Rain protection? Rainy days and Mondays get Karen Carpenter down. But Monday is a holiday (thanks, Your Royal Highness!) so all is good. Here’s this week’s collection of links
- Why, yes. Queen Elizabeth II did ride a bicycle … a long, long time ago
- Who knew bike polo was a game members of the royal family partook in? Dating back to 1967!
- There’s a good debate on Transport blog about what to do with the bus lanes on Dominion Road. I quite like Joshua’s middle-lane-for-buses suggestion
- Meanwhile, Wellingtonian bus drivers and cyclists exchange seats and saddles
- What does a rotten egg and this prototype helmet have in common?
- Replace your local ugly downtown parking lot with a bike parking facility
- Monocle highlights the Tokyo bike scene. But doesn’t give links to the sites mentioned. Boo.
A bicycle is like a washing machine for the senses. Living in a busy city like Tokyo, you are exposed to a huge amount of information flow. Cycling helps you wash away the unnecessary dirt and refresh your mind.
Finally, I leave you with a true hybrid vehicle: the wind-assisted rickshaw from Kathmandu.
Enjoy your day off—the next public holiday is in late October. (I know, I know!)
The Monocle article about bicycle culture in Tokyo references X2 Tokyo. Their website can be found at http://x2tokyo.jp/
Another great English resource about cycling in Tokyo and its surrounds is Tokyo By Bike at http://www.tokyobybike.com/
@Dominion Rd. Will cars still be able to turn right under the middle lane scenario? I note that in some European examples, the opportunities for cars to turn right (turn across traffic outside controlled intersections) is reduced.
@Dominion Rd. This proposal is even more interesting and worthy of consideration when you consider that Ian McKinnon Dr is being upgraded in time for the RWC. It is hoped that some decent cycling walking facilities will be provided along this stretch of road as part of the upgrade. ACC is also proposing reduced speeds. Wouldn't this be a great cycling link to the city if these changes were implemented?
@Byron: Thanks for the links!
@Mark: I'm not quite sure about the right-turning traffic conundrum