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Lance Armstrong, L.A.’s Mayor Push Brown on S.B. 910

By Damien Newton | Oct 3, 2011 | No Comments

Bicycling superstar Lance Armstrong and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have joined forces again. Their target: Governor Jerry Brown. Their message: sign S.B. 910, the state’s three foot passing law that would protect cyclists from drivers who pass too close and too fast. “Gov. Brown can help make our roads safer for everyone by making […]

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Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway: Good for Bikes, Good for Business

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 28, 2011 | No Comments

In the increasingly heated competition to see who deserves the title of America’s most bike-friendly city, Minneapolis has plenty going for it. Last year Bicycling magazine anointed the city tops in the nation, knocking Portland off its long-held perch. The Twin Cities are undergoing a steady transformation into a more bike-oriented region thanks to nearly […]

Dutch Cycling Embassy Releases Inspirational Video, Launches Website

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 27, 2011 | 16 Comments

Cycling For Everyone from Dutch Cycling Embassy on Vimeo. Last week, a team of Dutch experts led a series of Think Bike workshops in four U.S. cities, including San Francisco, to help advocates and planners design the bike infrastructure of the future. Cities across the globe continue to look to the Netherlands for inspiration, and […]

TTI: Mass Transit Saved Drivers 45.4 Million Hours Last Year

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 27, 2011 | No Comments

Last year, the D.C. region ran away with the dubious honor of Most Congested Metro Area. D.C. area drivers wasted 74 hours and 37 gallons of fuel sitting in traffic last year, which would have cost about $100 over the course of the year. But the gasoline cost is just the tip of the iceberg. […]

Would Romney Build Roads or Rail?

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 27, 2011 | No Comments

All eyes are on Texas Gov. Rick Perry these days, the faraway frontrunner in the Republican race. But as the primary goes on (and on and on) more Republicans might take note of the fact that in a matchup with President Obama, only one candidate stands a chance of winning: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. […]

Can the Feds Fix Detroit’s Uniquely Terrible Transit System?

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 21, 2011 | No Comments

There is no better evidence of the sharp social divisions that continue to haunt metro Detroit than the appalling state of its transit system. When it comes to public transportation, residents of the city of Detroit and suburbanites live in a state of government sanctioned apartheid. They ride fully separate systems, with fully separate sets […]

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