Photo essay: London commuters bike the strike

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Commuters use bicycles to get to work on April 29, 2014, as a planned 48 hour underground train strike came into effect late Monday night. Workers on London’s Underground train system began a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm on Monday, threatening chaos for commuters and hitting football supporters attending Arsenal’s match with Newcastle.

Gennady Kernes rides a bicycle

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The pro-Russian mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine is apparently known for routinely riding his bicycle both for fitness and transportation. Gennady (alternatively Hennadiy) Kernes was shot in the back yesterday by unknown assailants as he was biking. Some sources claim the mayor of Kharkiv was shot by pro-Russian forces either as a black flag operation to […]

Menlo Park to consider a kindler, gentler El Camino Real

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The city of Menlo Park, California transportation department invites the public to attend a community workshop on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 to discuss plans to make El Camino Real (ECR) a more accommodating transportation corridor for all road users.

Bike vs car: The rest of the story

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By now you all have seen this story of an off-the-rails cyclist in Mill Valley, California who beat an innocent motorist and sent him to the hospital in what the San Francisco Chronicle calls a road rage attack. This “man bites dog” story of a cyclist who sends a motorist to the hospital is compelling […]