An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
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CORRALING BIKES IN PORTLAND
In 2008, there were 10 bike corrals in the city. Today, the number is approaching 100 with a long waiting list. And it’s not hard on a clear day to find many of them popping at the staples with locked-up bicycles.
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“Estimates put the total number of bike parking spaces in (the corrals) at more than 1,500 and the total number of car parking spaces removed to create corrals at more than 150,” said PBOT spokesman Dan Anderson.
The city currently has more than 50 applications on the waiting list for bike corrals. “Another 50 businesses have expressed interest in getting a corral,” Anderson said.
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CHICAGO WANTS PORTLAND’S JOBS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel:
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He’s serious:
Chicago is about to roll out plans to lay down 645 miles of bike lanes by 2020. … Rahm Emanuel, will unveil the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020, an aggressive bicycling blueprint that was a year in the making,
… on Chicago’s once taxi-, auto-, and bus-infested Dearborn Street.
The city spawned a wave of envy among national bike bloggers this month when it removed a motor vehicle lane from the downtown artery, replacing it with a two-way protected cycling lane complete with bike traffic signals.
More here in Grist.
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NASTY STUFF
If you’re in the mood for this kind of thing: The Nastiest Cyclist vs. Driver Videos of 2012.
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