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Editor’s note: Download BRAIN’s Taipei Cycle Show Day 2 newsletter Day 2 |  Day 1 . TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — It came at the end of Tony Lo’s speech at the opening ceremony for the Taipei Cycle Show. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), he said, is exploring a major shakeup in the international trade show calendar—moving Taipei Cycle to July.

Editor’s note: Download BRAIN’s Taipei Cycle Show Day 2 newsletter Day 2 |  Day 1 . TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — It came at the end of Tony Lo’s speech at the opening ceremony for the Taipei Cycle Show. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), he said, is exploring a major shakeup in the international trade show calendar—moving Taipei Cycle to July

Editor’s note: Download BRAIN’s Taipei Cycle Show Day 2 newsletter Day 2 |  Day 1 . TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — It came at the end of Tony Lo’s speech at the opening ceremony for the Taipei Cycle Show

Editor’s note: Download BRAIN’s Taipei Cycle Show Day 2 newsletter Day 2 |  Day 1 . TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — It came at the end of Tony Lo’s speech at the opening ceremony for the Taipei Cycle Show

Editor’s note: Download:  BRAIN’s Taipei Cycle Show  Day 1newsletter (pdf ). TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Last year was a tough one for Taiwan exporters as they continued to see bike shipments to Europe—its biggest market, representing 58 percent of export volume and 45 percent of export value—decline. But strong business in North America and Asia helped mitigate some of that loss.

Its happened again…

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U-hub reports:

A bicyclist did not survive a collision this morning with a semi at Comm. Ave. inbound at St. Paul St..

At 8:51, Sasha tweeted from a passing trolley:

Body covered by a tarp. RIP. what a bad start to the morn.

By coincidence, a City Council committee holds a hearing on making Boston safer for bicyclists today at noon at City Hall.

More info when I get it:

NPR reports, that a cyclist was in a bike lane when the semi-truck made a right turn and hit him. Was a white male in his 20′s.

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Bostinno reports:

According to Boston Police, at 8:36 a.m., a cyclist was struck by an 18-wheeler at the intersection of St. Paul Street and Commonwealth Avenue, near Boston University campus. Police closed down the 900 block where the accident occurred.

Police confirmed at 9:49 a.m. that the cyclist died as a result of the accident.

People reported seeing a sheet over the bike and the victim at the scene as they passed the accident near Boston University’s campus.

EDIT: A picture of the truck.

EDIT: another image of the scene

The globe reports:

Boston police spokeswoman Cheryl Fiandaca said in an e-mail that the bicyclist was killed and that the department’s Homicide Unit is now investigating the incident. Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office has also sent a prosecutor to the scene, officials said.

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WHDH-TV –

EDIT: Heading to this meeting, on bike safety, see you there, more when I get back.

From the email:

The third annual Illuminations Bike Tour will be held on December 15, a joint production of the Somerville Bicycle Committee and Somerville Arts Council. Please join us. Details are below and attached.

The guided group ride will be shorter this year so folks can spend more time looking at the lights and stay warmer. For those who would like to tour the longer route from last year, maps will be available. Those touring the longer route may continue after the short guided tour concludes, may meet with others at the suggested times below or tour the route on your own schedule with friends.

Please join us and happy winter solstice,
~ Brian Postlewaite

(for the Somerville BIcycle Committee)

Illuminations by Bike
December 15, 2012

Guided Short Route
Meet Location: Somerville High School Main Entrance
Meet Time: 5:50pm
Departure: 6:00pm
Duration: 45 minutes, or less
Required: warm clothes & bike lights
Recommended: holiday lights, costumes & good cheer
Suggested: Donate $5 to the Somerville Arts Council
Afterwards: Hot drinks & treats at City Hall

Unguided Long Route
Maps: available at city hall, donation recommended.
Suggested Meet Times: 7:15pm & 8:30pm

BERKELEY, CA (BRAIN) — The board of directors for the nonprofit that runs high school cycling leagues has shuffled the organization’s top-paid position, replacing recent executive director hire Doug Selee with Austin McInerny, a seasoned member of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, or NICA.  Selee, formerly vice president of operations at the American Cancer Society, was hired in mid-June as NICA founder Matt Fritzinger transitioned from executive director to a focus on new league development.    The board of directors, however, soon realized that Selee wasn’t the right fit for the role, board president Rick Spittler said Wednesday. Citing personnel issues, Spittler did not elaborate on why Selee apparently didn’t mesh at NICA. “We have no bad, ill-will feelings toward Doug at all,” Spittler said.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Organizers of the 2013 Taipei International Cycling Show, set for March 20-23, are predicting another record year for the expo. An estimated 1,100 exhibitors from 36 countries, fanned out over 3,300 booths and 58,000 square meters of expo space, and 8,000 buyers are expected

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Organizers of the 2013 Taipei International Cycling Show, set for March 20-23, are predicting another record year for the expo. An estimated 1,100 exhibitors from 36 countries, fanned out over 3,300 booths and 58,000 square meters of expo space, and 8,000 buyers are expected. Further, the 26th edition of Taipei Cycle will be four shows in one, held concurrently not only with the Taiwan Textile Federation’s Sports and Accessories Expo (SPOMODE) and the 40th installment of the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO), but also with the Taiwan International Diving and Water Sports Show (DiWas).  Yuen-Chuan Chao, president and CEO of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), which organizes Taipei Cycle, detailed the plans for the 2013 show during a press conference Wednesday for a group of 22 industry journalists — representing 15 countries — invited by TAITRA to tour several manufacturers in Taiwan this week.