Week in Review: Bicycle News & Opinions from Around the World
Bike thieves, junior Olympians, big bucks for bikes, economy booster, gold medal Olympian Kristin Armstrong, a tour of the coastal state and more! Last week, bicycling created quite a stir in the news! Check out these top stories from across the country.
• February 12, 2010: Justice for everyone – except for the bicyclists? Crime dropped in Los Angeles in all areas except bicycle thefts, which rose 29% last year. L.A. sees 29% jump in bike thefts, prompting some vigilante justice (Richard Winton, LA Times)
• February 12, 2010: The 2010 World Series of Bicycling kicks off Friday, June 18, and runs 10 of 11 Friday nights. VPCC announces its 2010 schedule (Gary R. Blockus, The Morning Call)
• February 11, 2010: Portland’s City Council on Thursday unanimously passed a measure that could spend as much as $613 million over 20 years on new bike paths and other bicycling infrastructure needs. City Council OKs $613 million bike plan (Staff Writer, Portland Business Journal)
• February 11, 2010: The 2010 Benchmark Report, a national survey, reviewed 50 of the largest cities to determine how educated children were regarding bicycle safety. San Jose ranks first for kids’ cycling safety (Kirsten Robbins, BikeRadar.com)
• February 11, 2010: A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students says bicycling generates more than a $1.5 billion economic impact in Wisconsin, exceeding the impact of even the deer hunting industry. Bicycles helping Wisconsin economy go ’round with $1.5 billion annual impact, study says (Michael King, Green Bay Press Gazette)
• February 10, 2010: Lucky school! Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Kristin Armstrong will deliver the commencement address at the University of Idaho on May 15 of this year. Kristin Armstrong will deliver University of Idaho commencement speech in May (Brian Murphy; IdahoStatesman.com)
• February 10, 2010: The winter cold doesn’t stop this crew from maintaining their 40-mile bike rides. Winter wheeling (Denise M. Baran-Unland, The Herald-News)
• February 9, 2010: Organized by AEG, the Tour of California 2010 course details should be revealed shortly…Tour of California organizers release stage details (Al Fresco, Bike World News)
• February 8, 2010: This year’s Bike Leadership Conference that will be held in Monterey, California, on April 13-15, has already drawn more retail attendees than in any of the past four years, including seven REI staff members. BLC Drawing More Retailers (Press Release, Bicycle Retailer)
