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Bike Sharing: Saves Lives, Cuts Carbon Emissions

7:09 am in barcelona, bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Bicing bikes against a blue wall photo Photo thompiks via flickr and Creative Commons license. It's no longer big news when a European city gets a new bike share program, unless they do it bigger, better, or with a technical innovation that hasn't been seen before. It is newsworthy, however, that data is starting to trickle in - in this case, from Barcelona - indicating how beneficial bike sharing is to city residents. Just like regular city biking, bike sharing makes urban residents fitter and drops our greenhouse gas emissions, says a study published in the British Medical Journal. And here's a key poi...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sneak Peek! Designing The Utility Bike of The Future (Video)

7:07 am in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

A lot of fancy futuristic bicycle designs have garnered TreeHugger posts. We all want to know what the future will bring in terms of cooler features and entirely novel forms. You'll notice, though, that most of those future-oriented bicycle ideas sport a bit of a Jetson's feel while falling short on amenities city cyclists really need - kickstands, fenders, back racks. Oregon Manifest, a bike design challenged sponsored in part by Levi's (recently out with bicycle jeans), is aiming t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Carmageddon’ Puts Bikes Front And Center In L.A.

4:04 pm in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

It's a rare event, and hard to resist for any cyclist or skater - a 10-mile stretch of I-405 in Southern California from Highway 10 to Highway 101 is going to be closed this weekend for 53 hours in order for construction crews to widen the roadway and demolish part of a bridge. The ensuing traffic snarl is being called 'Carmageddon.' It is also an opportunity for Angelenos to see how other methods of transport can serve them, and cyclists and flash mobbers are planning (unsanctioned) rides to take advantage of the wide-open but closed-off roads....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Could This Guy Be Cycling’s Secret Sauce? (Video)

6:36 pm in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Back when I only covered sustainable business, my colleagues and I lamented the word sustainability - if we could only have a sexier, cooler word, we thought, the concept would surely sell itself more easily, and everyone, including the earth, would live happily ever after. So it is, to some degree, with cycling. The word is more apt to conjure a sweaty sport cyclist than a happy transport cyclist. Luckily we have Robin Moore, aka MC SpandX, to parody our cycling stereotypes. Living in San Francisco, he's sure to do Dutch-style cyclists soon, which may make this prolific songwriter c...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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More Reasons Women Don’t Bike (It’s the "C" Word, Not the "E" Word)

7:16 am in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

WomenOnBikes2.jpg Women ride the new Cully Street separated-from-traffic cycle track in Portland. Photo A. Streeter via flickr and Creative Commons. Grist columnist Elly Blue stirred some healthy debate this week in a story on why women really don't bike. Blue's well-reasoned argument it is that is the economy that makes women reluctant to get on their bicycles - in other words, women's lower workplace earning power ($.77 to mens' $1.00) also translates to a higher proportion of home duties, making it much harder for them to bike. Some people Read the full story on TreeHugger

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2011 or 1899? Sexy Cyclist Deemed Traffic Distraction

5:22 pm in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Girls In Skirts Riding Tandem photo Photo from Dr. Neesen's Book On Wheeling, 1899. While it would be great to get the police officer's side of the story, the Internet is nevertheless circulating a "news" item that a visiting female Dutch cyclist was stopped by a New York City policeman and threatened with a ticket for wearing a skirt he deemed to be a traffic distraction. The Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10 High-Tech Bike Accessories to Improve Your Commute (Slideshow)

10:08 am in bicycle, bike accessories, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

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Photo credit: A. Streeter and Clever Cycles, Portland. Bike accessories just keep getting better and better. From a better (less expensive!) pannier box made from 80 percent recycled corrugated plastic to the latest in dynamo chargers, inflatable helmets, ultra-protection rain gear, and more, we've gathered a few of those favorite things that can make your daily bike commute ever more pleasurable. 10 High-Tech Bike Accessories to Improve Your...<a href=Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Two Chances – Kickstart The Women’s Bike Revolution

7:13 am in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Body wearing We Flashy sweatshirt photo Photo We Flashy. You've heard it before, right? Safety and convenience are among the top reasons women don't take a larger piece of the bicycling pie. Thus far, nobody's found a foolproof way to ensure that cycling is safe, (though we'll say it's actually safer than a lot of "transportation" you may think is safer) nor is it always the most convenien...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Brits Say Getting Girls On Bikes A Breeze

7:23 am in bicycle, bike friendly world, bikes, biking, Cars & Transportation, UK by TreeHugger

DarlingtonBeautiesAndBikes.jpgPhoto courtesy Richard Grassick and Beatrice Wupperman via Beauty and the Bike. While in the U.S. the bike revolution is happening, women of all ages and children under 18 aren't equal participants. In fact in the U.S. (aside from pockets like Portland, San Francisco, New York, etc.) the number of women riders is barely holding steady, while the number of kids riding bikes is dropping. In the U.K. however, in 2010 women made up a decent 40%...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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