The Bright Ride Take-Off
9th December 2012
Notes: 3
When you get on a bike and realise that the congestion and shitty public transport can’t hold you back anymore.
Reblogged From thisbigcity
The focus on re-establishing more liveable cities continues unabated. The primary problem however is that 85 years of traffic engineering revolving around the car has failed miserably. It’s time for modern thinking. Design can help. Historically, streets were human spaces. Let’s design our cities like we design toasters or smartphones, following the desire lines of our citizens. Using basic design principles instead of engineering is the surest route to developing thriving, human cities.
Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban mobility expert and CEO for Copenhagenize Consulting. He is often called Denmark’s Bicycle Ambassador but he has learned the hard way that this title is a dismal pick-up line in bars. Colville-Andersen and his team advise cities and towns around the world regarding bicycle planning, infrastructure and communication strategies. He applies his marketing expertise to campaigns that focus on selling bicycle culture and bicycle transport to a mainstream audience as opposed to the existing cycling sub-cultures in particular with his famous Cycle Chic brand. Colville-Andersen gives talks around the world about bicycle culture, design and social media.
Tonight’s ride home #cyclecincy
The good people at MoBo Bicycle Coop and GhostBikes Cincinnati made this ghost bike for Andrew Gast - the cyclist killed Tuesday, August 28.
27-year-old bicyclist struck, killed near Lunken via Cincinnati.com
RIP Andy Gast
The BRIGHT Ride is coming back this Friday! Check out this video of the last BRIGHT Ride. Learn more about the next ride and RSVP here.
Try placing red plastic cups along a painted bike lane.
Proved to be pretty effective in preventing cars from entering the bike lane!
(according to Doug Gordon) - via urbanbricolage
Urban Basin Ride via nickswartsell
You can find the interesting bicycle Lift (in Norwegian “Sykkelheis”) in Trondheim/Norway. Further information check the website of the local municipality.
Bertlis (flickr.com)
Cincinnati needs this.
Riverside Drive repaved with bike lanes - pic via Danny Korman
Urban Basin Bicycle Club meets at Fountain Square every Tuesday at 6:30pm before its weekly slow and steady ride.
Photo credit: Brandon Kennedy
