I was reading Fast Company Magazine and spotted these two articles related to bicycling. Sometimes I have wanted a true full service bikestation.

How Cycling Centers Could Help Smooth Commuter Transitions
By: Kate Rockwood
Andréa White-Kjoss
CEO
Mobis Transportation/Bikestation

Andréa White-Kjoss, 35, modeled her full-service cycling centers on a similar idea already popular in Japan and Europe. More than a dozen bike stations have opened in such places as Palo Alto and Berkeley, California; Seattle; and, most recently, Washington, D.C.

“Our existing transportation system has been built around the automobile — parking, service, fuel — and we need the same sort of system around other forms of transportation.

Have you ever heard of B-cycle? Me neither. This is an automated kiosk to rent bikes. More from Fast Company Magazine. With the current debate on health care this might be interesting.

Humana Takes Health to the Streets With B-cycle Bike Sharing
By: Kate Rockwood
Grant Harrison
Vice President of the Innovation Center
Humana
Louisville, Kentucky

Grant Harrison, 45, created B-cycle — automated kiosks that let riders rent bikes at prices akin to mass transit — at Humana, in partnership with Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Trek. The national rollout will bring 50,000 bikes to a dozen U.S. cities in the next three years.

“Health-insurance companies have to change. We can’t focus solely on policy reform; we’re hoping to become a health-creation company. The focus for us is to make fun things healthy.

Planners see dip in money for new roads
by Austin American-Statesman
… or expand transit or bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Daugherty said the inability to find money for road projects — such as the $89 million Texas 45 …

Riding in the rain « Bike Noob
by rainycamp
Now that we’re coming into what passes for fall in Texas, there will be more rain to contend with. I don’t like riding in the rain. If it’s raining before I start my ride, I’ll scratch my ride plans and find something else to do. …

Lengthy bike ride pays off in the end
by Chicago Daily Herald
Starting in Austin, Texas, Broeder peddled west to California, north to Washington, east to the New England states, south to Florida and back west to Texas. …

Bike MS participant has the disease and wants to raise awareness
by San Antonio Express
An estimated 20000 Texas have been diagnosed with MS, and about 2.5 million people worldwide. Minerd has relapsing-remitting MS, the most common form, …