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Bike Fever

Tim Blumenthal | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Bike Rental Systems, National Bike Month, Bicycling, Healthy Living, Biking, Bike Lanes, Bikes, Ride a Bike, Bike Riding, Green News

Warm temperatures make May the best month for bicycling in most of the United States. Appropriately, it's the designated National Bike Month. This May and this summer should be an amazing time for bicycling in America.

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GOP: Fewer Bikes, More Cars

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Bike Lane Funding, Green Transportation, Transportation Enhancement, Bike Lanes, Transportation, Green News

Given that we are facing an obesity epidemic, car-driven pollution, climate change, and a damaging dependency on foreign oil, tripling the budget for bike and walkways would make sense.

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Warm Weather Impacts Bike Lane Expansion

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: D.C. Bike Lanes, DC News, Video, District of Columbia, Ddot, Bicycle Culture, DDOT Bike Lanes, District of Columbia Department of Transportation, Bike Lanes, Dc Bike Lanes, D.C. Department of Transportation, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Warm weather conditions this winter may have contributed to the early bloom of the cherry blossoms. But it also helped something else bl...

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The Case For Cyclist Bridges

www.thirteen.org | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: NY Transportation, Bike Lanes, Bridges, New York News

People aged 18 - 29 aren't buying cars like they used to, and even G.M. knows it: The New York Times reported last week that the American automobile ...

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A Cyclist's Departure

Xavier L. Suarez | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Rickenbacker Causeway, Bike Safety, Bicycling, Aaron Cohen Hit and Run, Aaron Cohen Rickenbacker, Bike Lanes, Bike Accident, Miami News

Aaron Cohen has been wrenched from our lives. And the sense of loss is overwhelming. Was the tragedy avoidable? I don't rightly know, but I know we didn't try hard enough to avoid it.

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WATCH: Guess Who Has The Greenest Transportation System In The World?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, Sfpark, San Francisco Bike Coalition, San Francisco Transportation Award, San Francisco Wins Sustainable Tranport Award, Ed Lee, Green Transportation, San Francisco Muni, Sf Transportation, Connecting the City, Video, Sfmta, Pavement to Parks, Sf Muni, San Francisco Transportation, Bike Lanes, San Francisco News

As has been previously noted, it ain't easy being Muni. SFMTA often takes a lot of flack for stuff like lackluster service and high operating cost...

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Market Street Is No Place for Cars

Michael Portanova | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: City Bicycle Plan, Sfmta, San Francisco Biking, Bike Accidents, Bicycling, Market Street San Francisco, Bike Lanes, San Francisco News

For twenty years, people have been tossing around the idea of closing Market to private vehicle traffic and creating a vibrant public space in its stead, but the issue has only recently grown ripe for serious consideration. 

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How Did The Dutch Pave The Way For Bike Paths?

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Bike Sharing, Video, Sustainable Cities, Biking, Amsterdam Bicycles, Amsterdam Bike Culture, Green-Living, City Bicycling, Netherlands Bike Culture, Bike Lanes, Green News

From Shea Gunther and Mother Nature Network: I'm fascinated by the bike culture of Amsterdam. It's part of an larger transportation city network th...

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When Did NY Become LA?

Laura L.M. Hill | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, Hotels and Resorts, Pedestrian Islands, Bike Lanes, Luxury Hotels, New York News

All of a sudden (okay maybe it's been a few years coming) I am in what I think is my city, yet it is looking ever more like L.A.! Look around and you will see evidence of the Californication of this oh-so-not Californian town.

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Rand Paul Anti-Bike Lane Plan Takes Big Hit

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Bike Paths, Rand Paul Bicycle Lanes, Video, Senate, Rand Paul, Bikes, Bicycles, Rand Paul Bike Lanes, Bicycle Transportation, Bicycle Lanes, Walking Trails, Rand Paul Bikes, Bike Lanes, Transportation, Politics News

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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New York Bike Lanes Are All the Rage

Steve Nelson | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: New York City Bicycling, Bicycling, Alternative-Transportation, New York, Bike Lanes, New York City, New York News

For 55 years I've ridden and raced bicycles. In these years I have never run into a human being. The respect is not reciprocal. Yet New Yorkers seem acutely interested in seeing that I, and other cyclists, mind our manners.

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A Summer of Bicycle-Focused Transportation Policy for Chicagoans

Renee Patten | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Bike Paths, Bike Sharing, Green Travel, Biking, Urban Planning, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Mayor, Chicago Bike Sharing, Bicycling, Bike Lanes, Chicago News

Chicago is an ideal city for riding a bicycle. It's flat, people are generally respectful of other users of the road, and there are alternative options for commuting if you get stuck in the rain.

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Lessons From Brooklyn for the LADOT

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.25.2011

New York under Bloomberg and his DOT is remaking itself into a city known for its parks, open space and complete streets philosophy that recognizes the role the roads play for drivers, buses, pedestrians and bikers.

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If You Want Real Bike Lanes...

Alan Singer | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Bicycling, Park Slope, Williamsburg-Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Prospect Park, Bike Lanes, Brooklyn, New York News

I would like real Brooklyn bike lanes that allow people to safely travel across the borough and commute to work, but that would require planning and money, as well as concern for cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians.

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Prospect Park Liar's Lane

Alan Singer | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Transportation Alternatives, New York Times, Bike Lanes, Michael Bloomberg, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Park Slope, New York News

All winter the bike lane on the west side of Prospect Park in Brooklyn went unused. It was too cold. But the traffic tie-ups along the twenty-five block long Prospect Park West corridor are every day and for much of the day.

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How Mayor Bloomberg's Projects Evade City Review

nytimes.com | DAVID W. CHEN and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Ny News, Norman Siegel, New York City Council, New York News, Partnership for New York City, Times Square Alliance, Bike Lanes, Pilot Program, New York News

It has never been easy for a mayor to get things done in New York City, where every government proposal must navigate a thicket of community groups, p...

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Field-Testing Manhattan Bike Lanes: Who's The Biggest Obstacle?

| Ben Fractenberg | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Bike Lane Offenders, New York Bike Lanes, Nypd, Bike Lanes, New York News

MANHATTAN -- Manhattan bike riders face a host of obstacles using the borough's bike lanes, from double-parked livery cabs and delivery trucks, to obl...

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New Bike War Crime: Biking While Wearing A Skirt?

nydailynews.com | By Christina Boyle | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: New York Bike Lanes, Bikes Nyc, NY Around Town, Bike Lanes, Bike Wars, New York News

Cycling while sexy could be hazardous to city motorists - just ask Jasmijn Rijcken. The leggy Dutch tourist said she was pulled over by an NYPD co...

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Report: Every 35 Hours A New Yorker Dies In A Traffic Crash

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: New York Traffic, New York City Department of Transportation, World Health Organization, Ny News, Nyc-Pedestrian-Plaza, Transportation Alternatives, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, NYC DOT, New York News, Bike Lanes, New York News

Someone is killed in a New York City traffic accident every 35 hours, according to a new report from the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives an...

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WATCH: Downtown Gets First Protected Bike Lane Of Planned 100-Mile Network

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Illinois, Video, Rahm Emanuel Bike Lanes, Protected Bike Lanes, Chicago Bike Lanes, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Biking, Bike Lanes, Chicago, Chicago News

Anyone who's biked around Chicago knows that it's an easy and convenient way around the city, cheaper than our nation's-highest gas prices and way fas...

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Ray LaHood Dons Helmet And Bikes To Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Continuing his very public campaign to encourage urban biking as an alternative to automotive transportation, U.S. Transportation Secret...

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The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge

Michael Kaye | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Little-Red-Lighthouse, Landmarks, George Washington Bridge, Bike Lanes, New York, New York News

As Bike month in New York City and my wife, Yolanda's and my month-long biking sojourn in New York comes to a close I want to tell you about my favor...

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City Goes On Offensive To Promote Bike Lanes

Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Howard Wolfson, New York City Bike Lanes, Bike Lanes Nyc, Ny News, NY Around Town, Bike Lane Lawsuit, Bike Lanes, New York News

The Bloomberg administration has made a strategic decision to craft a harder sell for bike lanes in New York. From the New York Times: In a calc...

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Battles Rage in the Streets of New York

Jay Walljasper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janette Sadik-Khan, Bike Lanes, Traffic Safety, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Bikes, New York News

A controversy has erupted in the streets of New York. At issue are the streets themselves--and whether vehicles should share them with pedestrians and bikes.

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In Defense of the Silly: From Direct Action to the Pies of March

Benjamin Shepard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Activism, New York City, Bike Lanes, Bike Lanes New York Traffic, Billionaires for Bush, Pie Fight, Social Change, Kirk Fuoss, Social Movements, Barbara Ehrenreich, New-York-Times-Up, Pies of March, Andrew Boyd, New York News

Behind most successful movements lie examples of disruptive tactics. Countless movements have made use of direct action, sometimes serious, sometimes silly, to take down their opponents a notch.

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