• The Pittsburgh Metro spends about $3.1 BILLION dollars on road crashes – about $1,300 per capita, according to the AAA.
• Each road fatality costs approximately $6,000,000.  Yes, you read that correctly. Here’s a map of every road casualty in the USA, 2001-2009.
• Here’s an interesting article on how bicycling infrastructure impacts local economies.
• As Pittsburgh considers bringing a bike share program to town, Baltimore is now adding jobs in conjunction with the launch of their bike share program.
• Why would someone who owns a bike (or multiple bikes) want to join a bike share program? Find out here.
• Five of the biggest myths about bike share.
• Speaking of myths, CNN outlines the biggest myths about raising the gas tax
• Sharrows keep popping up in Pittsburgh.  Grist has a good retrospective and critique of the marking.
• Mobile, Alabama joins the ranks of cities with on-street bike parking facilities
• Planetizen lists Pittsburgh native Zach Furness’ book, One Less Car, on it’s Top 10 urban planning books of the year. Congratulations, Zach!

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