Short films about bicycle culture

Tango Bikes Berlin Mitte

You can view and rate short films about bike culture at the "VELOBerlin Film Award 2015".  We liked Havana Bikes, "A brief insight into Cuban bicycle culture and the importance of bike mechanics in Havana as we come across both riders and repairmen."

Sternfahrt bicycle rally in Berlin 2013

Sternfahrt in Berlin is the biggest bicycle demonstration in the world. This year's theme was 'more space for bicycles'. This video covers the section of the ride from Pankow to Neukölln including the Autobahn tunnel.

Urban Cycle Gallery, Berlin

The opening of the Urban Cycle Gallery in Berlin-Mitte. Dot Atelier screens various, partially interactive installations from Australia. In collaboration with anyonion, some of the designs were articulated into woolen fabrics.

One could just image a comfy Dutch bike, with a rolled up or wearable blanket, cycling to the next picnic space in a budding summer.

The urban interface of Berlin constitutes a vivid dialogue between automobile dependency and deep walkability and cyclability. Creative classes wish to engage in a c t i v e mobility without the emissions. The sheer mass of bicycles taking to the streets and wide footpaths in this city is enforcing a sharing of the space.

The present display ends on 24.04.2010. There will be on-going exhibits at the UCG.

• Urban Cycle Gallery in Berlin-Mitte, Fehrbellinerstr.17, UCG on Twitter
• hollandrad, zweitrad, Dutch bikes and more
• Dot Atelier, New Media Art
• anyonion, Knitted textile designs and products

The high cost of helmets

A new study by mathematician Piet de Jong of Macquarie University shows that mandatory helmet laws are responsible for substantial extra costs on health care systems. If other countries followed the Australian lead and made helmets compulsory, the costs would be substantial. It "would cost the US $4.8 billion per year, Netherlands $1.9 billion, and the U.K $0.4 billion."
The costs come about because helmets discourage cycling and the health benefits of cycling are thereby reduced. This translates into increased hospital costs due to heart disease.
The additional costs due to poor health far outweigh the costs of accidents that are due to not wearing helmets.
Video: Free helmets and hugs... instead of separated cycle paths. via Metafilter

The Sydney Harbour Bridge for Bikes

The Sydney Harbour Bridge with train tracks, the bikes of many and of course the first cars.
After the big fossil fuel orgy, large bike tracks will accompany the trains. The absence of noise and pollution from cars will make it enjoyable to cross the harbour.
Image: via the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Flickr