Yes, according to Neil Peirce of the Washington Post. In his 3/2 article (leaked to the media already), he points to the bike share programs in place in Paris, Rome, London, and Louisville, KY, as well as those in the works in the U.S as evidence of the resurgence of bicycling as transportation. Let’s hope he’s right!

NBC, the producers of “The Biggest Loser” and other shameless programming, are fighting an expansion of the LA River Bike Path which would go behind their studio, according to the LA Times.

They don’t have a mailing address for their studio lot, I’ll update when I find it, but feel free to send your complaints to the nightly news or the Today Show:

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Room 1420
New York, NY 10112

NBC Today Show
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Studio 1A, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10112

Or Just threaten to stop watching, and boycott their advertisers.

BikeDenver will be now be sending email bulletins twice a month (or so) to keep the bicycling community up on events, membership discounts, volunteering, Bicycle-Friendly Businesses, advocacy efforts, etc.  Read the latest bulletin here — scroll to the bottom to sign up.

How much easier can supporting bike advocacy be than eating delicious food? We’ll be kicking off our Bicycle-Friendly Business program on Monday, Feb 25 at Watercourse Foods, which is generously donating a percentage of the day’s sales to BD. Ride your bike to 17th Ave & Emerson and we’ll see you there! Information table and Bicycle-Friendly Business award presentation at dinner.

How much easier can supporting bike advocacy be than eating delicious food? We’ll be kicking off our Bicycle-Friendly Business program on Monday, Feb 25 at Watercourse Foods, which is generously donating a percentage of the day’s sales to BD. Ride your bike to 17th Ave & Emerson and we’ll see you there! Information table and Bicycle-Friendly Business award presentation at dinner.

What could be worse than having your bike stolen? This article out of the UK tells you everything you need to know about securing your bike. It’s sobering to see how quickly and easily a bike thief can make off with your ride, but the article outlines ways to foil the bad guys.

In the January 2007 BikeDenver Newsletter you will learn about:

• BikeDenver’s 2007 accomplishments
• Our newest board members
• BikeDenver’s membership program
• The Bicycle-Friendly Business program

Download the January 2008 BikeDenver Newsletter

Fewer cars = less congestion = happy people. Go figure.