A bike tire that lights up at night | SmartPlanet
A Portland, Ore. company has designed a bicycle tire that lights up at night, greatly increasing the chances that motorists will see cyclists and avoid crumpling them.
Green Lane Project in New York: City to City Solutions
The Green Lane Project is a partnership of six U.S. cities working to implement next-generation protected bike lanes on city streets.
The Green Lane Project cities are: San Francisco, Memphis, Chicago, Portland, Austin, and Washington, D.C.
Video Maps Of The World’s Bike Lanes Let You Preview Your Ride | FastCo.Exist
Another cycling innovation is making its way from the Netherlands to this side of the Atlantic. Cyclodeo is a bike-focused mapping website that pairs videos of bike lanes with Google maps.
The screen grab above shows the view for the small city of Eindhoven in southern Netherlands. A smattering of bike path still photos are strewn about the map of the city. Click on one of the tiles to see what it is like—from the perspective of a cyclist—to ride in a number of the city’s calm, well-paved bike paths.
Reduce road usage mass by doing more with and for bikes
Why focus on managing and charging cars, when you can remove half the problem or more by using bikes? Less cars, and you can use more of the streets for bike paths. Then use smarter traffic solutions for smarter bike solutions too keep things moving and safe too. Support electric bikes which demand less of the existing grid than electric cars when charging. Subsidize local designers and manufactures to make better bikes, bikes for couples, bikes for small shipments, dry-in-the-rain bikes… Make bikes cool. People will be healther, have prettier legs, and probably get to work quicker. It can work.
