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Bicycling for transportation booming in U.S. cities

A feature in The Nation chronicles the amazing rise of the bicycle as a primary mode of urban transportation. The Rise in Urban Biking

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Cold weather cities can be tops for bicycle transportation

(October 17, 2011) Eyebrows shot up last year when Minneapolis beat out many-time defending champion Portland as America’s best bike town, defeating the assumption that cold-weather cities can’t be...

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Taking care of some of your errands by bike could save your life

(November 2, 2011)– Something as simple as running half of your short errands by bicycle could reap significant health benefits, and thwart serious health problems. Researchers at the University of...

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Huge increases in Twin Cities’ cycling and walking: how to achieve in your city?

(December 25, 2011) The statistics are almost unbelievable, but they’re true. The Twin Cities–despite the reality of a harsh climate–has seen remarkable increases in rates of cycling and walking....

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Talking Heads’ David Byrne extols the virtues, pleasures of the bike

David Byrne of Talking Heads fame has ridden many many thousands of miles on bikes, in countries and cities around the world. He wrote for this week’s New York Times about the virtues and pleasures of...

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