The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike
In the Tour de France, equipping your bike with a small electric motor is called mechanical doping, and is considered cheating. But for the rest…
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Pop-Up Shop in Seattle Shows off the Bike and Upcycle Lifestyle
Seattle, WA – July 20, 2016 Introducing to Seattle a super cool bicycle and recycling lifestyle concept store featuring upcycled and reclaimed materials, motifs, and…
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…
Complete Streets Improve Accessibility for Everyone
When it comes to transportation, Boulder is serious about safety, health and livability. That is why the city adopted its multimodal plan — a Complete…
Rookie Commuter: Sensitive on my seat
I have yet to walk into someone’s house and instead of normal chairs and couches, they have bicycle seats on which to watch TV, eat…
Rookie Commuter: Without a Car or a Clue
Ideally, I’d be giving up driving for the health benefits of biking, or perhaps the environmental impact, or maybe just to look better in my…
One Biker’s View on Texting in Traffic and Running Red Lights
Photo courtesy of Paul Adkins. This post originally appeared on CAWOOD on February 18, 2016. I ride my bike everyday in and around Eugene, pedaling…
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…
It’s True: The Typical Car Is Parked 95 Percent of the Time
Cars are a very inefficient transportation technology for too many reasons to count. They take up huge amounts of space but get driven around mostly empty — the average…
Biking and Walking Alliance Release Annual Report
The Alliance for Biking and Walking have released their 2016 Benchmarking report. You can download the full report here. The report looks into biking and walking…
Colorado Law Enforcement Plans DUI Crackdown for St. Patrick’s Day
DENVER (AP) — Law enforcement agencies across Colorado are planning to crack down on drunken and impaired driving as revelers celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The…
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…
BikeWalkKC Kicks off New Year With a New Mission
BikeWalkKC kicks off the new year with a new mission, vision, and strategic plan for our next five years The beginning of 2016 isn’t just…
The Three Feet for Safety Act is Now Law in California
The Three Feet for Safety Act is finally in effect as of September 16, 2014. The Three Feet for Safety Act requires motorists to give…
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