Bicycling

A Champion For Cycling In Boston

13 May 2008 - 10:00am
Boston Globe

After personally taking up cycling and seeing the city's poor reputation among cyclists firsthand, Mayor Thomas Menino is leading a campaign to make Boston a more bicycle-friendly city.

Rise in Bikers Pushes New York Towards Cycle-Friendliness

9 May 2008 - 7:00am
Los Angeles Times

Biking gets serious in New York, where the city is investing millions in a system of dedicated bike lanes.

Portland Bicycling Goes Platinum

8 May 2008 - 10:00am
The Oregonian

The City of Portland joins Davis, California, as the only other city to earn the League of American Bicyclists' Platinum rating.

New London Mayor Outlines Traffic and Transit Ideas

6 May 2008 - 7:00am
Streetsblog

In this interview from last year, the now newly-elected mayor of London, Boris Johnson, talks about the importance of biking in the city, improving public transportation, and abolishing the city's congestion pricing system.

New Jersey High School Students Protest Anti-Bike Policy

5 May 2008 - 8:00am
Streetsblog

Students at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in New Jersey are protesting after the principal refused to accept a new bike rack as a gift from the school's environmental club.

German City a Model for 'Sane Transportation'

18 April 2008 - 7:00am
The Toronto Star

The German city of Bremen has lessons to teach North American cities about sustainable transportation, according to this article from The Toronto Star.

Creating A Bicycle Commuter System

17 April 2008 - 11:00am
New York Post

A new design competition is hoping to reshape the transit-inaccessible neighborhood of Red Hook into New York City's most bicycle-friendly community.

Reclaiming L.A. as a Cycling City

10 April 2008 - 9:00am
Sierra

Over 100 years ago, a wooden bicycle highway linked Pasadena to Los Angeles. Now cycling activists are hoping that, by closing the Arroyo Seco Parkway to automobiles for "ArroyoFest," Angelinos can once again imagine a cycling future for LA.

State Farm on the Humiliation of Biking to Work

6 April 2008 - 9:00am
Streetsblog

A new 30-second television commercial from State Farm insurance suggests that commuting to work by bike is humiliating. But is the ad sending a more subversive message?

Why Culture Matters: Do as Others Do, Whether In Eating or Cycling

22 March 2008 - 5:00am
Streetsblog

Why Americans don't cycle in the cold and rain, and why they do in Amsterdam.

Biking In Indianapolis Like 'Russian Roulette'

21 March 2008 - 6:00am
The Indianapolis Star

High rates of accidents and few bike lanes make Indianapolis a dangerous place to ride a bike, according to this article.

Miami Moves Forward With Bicycle Planning

18 March 2008 - 7:39am

If you think of the most bicycle-friendly cities in America, surely you do not think of Miami. In fact, if you have ever been to the "Magic City," or perhaps live here, you probably shudder at the idea of using two wheels instead of four. That may be changing.

Cycling The Contours of Miami

9 September 2007 - 4:01pm

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle. ~Ernest Hemingway