Bikes

Columnist: Bikeshare Is 'Broken-Down Socialism'

Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Capital Bikeshare, Video, Bikesharing, Bikeshare Broken-Down Socialism, Biking, Washington Times, Bikes, Capital Bikeshare Socialism, Charles Hurt Bikeshare, Charles Hurt, Slideexpand, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A columnist at The Washington Times touched a nerve with an op/ed deriding Capital Bikeshare, calling the system, which recently marked ...

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Mass. Woman Finds Missing Bike After 40 Years

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Video, Herring River, Cape Cod, Biking, Lisa Brown, Wellfleet, Bikes, Lisa Brown Lost Bike, Bicycling, Massachusetts, Deirdre Olinger, Good News News

When 11-year-old Lisa Brown rode her bike -- her first bike -- across a bridge over the Herring River in Massachusetts in 1970, she lost her footing, ...

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Gas, Break, Pedal: A New Way To Cycle

Turnstyle | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Diy, Motorized Bikes, Bikes, Oakland, Green News

By: Denise Tejada With just a ten millimeter wrench and a screwdriver, Brian Simmons has built and sold more than 100 motorized bicycles in Oakland,...

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INTERACTIVE MAP: The Abandoned Bikes Of NYC

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: New York Impact, Bikes, Ny Impact, Bicycling, Transportation Nation, Abandoned Bikes, Abandoned Bikes New York, New York Bicycling, Bike Theft, New York News

Leave a bike outside long enough in New York, and if it's not stolen, it will almost certainly be stripped of its parts. (Watch this timelapse for a g...

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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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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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Greening the District With Traffic Cameras

Susanna Murley | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Capital Bikeshare, Washington DC, Bicycling, Bikes, Traffic, Dc, Vincent Gray, Biking, Washington, Washington D.C., Traffic Cameras, Safe Driving, DC News

Pedestrians and cyclists can breathe easier on Washington, D.C.'s streets because of a plan to "cover the entire city" with traffic cameras. Cameras slow down traffic, and slower cars would make it safer to walk and bike around the capital.

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Biking Metro Detroit

Casey Rakowski | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Bicycling, Biking Trails Detroit, Biking Metro Detroit, Biking, Bikes, Biking Detroit, Detroit News

I am extremely excited to get this chance to share my biking experiences in Metro Detroit with you.

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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: 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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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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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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WATCH: An Epic Bike's-Eye View Of NYC

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Gopro-Hd-Hero-Camera, New York City Bikes, Video, Helmetcam, Bikes, Cycling, New-York-City-Bicycling, Bike Wars, New York News

Countless videos made with crappy helmet cams have aimed to show just how dangerous biking the city's streets can be. Adversely, few videos have captu...

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Creeps and Weirdos: The Auto Industry Agenda for Keeping You on Four Wheels

Larry_Cohen | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Street Safety, Transportation Policy, Bikes, Safe Routes to Schools, Health, Public Health, Walkability, Cars, Bicycling, Walkable Cities, Public Transit, Auto Industry, Bicyles, Transportation, Green News

The car is still king -- from parking lots to roadways. And car companies intend to keep it that way.

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NOT AGAIN: Golden Gate Bridge Bike Lane Closes Just Weeks After Reopening

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.29.2011

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back over the water...the Golden Gate Bridge bike lane is closing for the second time in a year as the structu...

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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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Why Are Bicyclists Being Targeted by Congress?

Jay Walljasper | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Rand Paul, Transportation Bill, Pedestrians, Bikes, Minneapolis, Bikes Belong, Green News

Biicyclists and pedestrians are under attack again, this time in an amendment from Senator Rand Paul. He wants to redirect every last penny of money dedicated to bicycling and walking to bridge repair instead.

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FLASHBACK: Bike Safety Rap

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Bike Safety, Bike Safety Video, Video, Retro, Kids, Bikes, Funny Videos, Safety, Everything Is Terrible, Urlesque, Retro Bike Safety Video, Comedy News

Hey gang, listen up! We've got some important news for you! We know you kids like to spend your time indoors with your Pound Puppies and ColecoVisi...

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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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Moving Planet: A Tale of Two Cities

Kelly Rigg | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Bike Culture, Amsterdam, Moving Planet, Alternative Transportation, Bikes, Fossil Fuels, Green News, Climate Change, Los Angeles, Green News

Jobs and presidents have come and gone, but my bike has outlasted them all. And wherever I am on this planet, it remains my favorite way to move.

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Man In Adams Morgan Bicyclist Assault Sentenced

Washington City Paper | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Bikes, District of Columbia, DC News

Bicycle use, quite famously, has exploded in the District over the past decade. And it's equally well known that the force of that blast has caused so...

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From Brooklyn To Manhattan, New Bike Sharing Program To Launch

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: New York City Transportation, Mayor Bloomberg, Bikes, Green Technology, Janette Sadik-Khan, Bike Share, Alta Bike Share, New York News

New York's long awaited bike sharing program is set to launch summer of 2012, with a network comprising of an estimated 10,000 bikes and 600 stations ...

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Have The Hipsters Found Their Mayoral Candidate?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: John Avalos, Cut Copy, Video, San Francisco Bike Coalition, John Avalos for Mayor, Bikes, SF BIke Party, San Francisco Bike Party, Electro-Pop, Hipsters, San Francisco News

Everyone knows the single most coveted voting demographic in San Francisco is bike hipsters. Well, after the old people who actually vote in every...

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