Potholes and Road Apples

David Byrne, front-man of the 1980s band the Talking Heads, was known for on-stage performance art as well as music. As a regular New York City bicyclist, he is now providing practical public art along the city’s streets.
Byrne has designed a series of hip bike racks. The nine racks were recently installed. They are intended […]

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Bikes Belong, a national bicycling advocacy organization, has provided 1,000 bicycles for a bicycle sharing program in Denver this week for the Democratic National Convention.
Another 1,000 bikes will be provided in Minneapolis-Saint Paul early next month when the “Freewheelin” program is moved there for the Republican National Convention.
The simple, crusier-style bikes are being provided for free at […]

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Long dismissed as a child’s toy by traffic planners, the humble bicycle is beginning to get the attention of local municipal officials. More people are dusting off old bikes for commuting or errands to avoid the high price of gasoline. Officials in Lancaster County’s city, towns and townships have taken notice and want to encourage […]

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The Associated Press today put raw video footage on-line of Friday’s Critical Mass ride in New York’s Times Square. In the tourist-shot video, one of the city’s finest apparently gives a passing bicyclist a big shove - off his bike and onto a sidewalk - for no apparent reason. It makes you feel appreciated for […]

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Lancaster County’s draft Long Range Transportation Plan - a policy document intended to steer transportation spending through 2035 - is calling for greater planning for non-automotive transportation, including bicycling.
Consideration of different modes of transportation is a significant shift for planners who have previously focused on improvements to the county’s 3,830 linear miles of roadway — […]

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Three months after Washington, D.C. became the first American city to launch its own European-style bike sharing program, Philadelphia is also considering an initiative that make racks of bicycles readily available on the city’s streets.
According to an Associated Press report today, bicycle activists in Philadelphia, with possible corporate backing, is pushing city officials to establish a bike-share program. […]

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Articles in the Lancaster New Era and Intelligencer Journal this week highlighted sales increases at local bike shops tied to rising gasoline prices.
Tom Podlesny, owner of the Cycle Circle shop, at 131 N. Plum St., Lancaster, said his bike sales have been booming in the past two months. About 25 percent of the bikes he […]

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The Lancaster County County Planning Commission’s four-year-old bicycle travel map has been revised, updated and is now available.
The map, now on tear-resistant paper and with numbered bicycle shops, is available for $4 each at visitors centers, bicycle shops and at the  planning commission offices in Lancaster County Courthouse, 50 N. Duke St., or on the […]

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A local bicycling advocacy group is unveiling an expanded program this weekend that aims to teach as many children and adults as possible to cycle smart.
Cycle Smart, a program of Dream Ride Projects, hopes to teach children to ride their bicycles and to ride comfortably, even in traffic.
Skills taught in monthly bicycle derbies, in an area of […]

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 The Red Rose Transit Authority next week will recognize national “Bike to Work Week” by offering free bus rides for bicyclists and their bikes.
Any bicyclists wishing to travel “multi-modal” may put their bikes on a front rack of an RRTA bus and ride for free between Monday, May 12, and Friday, May 16. Normally, passengers […]

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