Report: As cities add bike lanes, more people bike, and biking gets safer
Cities adding bike infrastructure are seeing a “safety in numbers” — more people on bikes plus lower risk of severe or fatal injury. Graphs: NACTO…
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How Bikes Can Help Save the Cities of the Future
“An engineer designing from scratch could hardly concoct a better device to unclog modern roads – cheap, nonpolluting, small and silent…” Rick Smith, International Herald…
Rookie Commuter: It’s night, everyone else is asleep…
I previously spoke about the miseries of biking in the rain– cold, wet, and a time when nobody else who has a car would choose…
Rookie Commuter: Pump it Up
In my last column, I mentioned flat tires– the fact that they happen, and the fact that unless you’re prepared, they will reduce you to…
This 11-year-old Wants L.A.’s Streets to be Safe for Everyone – Not Just Cars
By Matlock Grossman On Wednesday evenings, I have orchestra class three miles from my house. I’m only 11, so I have two ways to get…
2016 Primal Colorado Bike Expo Moving to Sports Authority Field
Denver, Co (February 25, 2016) – Colorado’s largest consumer bike show, the Primal Colorado Bike Expo will be expanded and improved for 2016 as it moves to a…
Bamboo Bikes Spur Economic Development in a Struggling Alabama County
Photo from HERO Bikes. This article originally appeared in the Montgomery Adviser on February 22, 2016. Pam Dorr laughs at the idea that a bicycle made…
LSA Tucson Wins Advocacy Organization of the Year!
We at BikeLife want to send an enthusiastic congratulations to the Living Streets Alliance of Tucson, AZ for being named the Advocacy Organization of the…
Tucson Comes Together for Community Walking Forum
Just a little over a year ago, we all celebrated a major “win” when the Pima County Bond Advisory Committee finally approved the inclusion of…
Winter Cycling Congress: Tackles Infrastructure, ‘Wimpification’ On Bikes
An international “congress” about biking in the winter? Yep, it started this week in Minneapolis, where the three-day symposium (February 2 – 4) has drawn…
Chicago Commits to More Progress on Vision Zero
Since adopting a Vision Zero goal in 2012 to eliminate all traffic fatalities by 2022, the City of Chicago has taken many steps to make…