The Monday Roundup: Infra porn, gamification, driving privilege, and more

This week’s Monday Roundup is sponsored by Bike Index, bike registration that works.

Welcome to a new week.

Doesn’t it feel good to finally have some clear and sunny skies? I saw tons of people enjoying the weather on their bikes over the weekend. I hope you were out there too.

Let’s start off by sharing the last week’s best stories from around the web and around the nation…

Gritter bike: The “world’s first gritter bike” is bouncing around the web. What I can’t understand is why would anyone be excited about more grit in bike lanes?

Powerful narrative: City Observatory shares how the narratives we tell ourselves about the future of our cities has vast influence.

Mile-High City in good hands: Denver’s mayor is making the right noises about transportation. Let’s hope he delivers.

More good news from Denver: Their legislature is considering a key update to vehicle law so that bicycle users are not required to come to a complete stop at stop signs and red lights under certain circumstances.

It glows!: An intersection on the campus of Texas A & M University uses several Dutch-inspired principles to protect bicycle users — including America’s first glow-in-the-dark pavement markings.

Florida gets protection: In other news from places that aren’t the usual bike-friendly suspects — Florida has announced its first protected bike lane project.

DC slowdown: Our nation’s capitol is moving forward on Vision Zero plans by lowering speed limits on residential streets to 20 mph and introducing “neighborhood slow zones” where that limit will go down to 15.

Don’t accomodate cars: An analysis of U.S. Census figures shows that even as Seattle grows, fewer people are driving alone and opting instead for transit, biking and walking.

Injustice: A judge in Chicago gave a very drunk, repeat-offender, reckless driver a mere 10 days in jail after he hit and killed a man who was riding his bicycle.

Taxpayer-funded driving privilege: A suburban county in Maryland spends over $100,000 in car allowances for its council members.

A bike education update: Streetsblog delves into a sacred topic in bike advocacy circles — bicycle safety education — and wonders if it might be time for an update to the conventional wisdom.

Gamified rebalancing: Citibike bike share in New York City has taken crowd-sourced rebalancing to a new level with their “Bike Angels” program.

China’s elevated bikeway: Five miles long and connected to transit stations, the new “cycleway in the air” connects several cities and commercial districts.

Thanks to everyone who flagged these stories for us.

Now let’s make some headlines of our own.

— Jonathan Maus: (503) 706-8804, @jonathan_maus on Twitter and jonathan@bikeportland.org

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