Transportation

Pro Walk/ Pro Bike in TN!

PRO WALK PRO BIKE 2010I had an amazing opportunity to attend Pro Walk/Pro Bike in […]

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China’s Epic Traffic Jam: Welcome to the First World!

Did you hear the news about the epic traffic jam on China’s Beijing-Tibet Expressway? It […]

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Obama’s words to me: Keep up the good work, bike advocate!

President Obama made a whirlwind visit to Seattle on Tuesday and I managed to catch […]

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The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! (And they’re riding bicycles!)

Washington bicyclists may have to contend with poor infrastructure, aggressive motorists, an automobile-oriented transportation establishment […]

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Red Lights: What About “Stop” Don’t You Understand?

Red-Light Camera Haters and Scofflaw Cyclists Should Both Get a Grip Opponents of red-light cameras […]

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Ahead of the Curve? Missouri County wants to ban bikes from roads

St Charles County, Missouri, lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban bicycles from certain […]

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Right turn on red: a bad idea whose time has come and gone?

“California’s greatest contribution to Western culture,” Woody Allen is said to have observed, “is the […]

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What Sir Isaac Newton Would Say to Washington’s Drivers, Lawmakers, and Traffic Engineers

Funny thing about the laws of physics: You can study them, you can conduct experiments […]

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Wagner’s music, skydiving, and getting Americans to ride their bikes

“Wagner’s music,” Mark Twain once observed, “is actually much better than it sounds.” Which reminds […]

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