bikes
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Bicycle freight: thinking outside the box truck
Bicycles are already a major piece of the freight puzzle all over the world. Could the practice take off in U.S. cities as well?
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A new study of data from Lyon's bike-share system could help planners
The hugely popular Velo'v bike-share system is providing a source for hard data on bicycling, having to do with travel times and routes.
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The most secure bike lock in the world (16-second video)
The drawbacks seem to be (1) it looks a little heavy to carry around and (2) if I were a bike thief, I can't imagine a challenge more fun to take on than stealing a bike suspended 20 feet in the air in broad daylight.
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An artist, a few hundred bucks, and some paint can change a place
Art blossoms along a bike lane in Brooklyn, changing a bleak stretch of road.
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Bicycle safety by the numbers
A new study of injury rates among Portland bike commuters suggests we could do more to make bicycling safe, starting with simple infrastructure fixes.
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Mother of Green Party candidate killed by SUV becomes bike-safety advocate
No amount of infrastructure will be sufficient if we continue to treat vehicular manslaughter so cavalierly.
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Bicycle vendors can help bring dead urban spaces to life
In China, peddlers who pedal sometimes improve poorly planned streets.
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Bicycling to Mecca
"You get an opportunity that traveling by plane or car you don't get. And you learn much more, you discover much more about yourself. It was an existential experience."
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Driver kills boy on bike, sues boy's parents
A man convicted of manslaughter after hitting a 14-year-old boy with his car is now suing the kid's parents because they didn't make him wear a helmet.
