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(A real-life bicycle love story from Rachael Kefalos-Bronson, executive director of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition in South Carolina.) Rachael and Mike Bronson Bike shops have always intimidated me. The neighborhood…
Read More →When you see David Darlington’s byline, you know it’s going to be good. A longtime contributor to Bicycling magazine, his heart-wrenching feature on cyclist fatalities earned a prestigious National Magazine…
Read More →(Charles Riou lives in Austin, Texas, where he is the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the Texas Department of Transportation.) I have enjoyed riding bikes my entire life and have…
Read More →One good thing to come out of the federal transportation bill is the incredible impact grassroots advocacy has had on our federal legislators. The National Bike Summit was the culmination…
Read More →(Lisa Rodriguez, 21, is a mechanic, instructor, and ride leader at Recycle-A-Bicycle; and a student at John Jay College.) Lisa Rodriguez I was born in 1990 on the Lower East…
Read More →This May, millions of Americans will participate in National Bike Month, showcasing the widespread desire to use bicycles as a healthy, affordable and efficient form of transportation. Sponsored by the…
Read More →Thanks to the visionary leadership of Congress members like Jim Oberstar, the last federal transportation bill included an innovative idea: the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP). In a nutshell, the…
Read More →(Ray Lahood is the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and a former U.S. Congress member from the state of Illinois.) Ray Lahood (right) biking in to work on June 6, 2011.…
Read More →Well, OK, I can’t honestly say I’ve even been in the country for more than 25 National Bike Months, and I’ve certainly gotten excited about Bike Month before… but this…
Read More →In 2007, Leonard Wright weighed more than 250 pounds and could barely bicycle a quarter-mile before lying in the grass, gasping for air. Now, the 66-year-old Florida resident is slim,…
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