CYCLING NEWS ROUNDUP

weekly cycling headlines from Canberra, Australia and the world

compiled by Roger Bacon, Pedal Power ACT Advocacy Team

Monday 11 Mar 2019

Headline news

MIKE HALL INQUEST
ACT Coroner's report Into Mike Hall tragedy [includes full text] - Bicycling Australia
Partner of champion cyclist slams AFP investigation into his death - CT
Mike Hall's partner slams "flawed" and "biased" police investigation into his death - road.cc [UK]

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
How to get more women cycling in cities - The Guardian
International Women’s Day 2019 - Bicycle NSW
International Women’s Day 2019: Mama Agatha documentary is available online! - Mobycon

CLOSE PASSING: EDUCATION & ENFORCEMENT TO BE STEPPED UP IN THE ACT
Pedal Power & police work together to improve driver awareness of people on bikes - Pedal Power
One metre matters: minimum passing distances save lives on our roads - Rattenbury
Call for road signs about overtaking cyclists amid concern over recent deaths - The RiotACT

UK HOUSE OF COMMONS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE HEARS ABOUT CYCLING IN MANCHESTER
More national cash for cycling, urges Manchester Mayor - Forbes.com
Burnham and Boardman accuse government of treating cycling as 'an afterthought' - road.cc

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High priority items below are in red type.

Europe
Closing central Madrid to cars resulted in 9.5% boost to retail spending, finds bank - Forbes.com
In Seville, bikes are everywhere! - Business Mirror [Philippines]
Europe will use vehicle tech to prevent speeding, save thousands of lives - Streetsblog USA

UK
Taxi boss: 'cyclists are the Isis of London' - Telegraph
Close pass motorist attends driver alertness course – and then gives same cyclist room - road.cc
Not 'Super’ anymore: Cycleways confirmed as new name - road.cc
[Opinion] Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out - The Guardian

USA
[Blog pt 3] A better transport system starts before breaking ground - Smart Growth America
[Blog] Four reasons to give up cars - Smart Cities Live
A new Bible for bike lanes - The Atlantic

Global
UN Global Road Safety Week, 6-12 May - UN Road Safety Collaboration

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