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Bike Rap Video — Fun Stuff

Zach — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:19 +0000

Here’s a great bike rap video someone recently shared with me. Fun stuff, imho.

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How Bicycle Friendly Communities Are Evaluated (Infographic)

Zach — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:09 +0000

Several years ago, I was the director of an organization in the Charlottesville, Virginia region that got Charlottesville designated as a Bicycle Friendly Community (BFA). There were great guiding documents that the League of American Bicyclists supplied as part of the application process, but it certainly would have been nice to have this infographic* below [...]

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New Bike Friendly Businesses — Texas Instruments, The World Bank Group, & More

Cynthia — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:43:50 +0000

If you like clean air and water, face it, this makes you an environmentalist. Bike-friendly businesses are an encouraging face of environmental support — for employees and customers alike. Our country is redefining ethics in transportation and energy sources. Rich and poor alike are affected by toxic fumes, bad water, dirty air, and dirty oil. So, [...]

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Milan’s Design Week Shows Italian Ebike — Cykno

Cynthia — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:44:33 +0000

Thanks to the Italians, who never disappoint, for creating Cykno, an ebike that is new and yet timelessly elegant. Transforming like a swan in transit, art meets travel meets low environmental impact in the Cyklo. If you missed this year’s Milan Design Week we’ve got the rundown. The Cykno Electric Eclectic Bicycle has a retro [...]

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Divvy — Bike-Sharing System Debuting In Chicago In June

Nathan August — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:35:57 +0000

In just a month, Chicago will finally have its own large-scale bike-sharing program, providing thousand of bikes to residents via hundreds of solar-powered stations spread throughout the city. The system, dubbed Divvy, will debut in June with a few hundred bikes spread throughout 75 solar-powered docking stations. It is supposed to rapidly expand after that, [...]

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Super Bike-Friendly Cafe In Zurich

Zach — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:26:38 +0000

This is certainly the most bike-friendly cafe I’ve ever seen: Using Google Translate, here’s the description under the video (translated from German): The city of Zurich presents the first Velokafi under the program Urban Transport 2025. The bicycle drive-in allows the coffee enjoyment, without getting off the bike. Idea, design, implementation: Serranetga AG Pretty cool. [...]

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New Bicycle-Friendly Universities

Zach — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:11:04 +0000

The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) recently announced new “Bicycle-Friendly Universities.” 14 universities were added, bringing the total up to 58. These 58 universities are located in 30 states across the country. Of these 58 universities, just one is rated Platinum, and 3 are rated Gold. Check out the LAB blog post for a bit [...]

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São Paulo — Single Transit Pass For All Public Transit (Including Bike Sharing)

Zach — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:19:57 +0000

I don’t recall where I first heard the argument that bicycle sharing programs were essentially public transit, just more tailored for individual freedom and need. But I certainly liked the concept. São Paulo is probably not the first, but it’s the first I can think of that takes that concept and runs with it. The Brazilian [...]

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Cycling Without Age — Program In Copenhagen Giving Bike Rides To The Elderly

Nathan August — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:00:21 +0000

Some bicycle enthusiasts in Copenhagen recently came up with a great idea — organizing bike rides in the city for the elderly, via pedicabs. The new group, called “Cykling uden alder,” or “Cycling Without Age,” is providing free bike rides around the city to the elderly, hopefully helping to improve their quality of life. Those [...]

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Bicycle Road Safety Activist Group Installs Illegal Bike Lane Protectors

Tim Tyler — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:35:10 +0000

A bicycle road safety activist group in Seattle, called the Reasonably Polite Seattleites has struck again. The very polite group has turned the painted Cherry Street bike lane located under I-5 in Seattle into a protected bike lane. The group used around $350 worth of reflective plastic pylons to transform the bike lane in the middle of [...]

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