Korea reveals RFID-enabled bicycle sharing programs at technology expo

Friday, October 9, 2009 in News

This year’s RFID(Radio Frequency ID)/USN Korea, the country’s annual expo of RFID technology, featured two proposed bicycle sharing programs for “greener” transportation in major Korean cities.

Taipei - Taiwan bicycle manufacturer Giant Inc plans to launch a travel agency to promote bike tourism , a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Giant Co. invited Cycle Taiwan to attend the launch press conference of the U-Bike. What is U-Bike? In essence it is a public bike hire program in Taipei City. It is also much more than that.

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has sparked a controversy after being pictured helmetless during a bike ride on Martha’s Vineyard.

The move, which took place on August 27, has been seen as a bad example by most.

“Yes, I know, President Obama is on a vacation, riding a bike, at a slow cadence, so what if he is not wearing a helmet, right?” Politico.com quoted Martha Castro, a California doctor, as having written on her website.

While Josh Loposer, wrote on Babble.com, a website for parents, “Truly despicable isn’t it? What kind of example is he setting for the nation’s youth?”

High Tech Bicycle Parking Facility In Tokyo

A video report on an amazing new bicycle parking system that has opened at Kasai Station in Tokyo:

Land Transport Authority (LTA) hopes to get private vendors to operate an islandwide bicycle rental system

BEIJING - China's Vice Minister of Construction, Qiu Baoxing, has lashed out at city authorities in the capital for making it harder for cyclists to get around, saying the country should retain its title as the "kingdom of bicycles".

He made the remarks at the recent International Conference on China's City Planning and Development, which his ministry, the Chinese Society of Urban Studies, organized.

Qiu noted that the number of motor vehicles on China's roads rose by 20 times between 1978 and 2004 and their numbers could increase fivefold again by 2020. In 2004 there were 27 million

motor vehicles in the country and that number could reach 130 million in 15 years, he said.

Hightlighed red are the two Japanese.  When can we have some Asians in the top ranking?

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Viva DAP!

ROAD signs to prevent heavy vehicles from using a shortcut from Tanjung Bungah to Mount Erskine Road through the winding and narrow Jalan Lembah Permai-Jalan Fettes in Penang have been erected to warn the drivers to avoid the route.

On the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, next year's crop of bicycles is being watered by Benjamin Banda.

"We planted this bamboo last year," he says, "and now the stems are taller than me. When it's ready we'll cut it, cure it and then turn it into frames."

Mr Banda, is the caretaker for Zambikes, a company set up by two Californians and two Zambians which aimed to build bikes tough enough to handle the local terrain.

Co-founder Vaughn Spethmann, 24, recalls how it all started with a game of football.

  Come Ride with CM on the 18/10/2009 is finally ON !

G Club together with Rotary Club of Tanjung Bungah will be organising this big event !

Targeting 500 cyclists there will be 3 categories of ride-

1) Family rides about 10 km from Town Hall Esplanade to Gurney drive and back

2) Teluk Bahang rides - about 50 km ride from Town Hall to Teluk Bahang and back

3) Round island ride - 80 km which we target on outstation and riders from Singapore and Thailand