There’s no question that Generation Y’s tendency to favor city life and its declining enthusiasm for car ownership has boosted bike transportation. But as the older Civil Rights Generation and the Baby Boomers who followed them have entered the last third of their lives, they’ve quietly transformed what it means to be the kind of person who rides a bicycle. Between 1995 and 2009, the most recent year for which National Household Travel Survey data is available, the rise in biking among people ages 60-79 accounted for 37 percent of the total nationwide increase in bike trips. Read Entire Article >>

By Eillie Anzilotti Designing a city for bicycles is not just a pleasant idea for the cyclists among us. Designing a city for bikes will also achieve the goals we want for our future urban centers, making them more equitable, healthy, efficient, and clean.  Cities that prioritize bikes over cars effectively reduce carbon emissions, and support public health both by creating clearer air for people to breathe and more opportunities for safe, active transportation.  Bikes also enable many more people to move through the streets at a time than do cars, and when cities are especially concerned with overpopulation and congestion on the roads, bikes emerge as the more efficient option. The bicycle’s ability to address all these concerns makes now, according to Colville-Andersen, an ideal time for cities to re-embrace the bicycle as a primary mode of urban transit. ............................................... Mikael Colville-Andersen rides his bike everywhere in

FROM THE INSANITY FILES: U.S. cities dominate the world's top 10 most-traffic-congested urban areas, with Los Angeles leading in mind-numbing and costly gridlock, according to a new report issued Tuesday. La La Land, with its jam-packed freeways and driving culture despite billions being poured into rail transit, emerged from the 1,360 other cities in 38 countries to claim the worst-congestion title for the sixth consecutive year in the 2017 traffic scorecard by INRIX, a leader in transportation analytics and connected car services. Drivers in and around the City of the Angels spent 102 hours battling 2017 traffic congestion during peak hours, INRIX's 11th annual report said. Based on the overall findings, the U.S. ranked as the most traffic-congested developed nation in the world, with American drivers spending an average of 41 hours a year battling traffic during peak travel times of 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. See USATODAY for complete article

37% of commuters use bikes in Copenhagen, and the city is trying to get that up to 50%. This video showcases a thrilling set of initiatives that the Danes have taken to make bicycling the main mode of transportation in the city, like bike lanes with LED lights set up to alert cars when a bike is making a turn. Are small kids and groceries part of your day in transportation? No problem. There are 30,000 "cargo bikes" in the city, nicknamed "SUV's". Watch this video and get some ideas from the Danes! http://www.nextworldtv.com/pag e/771.html P.S. Please share NextworldTV.com emails and videos with your friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Thanks.

Despite vast improvements in cycling infrastructure in many cities across the continent, the majority of North Americans still don’t bike to work. While the benefits of cycling to work are nearly innumerable, we managed to round them down to just ten so we wouldn’t run out of space on the Internet. Here are the top 10 reasons to bike to work: 1. Fun! Biking to work is fun, plain and simple. Many people look back wistfully on fond childhood memories of riding their bike around their neighborhood, wishing they could still be so carefree amid the rigors of working life. Biking to work allows you integrate that simple feeling of exhilaration into your daily grind. Observe your surroundings, listen to the birds and wave at passing cyclists as you ride. Soon enough, you’ll find yourself wishing your commute were longer. 2. Fitness Biking to work is good for you . While the exact calories burned on a ride varies between each person, their speed, and the topography, cycling on average bu

Whether you’re a business owner, advocate, community member, or agency official, you can take steps to welcome and accommodate visiting bicycle travelers. Check out Bicycle Tourism Resources for links to more information, guidances, and examples. We encourage businesses to implement what is feasible for them.  ESSENTIALS Be welcoming to bicycle travelers and let them know that you’re bicycle-friendly. Post welcome signs, bicycle decals, or put up bicycle-related art.  Provide hospitality training for employees  Promote the bicycle amenities & services you offer through your website, social media, etc.  Provide tourism service information. Maps of the town or area.  Nearby services, like restaurants, grocery stores, breweries, lodging and camping, bike shops and outdoor stores, post office, library, and laundromats.  Local tourism activities – outdoor recreation, nearby trails, attractions & events, etc.  BUSINESSES In addition to the Bicycle Travel Frie

Little did she know that they would hit the jackpot with bicycling By:  Carolyn Szczepanski Pat Brown was just hoping to hang on in a tough economy. When she relocated her art gallery in 2008, it was the rock-bottom rent that drew her to a still struggling strip of downtown Memphis, TN. “We were just trying to survive,” she said. Brown was betting on a small core of community members determined to transform Broad Avenue from a fast-moving thoroughfare, where traffic whizzed past boarded-up storefronts at 50 mph, into a bustling arts district. Little did she know that they would hit the jackpot with bicycling. Shortly after Brown opened T Clifton Gallery, Sarah Newstok walked in. The local nonprofit Newstok led, Livable Memphis, had a vision for Broad Avenue, too. They wanted to build a protected bike lane that would pass right by Brown’s door, creating a vital connection between a popular multi-use trail and the city’s largest park. “We’re a retail business, so any time there’s