Thursday is election day in London: we elect the Mayor and the Assembly. Steven Norris is the Conservative candidate and according to the latest polls he is neck and neck with the encumbent Ken Livingston. The big smelly black spot on Norris CV is his chairmanship of Jarvis, the company responsible for shoddy track maintenance that has led to a fatal rail crash: In the wake of the crash, Mr Norris suggested that vandals or sabotage had been responsible. Mr Norris has since said that [...]

Bike for All: Arsenal Footbal Club wanted to site cycle parking stands away from its new Emirates Stadium but Islington Council has told the club it should be encouraging cycling to home games not discouraging it. Of interest only to cycling Arsenal fans? No, if Arsenal had successfully argued that cycles were a security risk and so cycle parking should be downgraded, other businesses and organisations could have argued likewise, cutting the number of cycle parking facilities across the UK. Arsenal had argued that bikes [...]

Pueblo Bank & Trust in cycle-friendly Boulder offers cyclist-only drive-thru banking. The lane is dedicated to bikes only, so it is designed to be safe from auto traffic and specially equipped for riders’ ease of use.