BAF IN THE NEWS:

New York Times: Bike-Share System for New York Is Built With Ideas From Around the World

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/nyregion/a-bike-share-system-for-new-york-built-from-ideas-around-the-world.html

There is a hopeful prediction, kicking around in cycling circles as New York City’s bike-share program nears its introduction to a skeptical public: Soon enough, the thinking goes, the scheme will prove so popular that New Yorkers will insist they invented it.

BAF IN THE NEWS:

Architectural Record: Portland to Portland Bike Trip: Dispatch 2

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2013/05/130520-Portland-to-Portland-Bike-Trip-Dispatch-2.asp

Just what we Brits can learn from the U.S. is top of my mind as I bike across America with a dozen architects and planners studying cycling infrastructure in cities. We have so far travelled through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and now South Dakota. In this part of the world, cities themselves are few and far between, let alone ones that cater for cyclists.