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Helpful suggestions & encouragement for commuting by bicycle

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Heed those creaking noises

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Arriving at the Sacramento Valley Station the other morning to catch my Capitol Corridor train, I saw my friend and fellow multimodal bike...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Bike commuters laugh at the cold

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From the Iowa City Press Citizen, 12.03.08 : Biking is a great way to get around in the summer, but come winter a warm car sounds a lot bett...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Bicycles with belt drives excite commuters

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From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11.23.08 : Bikes are breaking the chain Ease of use could help industry's popularity surge If you...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bicycling and the art of aging actively

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From the Sacramento Bee, 11.18.08 : The art of aging actively Lucia McLain and daughter Lydia Simonette are examples of how growing older ha...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Fenders critical for happy bike commuting

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The crack staff at the Bike Commute Tips Blog Research Institute have tabulated the results of our second reader survey on accessories for w...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

More tips for rainy-day bike commuting

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From the News-Tribune (Tacoma, WA), 11.06.08 : Experts offer tips to survive riding in the rain As Tory Grant slid into some rain gear, the ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Bicycling continues to gain in Portland

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From The Oregonian, 11.12.08 : A banner year for bicycles in Portland Portland's annual city bicyclist counts posted some impressive num...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Bike sharing sweeps Europe

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From the New York Times, 11.09.08 : European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels BARCELONA, Spain — In increasingly green-co...
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Friday, November 07, 2008

Spreading the word on bicycling

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From Lancaster New Era (PA), 11.07.08 : Pedal power: He talks benefits of bicycles Andy Clarke made it sound easy. As easy as riding a bicyc...
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Thursday, November 06, 2008

Bike shops roll with fuel prices

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From the Providence Journal, 11.05.08 : Bike shops roll with fuel prices When the price of gasoline spiked to $4 per gallon last summer, com...
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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Cold weather no barrier to bicycle commuting

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From the Salt Lake Tribune, 10.31.08 : Winter biking is no breeze--but it can be done We gathered in the back room to confront our deepest f...
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Cycling up 35% in NYC

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From the New York City Department of Transportation : DOT announces 35% increase in commuter cycling from 2007 to 2008 The New York City Dep...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Live Free or Drive

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Saw this interesting sticker on a bicycle during my morning commute today. The sticker indicated it came from CarFreePortland.org , an organ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

University programs promote bicycling

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From the New York Times, 10.19.08 : With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus BIDDEFORD, Me. — When Kylie Galliani started at the U...
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Wall Street Journal: Cycling in London

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Interesting report from London, suggesting economic factors and supportive public policy are leading to more bicycling for transportatio...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Amtrak's Capitol Corridor adds bicycle capacity

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Interesting discovery on my ride home this evening on the Amtrak Capitol Corridor . The car I was on had a new bicycle rack, with space for ...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

More press for Bicycle Commuter Act

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From the San Jose Mercury-News, 10.11.08 : Bailout delivers benefit to bike commuters Bicycle commuters across the nation will be eligible f...
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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Bicycle travel, with children too!

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From the Oregonian, 10.09.08 : Have kids? How you can still travel via bike It's no secret that Portland has a love affair with bicycles...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Folding bikes for crowded transit

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From the Argus (Fremont, CA), 10.06.08 : Folding bikes: a transit alternative IT'S NOT JUST the money she saves on gas that makes her fo...
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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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