Bicycles

Share the Road and the Future

Michael Brune | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Oil, Bicycle, Bicycles, Bike to Work Day, Bike to Work Month, Bike to Work, Green Commuting, Bicycle Commuting, Green News

Bicycle commuting in the U.S. was up by 40 percent from 2000 to 2010. That's great, but it's only scratching the surface of how biking could transform our country.

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Cycling's Exciting Trend

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Fitness, Bicycle Culture, Bicycling, New York Bicycling, Cycling, Bicycles, Exercise, Track Bicycle, Track Bike, Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Living News

Single-speed and fixed-gear bikes are experiencing a renaissance these days, and most large manufacturers now offer at least one model for urban riding, commuting, or fitness.

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Green Too: Can Transportation Drive the Future?

Michael Rose | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Futurama, Automobiles, Germany, Chevy Volt, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, President Obama, International Transport Forum, Mitt Romney, Cars, China, Los Angeles, Center for Automotive Research, Norman Bel Geddes, Oecd, Bmw, High-Speed Rail, Rick Scott, General Motors, Angel Gurria, Bicycles, Leipzig, Scott Walker, Electric Cars, John Kasich, India, New York Worlds Fair, Norman Baker, Light Rail, Auto Bailout, Politics News

Republican governors Rick Scott of Florida, John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin all turned down available Federal funds. California's governor is happy to take the money to build a system linking Los Angeles and San Francisco but it's become tied up by routing and funding disputes.

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WATCH: Full-Sized ThinBike Folds Flat for City Living

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Commute Bike, Alternative Transport, Apartment Living, Folding Bike, Commuting, Urban Bike, Foldable Bike, Urban Commute, Folding Bicycle, Bicycles, treehugger.com, Graham Hill, Small Spaces, Bike, Appropriate Transport, Thinbike, Video, New York News

A bicycle that snaps and clicks flat within five seconds for passing through subway turnstyles, walking down city sidewalks or climbing the stairs of Hill's 6 floor walkup.

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: A Cultural Shift

Keith Brown | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Bike Paths, Bicycle Commuting, Freehold-New Jersey, Bikes, Bicycle Culture, Bicycle Lanes, Bicycles, Cycling, Freehold New Jersey Bike Riding, New York News

The bike ride recently organized by the mayor of a small central New Jersey town was emblematic of a cultural shift, a national movement toward embracing so-called "alternative'' modes of transportation.

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: Beyond the Tour de France

Keith Brown | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Bike Culture, Bicycling, Cycles, Bicycles, Bikes, Lance Armstrong Tour De France, Tommy Godwin, Lance Armstrong, New York News

Ride a bike for a period of time, and someone is going to call you Lance Armstrong. It's just going to happen. Twenty-some odd years ago, I'm sure cyclists were called Greg LeMond, too.

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: The Chosen Commuter

Keith Brown | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Bike Snob, Bicycles, The Enlightened Cyclist, Cycling, Bikesnobnyc, Nyc Bicycling, City Biking, Biking in New York, City Bicycling, Nyc Bike Lanes, New-York-City-Bicycling, City Bike Lanes, New York News

We're at a point now where as a society we're moving past being interested in cycling as recreational activity and we're really beginning to embrace it as a form of transportation.

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: Changing the World

Keith Brown | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Bike Culture, Bicycles, Velo, Bikes, With My Own Two Wheels, Developing Countries, New York News

While here in the U.S., the bicycle industry has been co-opted by an oligarchy intent on selling bicycling racing gear to those who don't need it, the bicycle is still seen as a utility, a luxury even, in other parts of the world.

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: The First Three

Keith Brown | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: New York City Century, Bikes, Bicycles, Bicycling, New York Bicycling, Bicycle Trips, Bicycle Races, Bicycling Cross Country, New York News

Three miles was all I could ride without a break on my first few rides after deciding to get back on a bicycle after a 20-some-year hiatus.

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Wilmette, IL: Building Bike Culture In The Suburbs

wilmette.patch.com | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Bike Culture, Wilmette Patch, Small Business, Wilmett-Il, Bicycles, Wilmette, Illinois, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Business News

"People cut back on other expenses, maybe larger expenses, and a bike fits in."...

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: Punk's Not Dead

Keith Brown | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Biking, Bicycles, Bikes, Getting Older, Middle Age, New York News

The sun, wisely, was still sleeping when I arrived for the ride, my headlight leading the way to the start line where a growing gaggle of cyclists lin...

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Why Miami Is a Dangerous Deathtrap for Cyclists

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Rickenbacker Causeway, Car Accident, Biking, Aaron Cohen, Bicycles, Bike Accident, Thomas Jennings, Bicycle Safety, Bicycling, Fdot, Key Biscayne, Miami News

The beauty of Key Biscayne, that makes it so desirable for cyclists, is also a distraction for motorists. Immediate action needs to be taken before Miami loses another cyclist to a careless driver on Key Biscayne.

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The Unnamed Bicycle Column: Time After Time

Keith Brown | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Bikes, Bicycles, Raising Children, How to Ride a Bike, Teaching Kids to Bike, Training Wheels, Kids Biking, Parents News

Today I am not at all prepared for this. If it works, if the little one rides off without training wheels, that's it. There are no more training wheels. Ever. And who among us is ready to deal with the enormity of that prospect? Not me, pal. Not me.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 'How Bikes Can Save Us'

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Bicycle Commuters, Video, Bike to Work Week, Bicycles, Bikes, Biking to Work, Bike to Work Day, Bike Commuting, Green-Living, Bike-Culture, Cycling, Green News

Biking to work may be difficult for Americans who have long commutes and live in isolated areas, but there's a lot to be gained by leaving the car at ...

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Rand Paul Anti-Bike Lane Plan Takes Big Hit

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 01.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Republican senators failed Tuesday in their third effort in less than two months to eliminate federal money for bike paths, walking trai...

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Alexandria Officials OK Plan To Join Capital Bikeshare

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Virginia, Bike Culture, Capital Bikeshare, Dc, Video, Va, Alexandria, Bicycles, Alexandria City Council, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- City council members have voted unanimously to approve a plan that will bring the D.C. area's Capital Bikeshare program to places l...

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Let's Rebuild Brooklyn With Federal Job Money

Alan Singer | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: New York Subway, Infrastructure, Jobs, Green Infrastructure, Bicycles, Prospect Park, Barack Obama, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Infrastructure, Brooklyn Jobs, Federal Stimulus, New York News

NYC Councilmembers are polling constituents to find out about needed capital improvement projects in local neighborhoods such as street repairs, new parks, and public artworks.

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The Wrong Stuff

Jerry Zezima | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: House, Prehistoric, Skis, Wife, Stamford Advocate, Yard, Bicycles, Children, College, Humor, Robber, Garage, Basement, Neanderthal, Stamford, Ice Skates, Comedy News

"You're not qualified to have adult children if you don't have a basement," Tim said. "Where are they going to put their stuff?" "In the garage," I replied.

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Next Dock Stop For Capital Bikeshare: Alexandria?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Virginia, Bike Sharing, Capital Bikeshare, Video, Bikes, Bicycles, Alexandria Virginia, Arlington, Alexandria City Council, D.C., Transportation, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The shiny red bikes that are now so common on the streets of the District of Columbia could be coming to King Street as soon as 201...

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Seattle Rallies Against Fossil Fuel Use

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Energy, Highways, Fossil Fuels, Bicycles, Clean Energy, Public Transit, Lake Union Park, Seattle Fossil Fuel Rally, Seattle, Mike Mcginn, Fossil Fuel Rally, Paddleboards, Green News

SEATTLE -- A few hundred people in Seattle have joined citizens around the globe in rallying against fossil fuel use and in support of alternative mea...

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46 Days Of Cycling Through Iceland. With Kids.

Charles Scott | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Europe Travel, Biking, Adventure Travel, International Destinations, Bicycles, Bicycling, Iceland Travel, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Travel News

We ate lunch amid vast lava fields strewn with black boulders and belching sulfur vents. We rode sturdy Icelandic horses, camped in the wild and awoke to the cries of Arctic terns hunting above the softly lapping ocean surf nearby. And my son told me, "A kid can do a whole lot more than most adults think."

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Capital Bikeshare's Future: Corporate Sponsorship?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: DC News, Bike Sharing, Capital Bikeshare, Video, Biking, Bicycles, District of Columbia, Washington Area Bicyclist Association, Montgomery County, Arlington County, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Just as the city's pioneering bike-sharing program marked its one-year anniversary on Tuesday by recording its one-millionth trip, Capit...

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INFOGRAPHIC: What Does Your Bike Say About Your Neighborhood?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Bikes of San Francisco, San Francisco Bike Coalition, San Francisco Neighborhoods, Bikes San Francisco Poster, Bicycles, Tor Week, US Destinations, California Travel, Bicycles San Francisco, Fixies, Destinations, San Francisco Travel, San Francisco News

Pop quiz: How do you know that you live in San Francisco (other than by pulling out your phone bill and reading the mailing address)? (SCROLL DOWN ...

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Pedaling Back to School: How Bicycles Bridge the Gap in Education Access For Girls in Rural Asia

Michaela Haas | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Lotus Outreach, India, Cambodia, Girl Effect, Child Labor, Bicycles, Back to School, Impact News

Hundreds of thousands of kids in India and Cambodia will be oblivious to the start of the academic year as they begin another day at work.

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WATCH: Woman Tackles Would-Be Bicycle Thief

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Bike Sharing, San Francisco Bike Theft, Video, Bike Theft Takedown, Sfmta, Bike Thief, Bicycles, San Francisco Bike Share, Bike Theft Video, Theft, Wcg, Bike Theft, San Francisco News

Other than getting hit by a car, the biggest fear for the urban cyclist may be getting their bike stolen. Luckily, as this viral video shows, at le...

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