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A Selection of Cycling News from April 1st 2016

Google Introduces Self-Driving Bicycle in the Netherlands

The self-driving bicycle enables safe navigation through the city for Amsterdam residents, and furthers Google’s ambition to improve urban mobility with technology.

Armstrong Banned From Local Beer Ride for “Taking It Too Seriously”

According to the Aspen Daily News, Lance Armstrong received a lifetime ban from “Tuesday Cruiseday” in Aspen CO.

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This is What Rush Hour Looks Like in the Netherlands

I’ve cycled in Holland, and it wasn’t was very similar to this. For a cycling novice at the time, used to riding on the other side of the road, it was quite intimidating. I got yelled at a few times and there was lots of bell ringing and shouts of “Pass Op!”

Bicycle Rush Hour in Utrecht Netherlands

“This is an ordinary Wednesday morning in April 2010 at around 8.30 am. Original time was 8 minutes that were compressed into 2 minutes, so everything is 4 times faster than in reality. The sound is original.

This is one of the busiest junctions in Utrecht a city with a population of 300,000. No less than 22,000 bicycles and 2,500 buses pass here every day. And yet Google Street View missed it. Because private motorized traffic is restricted here.”

Video courtesy of Bicycle Dutch, and more info on cycling in the Netherlands