SEATTLE, WA: BIKE BATMAN RETURNS STOLEN BIKES

-> For the past year, Bike Batman has waged a one-man battle against bike theft in Seattle. The unidentified cyclist has become a hero by returning 22 bicycles to their rightful owners, and in at least a dozen cases, the police also have arrested the alleged culprit. Like his namesake, Bike Batman lives a double life. By day, he is a married engineer in his 30s. In his free time, however, he is precisely what this city of fixies and fast-fingered thieves so desperately needs. http://wapo.st/1Rmw9cg

from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.