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In Los Angeles, people come out to play when streets are closed to cars [VIDEO]
"We can take a ... street that's usually filled with cars and congestion, blowing out pollution all around, and clear every car from that street, and create a canvas of what a community can look like when we get the cars off the streets and let people enjoy them in the way we are today." That's the mayor of Los Angeles talking.
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How NYC's streets are being reclaimed from the automobile [VIDEO]
The last three years have seen an incredible transformation of New York's streetscape. More than 200 miles of bike lanes have been added, while Times Square and many other formerly car-clogged spaces have been turned into havens for pedestrians.
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There's safety in numbers for cyclists
You might reasonably think that the number of bicycle crashes would skyrocket as more people take to the streets on two wheels. It's a fine, common-sense assumption -- that happens to be wrong.
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Bike trail being paved with asphalt made from plants instead of oil
Chris Williams of Iowa U. has cooked up a bio-oil from plants that can replace the asphalt glue that holds our pavement together -- Bioasphalt.
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Will bike for hugs [VIDEO]
Does the sight of swarms of cyclists in your city leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy too?
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How one Swedish city gets people to trade silly car trips for bikes [VIDEO]
A clever public health campaign in Malmö, Sweden, is getting people onto bikes by making them feel silly for driving short distances when they could bike instead.
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Why an additional road tax for bicyclists would be unfair
People who ride bikes are already shelling out more than their share for asphalt. Here's why it makes good economic sense for cities to encourage cycling.
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San Francisco transportation agency wants to put brakes on automobiles
The executive director of the city's transportation agency said, "Like in the FDA's food pyramid, too many cars are not good for you."
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Green Party candidate's mother calls for tougher laws on hit-and-run
The mother of Natasha Pettigrew, the Green Party candidate for Senate in Maryland who was killed by the driver of an SUV while riding her bike earlier this week, is mourning the loss of her daughter. Pettigrew's mother, Kenniss Henry, is also worrying that the driver of the SUV will get off easy.
