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Google adds a “Bicycling” option to their online maps in honor of the National Bike Summit

All of Bike Pittsburgh’s staff is in Washington DC right now for the National Bike Summit – a few days where we get to trade..

March 10, 2010 with 3 Comments

The State of the Union for Bicycling and Walking

“What isn’t counted, doesn’t count.” These are the opening words of the Bicycling and Walking in the United..

March 9, 2010 with 0 Comments

Refresh Everything Contest – Bike Buddy

So here’s the deal… If you click this link and vote for Transportation Alternatives, you’ll help them in competing for..

February 25, 2010 with 2 Comments

Boston’s Bike Czar Wants To Make “Bean Town” Bike Friendly

Above is a clip from a recent interview with Nicole Freedman, Boston’s Bike Czar. For the full interview and more information, visit..

February 11, 2010 with 4 Comments

The Case Against Bike Lanes

Since people seemed to respond to our post about Enci Box’s article earlier in the week, we thought it would be good to post another..

January 17, 2010 with 10 Comments

The Case Against Bike Paths

L.A. cycling activist Enci Box recently published an article on L.A.Streetsblog.org: As someone who was born in Hungary, grew up in..

January 15, 2010 with 10 Comments

Pulling Out The Stops

In 1982 the Idaho legislature passed a law that allows bicyclists to in some cases treat stop signs as though they were yield signs. Under..

January 5, 2010 with 2 Comments

Pre-production Redline Urbis

You probably remember the prototype Redline Urbis we posted a while back. Redline sent us a new spy shot of the pre-production model. The..

December 9, 2009 with 11 Comments

Urban Velo’s David Hoffman Interviewed on CJSR

Karly Coleman, “Edmonton’s only bike traffic reporter” along with Peter Chapman, host of “Full English..

December 4, 2009 with 3 Comments

Philadelphia Cyclists Begin Response to Proposed Licensing and Fines

About two weeks ago we reported on a few council proposals in Philadelphia to require bicycle licensing and increase the fines for various..

November 30, 2009 with 11 Comments