All www.dviratis.lt (Lithuanian language) and www.bicycle.lt/www.balticcycle.eu news (in English and Görmän) under this address:

http://www.dviratis.lt/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi

Dear future and former BaltiCCyclists!

And … that's it? I am afraid, that's all about the summer. Of cause the word of the year in the Baltic States is “Krize” (and at least 3 x a day).

For the amount of cyclists it does not seem to make a big influence – just for it's combination. If we had before more Germans, there are now Swiss, Canadians, Belgians (and from time to time even from Peru...)

So, here are the news for the summer farewell: daily around 20 degrees, at night already droping below 10 (brrr...)

Some pictures for you: the bicycle demonstration “Critical Mass” in Vilnius met about 800 cyclist on August, 28

Picture: http://picasaweb.google.lt/riebus.tarakonas/Kritine200908#

Movie (seeing the mass flowing on the Cathedral square): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawpZviNpDs

And let me tell you, that soon, very soon the BaltiCCycle will strike a mayor change...

Your Cycling
The German Lithuanian,

Frank “Frankas” Wurft, M.A., frankas@balticcycle.eu

Already signed? http://www.dviratis.lt/deklaracija/.

The declaration of the “Velomanija Vilnius 2009” available now in English, Polish, Lithuanian, , Swedish, German and Esperanto (each other language is very welcome...)

ACTUALLY:

Lithuania: Cyclists' ferry over the Curonian lagoon stops operation!

Since the first of September there is no regular boat connection via the Curonian lagoon. You'll hve to look for a boat on you own.

What will be next year we will see...

http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page=transport&highlight=transport#Regul_re_Bootsverbindung_Hotel_Camping_Ventaine_Windenburger_Ecke_Nida

LATVIA

1) Bicycle news / Rosina atgriezties pie velosipēdu reģistrācijas

Albert(s) Caspari found a small article in the daily DIENA on the idea on a bicycle register against theft. Read the article online here (in German and Latvian. I started a small mini-blog for everything you might find on cycling in Latvia

http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=1

2) Here a map on the traffic in Latvia.

http://www.lvceli.lv/LV/PC/PageImages/Pagewidth/1334.jpg

Shown – the average traffic per 24 hours. As a cyclist: please use all the other roads ;-)

You may also find this on our information collection on cycling in Latvia:

http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-index.php?page=LV_Lettland_Latvia&highlight=lettland

3) web page on cycling in RIGA pretty renewed
You may find the three real existing bicycle tracks plus a map of the rising number of bicycle stands. Take a look here:

http://www.rdsd.lv/?ct=velosatiksme

I personally liked the book with routes in the west of the city (left of the river Daugava), you may consider a download here:

http://www.rdsd.lv/?ct=velocelinubukleti

2009-09-07 Cycle tour “GRĮˇTAM'09” (“We're coming home”)

two students have the idea to cycle back from Cambridge (where they study) to there home town Vilnius. Within two weeks (between the 7^th and 21^st of September).

Hey, they should start TODAY!

http://griztam.lt

Smoll stuff

Cycle news in and from Lithuania

(news from the Lithuanian press are collected here (in Lithuanian):

http://www.gerasdviratis.lt/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11341

2009-08-27 Article on Lithuanian cycle paths in comparison (Judgement “still possible to stand”) Lietuvos dviračių takai - ne karališki, bet pakenčiami

http://www.ve.lt/?id=1251051310

2009-08-26 A big bicycle retail chain - “Hawaii Ekspress Lietuva” - is closing down – at least for the winter

http://vilniaus.diena.lt/naujienos/ekonomika/dviraciu-pardavejams-sunkios-dienos-234740

http://www.lrytas.lt/?data=20090818&id=sos18dvs090818&view=2

and …. The representation of the European Commission in Lithuania looks whether there a changes in the mobility behaviour in Lithuania during the “crisis” (bad, bad word).

38% of surveyed still are doing short trips by car, ca. 1/3 walks by foot (most of them non-car drivers or older than 55 years). The pubilc transport [which prices were risen recently] or the bicycle are first choice for only a minority of 17 %.

http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=23729422
...
“The individual car traffic produced 7,2 mio. tons CO2 in Lithuanian. In 1998 it was 4,6 Mio. t.”

CONTAX:

 Frank "Frankas" Wurft, M.A. (Deutsch, English, Lietuviskai, Francais, Esperanto)

NEW! City tour and rent-a-bike in Vilnius, weekdays 11 a.m. At the office¡ www.velo-city.lt

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INFO Everything on cycling in the Baltic States: http://wiki.dviratis.lt/tiki-browse_categories.php
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Experts on Cycling in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

Die Spezialisten zum Radfahren in Litauen, Lettland, Estland

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