We’ve mentioned bikes in China before (albeit from a suspect source), but an article popped up the other day that caught our attention…from the Atlantic Wire, no less: In Beijing, where air pollution threatens to take years off your life, some people have no interest in riding a bike if they can possibly afford a [...]
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Making bikes “cool” in China
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EcoBicis & the Mexico City “Bike Revolution”
We’ve all heard plenty about the diamond-crusted bike lanes of Copenhagen and Amsterdam, but there are Bike Commuters in every country: from Krygyzstan, France, Japan, Portugal, to Mexico! Ever since last year’s renegade DIY bike lane campaign in Mexico, Mr. Blue Jay on my shoulder has been hinting at a full-scale “Bike Revolution” for our southerly neighbors. [...]
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The social and economic gains of cycling (and losses of driving a car)
Widely reported in the bike-news media is the recent Bicycle Account, a bi-annual report produced by the City of Copenhagen, Denmark. Inside this report is an interesting and somewhat startling set of numbers regarding the social and economic benefits of cycling: When all these factors are added together the net social gain is DKK 1.22 [...]
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Pennsylvania’s 4-Foot Buffer goes into effect today
As reported on Lehigh Valley Live, Pennsylvania’s 4-Foot buffer goes into effect today: A Pennsylvania law slated to go into effect Monday requires drivers to allow a 4-foot berth between their vehicles and bicyclists. The legislation will be tricky, if not impossible, to enforce, according to a Lehigh Valley cycling advocate. The law makes Pennsylvania [...]
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FREE Women Cycling webinar, Empowering Women to Bicycle for Transportation
A week after the the 2012 National Bike Summit gathered like-minded cyclists, especially women cyclists, for the first-ever National Women Cycling Forum, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) is hosting a free webinar this afternoon – Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 3-4:30 p.m. (Eastern time). Per the website, this FREE webinar is entitled [...]
