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Helpful suggestions & encouragement for commuting by bicycle

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Bike commuting catches on in Maryland

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From The Montgomery County Sentinel (Maryland), 06.29.07 : More county residents commuting by bicycle As fuel prices rise and more accommoda...
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Bike station needed at MBTA?

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From the Malden Observer, 06.29.07 : Thieves swipe bikes from Malden Center T station A slew of bikes were allegedly stolen from outside the...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Dave Snyder: visionary velorutionary

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I first encountered Dave Snyder following a Critical Mass ride in San Francisco in early 1995. At the event's conclusion in Yerba Buena...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Pharma corp encourages bike commuting

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From the Journal News (White Plains, NY), 06.27.07 : PEARL RIVER — It took Thierry Bonnaire more than two hours to commute to work yesterday...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Worcester: Pedal to the metal

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From the Worcester Telegram & Telegraph, 06.26.07 : Riding bikes to work is joyful and healthy Paul Kelly, 56, a teacher at Bancroft Sch...
Monday, June 25, 2007

David Takemoto-Weerts: The collegiate cycling environment

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The bicycle coordinator at the University of California, Davis since 1987, David Takemoto-Weerts first became hooked on cycling while an un...
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Bikes on rails

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From E/The Environmental Magazine! : Making Room for Bikes on Trains (and Everywhere Else) The movement to promote bicycle commuting in conj...
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Telluride: Bike Week shifts to big ring

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From the Telluride Daily Planet, 06.25.07 : Like dogs, bikes are everywhere in this town. There’s your shaggy mutts--the cushy cruisers clan...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Denver: Ride a bike back to health

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From the Denver Post, 06.22.07 : Fed up with traffic jams? Feeling tired and stressed? Maybe it's time to put your foot down--literally....
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Vehicular crime and perceptions

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"These noble motorists are entering the intersection well after the signal has turned. Note how they are blocking the path of the bicyc...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

More inspiration from Denmark

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From the Valley Advocate (Easthampton, MA), 06.21.07 : Free Sport: The Wheel Deal In Denmark, dedicated bike lanes and free loaner bikes mak...

Bike racks are beautiful

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Secure bike parking is critical to encouraging the use of bicycles for transportation. As I've written before, bike parking is often neg...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Cities build new bike paths. Will cyclists come?

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From the Christian Science Monitor, 06.19.07 : Long Beach, Calif.--Three to four times a week, Jayme Bassett rides her 20-year-old Huffy bik...

LAB: Making the bike case in D.C.

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From the Politico.com,06.19.07 : Groups peddle bike-friendly legislation The bike lobby's Tour de France is the reauthorization of the t...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Anna Sojourner: The city on two wheels

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A native of Richmond, California , Anna Sojourner describes herself as "a human primate who has ridden a bicycle for transportation in ...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

U.S. Census: 10 best, worst cities for bike commuting

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As posted earlier, the U.S. Census Bureau released its American Community Survey last week. Among the shocking findings: Americans overwh...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Vermont: Cycling safety 101

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From the Rutland Herald, 06.17.07 : A common complaint of new or infrequent road cyclists and commuters is that they feel exposed and squeez...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Minneapolis: Don't bike, drive?

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From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 06.17.07 : Baby, you should drive your car The city has rules, you see -- rules that don't exactly en...
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Will We Ever Get Out of Our Cars?

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From the Voice of San Diego, 06.17.07: Traffic. It affects all of us, every day, either because we're wasting our lives away commuting o...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Santa Barbara: Be a Bike Commuter

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From the Santa Barbara Independent, 06.14.07 : Be a Bike Commuter There Are Many Ways to Ride Two Wheels to Work It’s an odd time to be on e...
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Paul Dorn
Sacramento, California
Paul Dorn is a writer, activist, creator of a popular bike commuting site, and co-author (with Roni Sarig) of The Bike to Work Guide: What You Need to Know to Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit (Adams Media, 2009). He is the former editor of the Tube Times, newsletter of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), and served on the SFBC board of directors. He is the former executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition. Dorn is certified by the League of American Bicyclists as a League Cycling Instructor (#1237).
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