Boycott Addison Lee

via LFGSS News:

"You may have read this week about how John Griffin, the owner of Addison Lee, started the week off by instructing his drivers to ignore road laws by driving in the bus lane. As if that wasn't enough of a risk to cyclists by encouraging all minicabs to encroach on one of the few spaces in which cyclists feel safe, he ended the week by denying cyclists the right to wobble, claiming SMIDSY ("Sorry mate, I didn't see you!") is a defence once you've hit a cyclist and then rolled out the tired line about cyclists not paying road tax.

The Times have a great article pulling apart the latter statement, but the fact remains that John Griffin and Addison Lee are greatly increasing the risk to cyclists by ignoring road laws and denying their part in being responsible road users.

John Griffin has been trying to deflect the outrage to his statements back onto cyclists, calling for cyclists to take training and "pay up", rather than looking at his own actions which is the issue at hand.

Therefore:

LFGSS call upon all cyclists to:

• Boycott Addison Lee immediately.
• To petition their employers to close any accounts with Addison Lee.

The latter is to ensure companies are not complicit in encouraging Addison Lee drivers to flaunt road laws and increase the risk to cyclists and other road users. Many companies have compliance and ethics positions that should allow you as an employee to have Addison Lee taken off the books because of their disregard for laws and the safety of others.

This boycott should run until such a time that John Griffin makes a statement, on behalf of Addison Lee, in which he commits Addison Lee to fully respect all road laws and other road users.

Such a position will obviously immediately reverse the instruction to enter bus lanes that he gave to his drivers.

In addition to the boycott you may also wish to:

• Sign the #10 petition calling for their PHV Licence to be revoked.
• Let Addison Lee know how you feel by rating their apps 1 out of 5 and leaving feedback for their apps telling them why: iPhone, Android, Windows Phone.

And on Monday there is a demonstration happening outside Addison Lee offices at 6pm."

I'm on a ...

Brendan O'Neill Kohl: Day Labor

Day Labor from Minka on Vimeo.

I saw this at Tallinn BFF and liked it.

"A tale of bike messengers, day labors, and outsourcing gone wild."   

Read more HERE.

In the Land of Contradictions

"Retired Philadelphia Police Captain, Ray Lewis, being arrested on November 17th, 2011 at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City."

Read more.

99%

See these photos. Support the 99%.

Seoul Got Soul - Save the Bike Lane

[SEOUL GOT SOUL] SAVE THE BIKE LANE (Full Ver.) from David Jongkwon Kim aka DKshop on Vimeo.

"Seoul is not covered up with enough bike lanes compare to the size of the city, so the main purpose of this project is to create bike lanes on the road as a propaganda against Seoul city. 

Seoul has been investing huge budget in its bike lane project since 1990s. The initial intention of the project itself was seemed promising. However, the city mistakenly did not consider diverse traffic conditions in each region. The bike lanes eventually caused traffic congestions, and turned out a massive parking space.

The already existing bike lanes along the sidewalks has been dominated by pedestrians and even trees for a long time. You will realize that there won't be any big change even if filing civil complaints. The yellow line on the left side of the logo means protection, so you can see it as we are here to save the bike lanes. No cars are allowed. One more Bike, One less Car"

From DK Shop

"How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths"

 "How did the Dutch get their cycling infrastructure?

This question keeps coming back because it is of course relevant to people who want what the Dutch have. Road building traditions go back a long way and they are influenced by many factors. But the way Dutch streets and roads are built today is largely the result of deliberate political decisions in the 1970s to turn away from the car centric policies of the prosperous post war era. Changed ideas about mobility, safer and more livable cities and about the environment led to a new type of streets in the Netherlands." 

Via Hembrow

Meanwhile in Estonia: Tour d'ÖÖ Tallinn & more

Tour d'ÖÖ Tallinn Stage III from Tallinn Bicycle Week on Vimeo.

Risto have me headsup on what's been going on in Tallinn, Estonia lately:

Some pretty popular looking night rides with incorporated movie viewing of cool stuff like of Lucas Brunelle's Line of Sight full movie, Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Race II and a others. Looks like there's a nice scene developing over there!

Lotsa photos here too.


Tour d'ÖÖ Tallinn Stage II edit! from Tallinn Bicycle Week on Vimeo.

Pink Chrome Kursks // HELP KEEP-A-BREAST!

Good deal for a good cause from Chrome: 

"LTD PINK KURSK: ONLY $40 + FREE SHIPPING, HELP KEEP-A-BREAST! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, check out our limited run Kursk Pink for only $40. All the tough, durable build of our bike to bar footwear plus $20 of each pair purchased goes directly to Keep-A-Breast!! And for a limited time, free ground shipping both ways on all shoes!"

Get 'em here.

The Keep-A-Breast -logo reminds me a bit of the HIM Heartagram symbol, so despite all the Jackass/Bam Margera connections the band might be best known for I need to rep my hometown boys a bit here:

Reality Sucks

Via Queen City Cycles.

 ... VS. ....

Via Urban Velo.

Get the whole scoop HERE, from L.A. Times. 

Ghostbike

This One Runs On...

From HERE.

Crystal Ruiz Mills Relief Fund

Some very sad news from Florida, which also puts THIS into very strange light, not the same city or anything but still this makes me wonder what's going on in the Sunshine State?

Anyhow, click HERE and help out if can.

"Crystal Ruiz-Mills, was struck by a motorist at this past weekends Broward County Critical Mass.

She is in the hospital with broken vertebrates and has already had surgery to replace the shattered L1 bone in her back. She is suffering through a lot of pain and discomfort. On top of all that. Crystal has a family. Two sons and a really cool husband, Andy. I have set up a donation through the PayPal link below. We can help them through these tough times. Like most of us, Crystal is not covered under any insurance plan. So anything will help.

Crystal has most likely brewed your espresso shots, or poured your morning coffee once or twice if you live in the Fort Lauderdale area. She works at Brew Urban Cafe in Victoria Park. She and her family ride their bikes everywhere because they don't have a car. She is local artist and photographer. She is an unselfish, caring woman with a giant heart.

Anything helps. Thank you"

'I like to ride my bike because I think it's fun...'

A Reason to Bike from Brighter Planet on Vimeo.