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NY Times – GLOBAL NEWS UPDATE

August 14, 2011

Take a hike, gas-guzzlers !

Across Europe, irking drivers is urban policy - Sorry. A bit late posting this one. But it’s a must read !

From NYTimes, Environment page, June 26: ” While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars. The methods vary, but the mission is clear — to make car use expensive and just plain miserable enough to tilt drivers toward more environmentally friendly modes of transportation…” Thanks to Shannon Binns of local CABA affiliate, Sustain Charlotte, for sending us this article. CLICK: What’s your excuse ? to read the entire piece.

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LEIPZIG, GERMANY

May 4, 2011

Setting the standard

Imagine traffic lights in Charlotte for BOTH cars AND bikes. Now that’s REAL pedal power ! Bike lights are fairly common in Europe, but only two cities in the USA deploy them - from a recent tour by CABA Board member – Weldon Weaver

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THE NEW BICYCLE ECONOMY

March 7, 2011

Thanks to Shannon Binns for sending us this current article on the Grist website.

“In the many North American cities where two-wheeled transportation is taking off, a new bicycle economy is emerging. It’s amazing how much money can stay in your community when it isn’t being pumped into the gas tank, big insurance, and the Detroit fat cats. What will this new bicycle economy look like?…” CLICK: Tell me please, and find out.

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MORE GLOBAL BLOGS + COOL VIDEOS

March 7, 2011

Circling the blue marble >

London goes carbon – Watch London Mayor Boris Johnson voice halleluyas and tossle his bleach blond coif in this promo video. Including plans for bicycle “freeways” and center city “no car zones”. CLICK: BLon.

Bike sharing – Golden B.C. to Suzhou China – Tons of videos.The “bike sharing” phenomenon is encircling the globe. CLICK: BShare

San Francisco – See great poster showing tongue-in-cheek bike icons for trendy and not-so-trendy districts of the enchanted city on the bay. Castro, Fisherman’s Wharf, Financial District, etc. From the Timbuk2 messenger bag and apparel folks. CLICK: SFran

Munich, Germany – an catchy film promo of Munich’s campaign to increase the levels of bicycle traffic in the city using positive marketing techniques. To make cycling in the city “normal” and “cool”. Using civic pride, photo competitions and the triangular concept of Attention, Identification and Participation. CLICK: MGerm.

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GLOBAL HOTLINKS

January 8, 2011

Brrrrrr….bad winter in Copenhagen

Makes Charlotte seem like a paradise.

From the blog Copenhaginze.com:..”this winter has been hard so far and we’re running out of salt and the snow …… In Copenhagen the streets are divided up into A, B, and C roads. ‘A’ roads have high priority, ‘B’ less so and ‘C’ roads, in a winter like this, don’t see much clearance action. Nevertheless, the bicycle traffic is highly prioritized and the bicycles, by and large, roll on.

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GLOBAL HOT LINKS malmo, sweden

December 5, 2010

“No silly trips” campaign

Recent report from Grist mag. on-line: ”A clever public health campaign in Malmö, Sweden, is getting people onto bikes by making them feel silly for driving short distances when they could bike instead. The campaign was launched four years ago with the goal of getting people to stop using their cars for journeys of less than 5 kilometers, or about 3 miles….”

Malmö, is about the same size as Charlotte. It was named on a list of 15 green cities by Grist in 2007. To read the entire article and see the video, CLICK: Day tripping.

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