This post marks 160 posts on the blog! Frankly, I never though the blog would last this long (several others died around 2 posts) but so many people read it (or say they do) that it's hard to stop. Speaking of hard to stop, here's three links to trends that will be very hard to stop in the next few years.
First: I chronicle bike thefts often because I believe that as bike usage grows theft will also grow (something about supply and demand). This city has the same problem as many others, but unlike others it acknowledges the problem and is working to solve it.
Second: China has had such a great track record for biking that this news is surprising. However, the pervasiveness of bikes might make China suffer from the reverse problem of most cities. Too many bikes.
Finally: I'm not a fan of critical mass. Civil disobedience is a useful tool to affect policy change but the idea of putting people in harm's way to make a protest is not civil disobedience, it's criminal.
Bonus: 10 cities just made for biking.
(Photo Credit: Bike Rentals in China from Chinadaily.com)
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