The Park Hill Bike Depot needs your help! Volunteers are needed to help with demolition and construction of their new space at 2825 Fairfax. Help is needed on Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. through April 12.

If you have any of the following, bring them along:
Safety goggles
Work gloves
Dust masks
Saws
Power screwdrivers
Duct tape
Shop vac
You get the idea!

Questions? Contact Gabi Tobar, Bike Depot Manager, @ 303-393-1963 or manager@thebikedepot.org.

There’s nothing like warm undercrackers.

Found on Cycleicious. Thanks Fritz!

I’m pretty sure that most Americans aren’t ready to part ways with their cars, although many of us that are already car-free or car-lite would like to see the affair cool down a bit. Either way, this car-toon should make you smile.

Here’s a truly inspirational story about a man who changed his life by riding a bicycle. I’ve read his blog, Large Fella on a Bike, for awhile now and feel like I’ve had a front seat in his transformation. Be sure you watch the audio slide show. Everyone’s story may not be as dramatic as Scott’s, but I’ll bet if you think about it, your bicycle has changed your life in a big way–I know it has mine.

Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters unveiled a new $270 billion federal project Monday to build special lanes for dangerous and careless drivers on most major U.S. highways. Peters said the Department of Transportation plans to construct some 1,400 of the new lanes over the next four years, all of which will feature a special bowl design to keep cars in the lane while drivers are sleeping, drunk, applying makeup in the rearview mirror, receiving or performing oral sex, or drumming along on the steering wheel while singing “The Immigrant Song” at the top of their lungs. Padded concrete embankments and steel-rail barriers will line the lanes in urban areas, and rumble strips will be cut into the pavement every 100 feet in an attempt to help keep drivers alert.

Of course, a story like this comes from our friends at the Onion. I for one would like to keep cyclists barrier-separated from the cell-phone yakkers and DWT’s (driving while texting).

This is part of a cycle safety campaign for Transport for London, with the aim of reducing the number of cyclists that are hurt on London’s roads. Do the test. You’ll be surprised and it makes you think!

Found on UrbanVelo.

On March 3, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced The Complete Streets Act of 2008, which would work to promote the design of streets that are safe for all of those using the street— including motorists, bus riders, bicyclists, and pedestrians, including people with disabilities. There’s not much detail on the Senator’s webpage, but this clearly indicates that the concept of Complete Streets is becoming widely known. Keep an eye on this one…

For all of you bike junkies who can’t get enough of policy topics, BikePortland has some excellent coverage of all of the goings-on. Take a look and see what might be heading our way in terms of bicycle policy in the coming months. Sounds like the Summit was a great time, maybe I’ll get there one of these years.