New York City agreed Tuesday to pay tens of thousands of dollars to five cyclists who filed a lawsuit saying they were harassed during the monthly cycling group-ride Critical Mass — including one man seen on videotape being shoved off his bicycle by an officer. As part of the settlement, the city will pay the cyclists a total of $97,751, with each plaintiff receiving $500 to $30,000 apiece and their lawyers receiving a total of $35,000. The cyclists claimed that they were wrongfully detained and arrested during the March 2007 Critical Mass ride, a monthly event in which dozens and sometimes hundreds of cyclists ride through the city in a cluster to advocate nonpolluting forms of transportation. The city and the Critical Mass riders have clashed for some time. On one occasion in 2004, just before the Republican National Convention, a large number of officers arrested hundreds...
News: April 2010
Apr
What's the bad news:The approved in 2009 LTCCP (2009-2019 ) for the New Plymouth District Council set out $150000 for the 2010/2011 financial year to fund a specific project to start implementing the NPDC's Cycle Strategy. A further $150K was set aside for the 2011/2012 year and ongoing at that amount every year to 2019 to provide a total of $1.35 million over 2009-2019. See in the Roads section of The Funded Projects that is part of the 2009-2019 LTCCP: http://www.newplymouthnz.com/CouncilDocuments/PlansAndStrategies/CommunityPlan2009-2019/Section8FinancialImplicationsandForecast.htm#projectsThe $150K for 2010-2011 has been dropped from the Roads section of the Funded Projects in the Draft for Consultation 2010/2011Budget that is now available for public comment:http://www.newplymouthnz.com/CouncilDocuments/PlansAndStrategies/Budget/Section4.htm#projectsHence, any significant...
Apr
On the 31/03/10, British professional racing cyclist Alan Bate will begin a dramatic attempt to sensationally lower the Round the World Cycling Record to just 99 days. This punishing schedule has been widely ridiculed as “impossible”. Mark Beaumont set a fantastic Guinness record of 195 days for the 18,000 miles. This record was broken twice last year and now stands at 165 days (to be ratified by Guinness) His birth date is 01/04/65. So, at 45 years of age on the first of April, he is twice that of the current record holder. "It’s been said I am just an April fool…..well let’s see!" Alan’s approach on the bike though is 100% serious. He is based out in Thailand and has been preparing at altitude in the mountains of the north for three years. The start point for the challenge is Bangkok, Thailand. See Alan’s website for more details Dermot Macward, owner of London based Red...
Apr
Motor vehicles generate a lot of pollution, with far-reaching health effects. In New Zealand, vehicle emissions have been blamed for ~400 premature deaths every year (see Fisher et al 2002 for more details). Many would-be cyclists are put off by the prospect of being exposed to all those traffic fumes, while still others don face-masks when riding. So is it really that bad to cycle in such environments?Download here (PDF 52KB)
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