Speedlinking 16 November 2007

I haven’t been caught in public with my pants down since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…

I saw this stencil printed on one of those freebie postcards this morning, so I thought I’d recycle it…

Cycle-friendly cities: Virgin nominates the 11 most accessible and bike friendly cities in the world. See also Wired.com, with plenty of comments. [Thanks Peter]; Berkeley’s Bike Boulevards: This video shows how Berkeley calmed traffic and made itself a bike friendly city.; Bikes, Boston and attracting talent: Does bicycle friendliness contribute to a city’s economic development?
Editorial responsibility: After sloshing through this bilge (that apparently passes for informed opinion), it’s interesting to see how a similar outburst was handled in the USA. First, the nasty little hatchet job and then the apology by the editor. As Voltaire might have said (but actually didn’t)…
Diary: Full Moon Bike Rides Geelong: dates in 2008 have been posted; BikeOn: Bicycle User Groups are being asked to schedule social rides to converge on the Sustainable Living Festival, Sunday 14 February at Federation Square—give ‘em a yell if you’re interested.
Kulcha: The Bicycle Film Festival is doing the rounds again: Sydney (29 Nov–2 Dec) and Melbourne (5–9 Dec).
Social network: meandmybicycle—the social network for cyclists.