FLEET-FOOT Fridays: Virgin's List of Bike-Friendly Cities

I'm hoping this isn't an old feature, but the Virgin family of airlines suggests 11 of the most bike-friendly cities in the world: they include...Amsterdam; Berlin; Copenhagen; Basel; Barcelona; Portland, Ore.; Davis, Calif.; Boulder, Colo.; Sandnes, Norway; Trondheim, Norway; San Francisco, Calif.

My guess is that one could add Olympia, Wash., Berkeley, Calif., maybe even Sacramento, Calif.; one or two other cities around the San Francisco Bay Area, and a few of the state capitals and university towns, like Ann Arbor, in the American Midwest, along with some in t. I was a little surprised to see Vancouver, B.C. not included--and I'm not sure whether it would qualify or not.

WHEELS Wednesday: Bicycle Signage Improving

As anyone who's ridden a bike through an urban area knows, route signage can be pretty thin in places. Moreover, general signage for, about, riders, is pretty poor. Now comes a new regime of signage from bicycle-forward municipalities, such as Berkeley, Calif. These signs make an attempt to treat riders as needful of information about their route and traversal of roads as car-drivers--including mileage to destination, route direction and other helpful info-bits.

How is your town, city or county doing in this regard?