News Roundup - 4/14

The Olympian has an article about the fantastic Bike Commuter Challenge program they have in Olympia, Washington.

The Missourian has a great story about the Columbia city's plans to install 1000 bike racks throughout the city.

And finally cnet.com has a great story about this years winner of the Dyson award. He designed a bike jacket that has accelerometers that trigger different color LEDs in the jacket. The back is green if you are accelerating, red if you are slowing down. The arms have flashing yellow LEDs that go off when you raise your arm. The jacket is just a prototype, but the designer wants to get it into production at some point.





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