers on green building law closely; they make complicated and important issues affecting green building comprehensible. When I saw that they were all on a panel together at Greenbuild, I had to attend and meet them in person, and hear their responses to the question “What’s the Next Big Challenge in Green Building Law?” Although all three are great at making complex issues understandable to non-legal types, I still could not understand my notes well enough to do a post, so I asked them all to look into their crystal ball and send me their… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Two South Africans Make Mecca Pilgrimage by Bike

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Two South Africans Make Mecca Pilgrimage by Bike

Cyclists Nathim Cairncross and Imtiyaz Ahmad Haron at Mecca. Photo: Cape 2 Mecca Cycle . Every year, some 2 million Muslims descend upon Mecca to fulfill the Islamic tenet that every able-bodied believer must make the pilgrimage to the religion’s holiest spot at least once in their lives. These days, most people travel by plane to the historical location in what is today Saudi Arabia, causing concern about the environmental impact of the hajj , as the pilgrimage… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why is NYC Taking Away Bike Lanes…to Make Room for Cars?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Why is NYC Taking Away Bike Lanes…to Make Room for Cars?

Photo: Richard Drdul under a Creative Commons license New York was doing so well. The city has seen a steady rise in the number of cyclists and pedestrians over the past few years, and has made trend-setting efforts to make the streets safer for these new, car-rejecting commuters. But in a surprising step backwards, the NY Department of Transportation announce… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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