http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Japan considers cabinet level bicycle ministry" en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:41:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11461#post-130583 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:32:06 +0000 chdot 130583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BUT -</p> <p>"<br /> Japan's National Bike to Work Ban</p> <p>Strict government policies regarding employee travel insurance, and inflexible insurance company policies, have created a situation where cycling to work is effectively banned in Japan. That's right, bureaucracy is preventing people from cycling to work in Japan.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.tokyobybike.com/2013/10/japans-national-bike-to-work-ban.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tokyobybike.com/2013/10/japans-national-bike-to-work-ban.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11461#post-130135 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:15:23 +0000 chdot 130135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> This legislative working group to promote bicycles is chaired by 68-year-old Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, an avid long-distance road cyclist. The draft proposal says the Minister of Bicycles should be a cyclist, and members of the working group are pushing Tanigaki to take the proposed post.</p> <p>The draft proposal calls on the government to promote cycling as an effective means of transportation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The new ministry, if accepted, would review and simplify existing traffic laws as they related to bicycling, and would be tasked with developing bicycle infrastructure such as cycle tracks and bicycle parking.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclelicio.us/2013/japan-ministry-of-bicycle-promotion" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclelicio.us/2013/japan-ministry-of-bicycle-promotion</a> </p>