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The Passing of One of our Own

By bikeleague | April 13, 2010
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The League is mourning the loss this week of Mike Bayler, an LCI who died while riding his bicycle on April 10, 2010. Patricia Hart, a friend and fellow rider,…

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Distracted Driving Enforcement Test Markets

By bikeleague | April 12, 2010
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In the early nineties, when marketers wanted to know if a clear malt beverage called Zima would sell, they tested it in Syracuse, NY. Apparently, enough Syracusans bought it and…

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Polling and Policy

By bikeleague | April 12, 2010
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The National Journal once again asks their transportation experts a question inspired by the bike/ped/transit world. In light of the recent Transportation for America poll and other sometimes conflicting surveys,…

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Can’t Argue the Numbers

By bikeleague | April 6, 2010
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For all of those who have been following Ray LaHood’s blog the Fast Lane and the U.S. DOT Policy Statement on Bicycling Accommodations for including bicycling and walking as viable…

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LaHood: “This is what Americans want”

By bikeleague | April 6, 2010
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Thanks to everyone for telling Secretary LaHood how important his support for bicycling and walking is to you. HisFacebook page is still overflowing will gratitude. Recently, he sat down with the…

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Looking but Not Seeing

By bikeleague | April 5, 2010
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Have you ever been cut off by a driver on a cell phone? You may have attributed the danger move to the driver holding the steering wheel with just one…

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Two Articles on Health and Fitness

By bikeleague | April 1, 2010
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Some people with advanced Parkinson’s disease, who cannot walk, can ride bikes. (NYTimes) A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that women who got at least 60 minutes…

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Climate Ride: California Style

By bikeleague | April 1, 2010
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Last June, I attended a bicycling event in New York City where among the great people doing important work to promote bicycling were two particularly friendly and charming individuals —…

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Support the USDOT Statement on Bicycling and Walking

By bikeleague | March 30, 2010
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On March 15th, the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, announced a new policy statement that calls for the end of treating bicycling and walking as second-class modes of transportation. Read the whole statement.…

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Setting the Record Straight on US DOT’s New Nonmotorized Policy Statement

By bikeleague | March 29, 2010
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This weekend, the Drudge Report linked to the recent New York Times article about Secretary LaHood’s policy statement with the alarmist headline: “War on Cars? Obama Transportation Sec.: ‘This is…

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