Hello once more everybody! I do know it’s Tuesday, however I wasn’t feeling as much as working yesterday. I had my complete knee alternative surgical procedure Friday and after a extremely nice first day, I had two arduous days of ache and capsule fog. I’m feeling higher right this moment so, fingers-crossed, I ought to make solely ahead progress from right here on out. And I’m desperate to get again into the work groove!
Listed below are essentially the most notable tales that got here throughout my desk up to now week…
U.S. bike manufacturing: An organization that makes bicycles in Santa Barbara, California is surging simply as Trump’s tariffs trigger chilly toes all through the bike trade. (Bicycle Retailer)
Bentonville’s bicycling: Seems when billionaire heirs of the Walmart fortune are captivated with one thing and so they deal with one metropolis like a petri dish to see how a lot of it they’ll develop, wonderful issues occur. (Additionally, isn’t this actually previous information? Portland misplaced two corporations to Bentonville in 2019 and 2020 respectively.) (NY Occasions)
Bike lane lawsuit: In a case with parallels to BikeLoud’s lawsuit towards the Metropolis of Portland, a protected streets advocate in Los Angeles is suing that metropolis for what he says is a failure to construct promised bike lanes. (LA Occasions)
Houston, we’ve an issue: It’s unhealthy sufficient the Metropolis of Houston tore out protecting parts of an vital bike lane, however then they added salt to the wound by saying they’d substitute it with sharrows. (KHOU)
Tokyo > Boston: An American professor and his household who’ve lived a number of years in Tokyo are in a position to be carfree due to the Japanese metropolis’s deal with transit and its robust laws and pricing mechanisms on automobile use. (WGBH)
Cargo bike shopping for information: This can be a very strong overview of the preferred cargo e-bikes and what it is best to take into consideration while you’re serious about them. (Ars Technica)
Cease the insanity: A columnist implores everybody to “cease the car-brained madness” of shopping for outsized SUVs and vehicles and hopes that the Trump tariffs may put smaller automobiles in a extra favorable mild. (The Guardian)
Pace governor progress: Washington is the most recent state to go a invoice that requires reckless, dashing drivers to put in a velocity governor system of their automobile as a part of their probationary interval following conviction. (The Urbanist)
Video of the Week: Everybody was buzzing about this glorious video that breaks down why increasing roads and freeways is a horrible resolution and the way it results in so many damaging outcomes — but regardless of the science that backs up these views, we proceed to do it. (International Biking Community)
Because of everybody who despatched in hyperlinks this week. The Monday Roundup is a group effort, so please be happy to ship us any nice tales you come throughout.
