Bicycles
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Zipcar ads inspire subtle bicyclist outrage around the world
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The world's biggest car-sharing company launched its "Sometimes You Just Need a Car" campaign this fall, which suggests that a sweaty businessman bicyclist can't quite cut the commute without a Zipcar. Are bicyclists in Portland and Cophenhagen overreacting in their response to these ads?
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Transit Tuesdays: Year-old Capital Bikeshare evolves, survives, thrives
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New fares and new outreach show that the bikesharing service is still innovating and adapting at the outset of its second year. Be prepared, however, because a day pass just got more expensive.
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National Park Service, foe to D.C. cyclists and evangelists, wants to talk
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Tomorrow brings the first town hall ever between the NPS and the D.C. citizens it serves. It's a good move, but considering the organization has managed to anger everyone from cyclists to evangelists, we may be in for some heated parks talk.
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Picture of the day: How the New York Times defines the wheels we drive
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A marketing survey from the New York Times asks us which images represent our chosen mode of transportation. But most choices just show cars. Is something missing?
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Revolights shine a glowing LED light on bike safety and design
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Three men in Palo Alto have dreamed up a radical new night light for bicycles — LED lights attached directly to the tires themselves. The project has raised more than $200,000 this fall and hope to begin selling these gorgeous bike lights by spring of 2012. Revolights' Adam Pettler tells us how the idea was born.
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Alexandria joins Capital Bikeshare, but where next?
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Expect to see the iconic red bikes riding down King Street by spring of 2012. But how far can Capital Bikeshare expand? Is there a place for bikesharing in the suburbs and rural areas?
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Hear the bike rap and seven other transportation safety songs
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These eight tunes highlight why you should exercise safe, cautionary behavior on the road, whether you're biking, at the crosswalk, or at the wheel. These people sing, rap, and even make use of the cello to spread their messages. What better way than music, after all, to realize you need to get a night light for your bike?
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Chuck Thies postures to become D.C.'s anti-biking villain
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A new Huffington Post columnist has come to exemplify the rage that certain drivers feel for the biking community — and as the Washington Area Bicyclist Association pushes anti-harassment legislation that the D.C. Council will debate a month from now, we're likely to see more sentiments like this.
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America's top 20 cities of bicycle commuters
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Where does D.C. rank among the nation's top bike-commuting cities? The 2010 census numbers show we haven't done too badly at all — and they don't even include our past several months of Capital Bikeshare-inspired rides.
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Urban biking may hurt bicyclists' lungs, study finds
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Don't breathe easy yet, D.C. bicyclists. As wonderful as Capital Bikeshare's birthday was and the news that more people biked to work last year, there's some bad news on the horizon — biking in dense, urban cities may actually hurt your health in some ways.
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Capital Bikeshare to get 50 more stations and 500 more bikes in 2012
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Capital Bikeshare is certainly not losing any momentum. In addition to roughly 60 new stations already planned for the District and Arlington in the coming months, DDOT announced at Capital Bikeshare's first birthday last night thatthe service will get 50 new stations and 500 new bikes in 2012.
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Confessions of an aggressive, and sometimes irresponsible, bicyclist
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I'm the type of bicyclist you hate — not because of what I wear, or even the laws I occasionally break, but because I take what's as much mine as yours: the road.
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United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon: The world's newest biking advocate
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Just three days ago in New York City, a mere day before Capital Bikeshare's first birthday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, head of the United Nations, revealed his passion as a biking fan. Yes, D.C., believe me. The man loves it — thinks it's great and that more of you should be investing in biking gear, helmets, and bikeshare memberships in the name of better global health.
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Things that 'Bike People' are wrong about
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People who really like bikes are right about a lot of things. Kickstands, though, they are totally wrong about.
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Bike commuting in D.C.: A monumental ride (video)
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I'm pretty spoiled. I might even argue that I have one of the best urban bike commutes in America. There's just one problem: crossing the George Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mt. Vernon Trail.
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A schoolteacher rides all 50 of D.C.'s state avenues (video)
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This summer, Goehrke wanted to create a love letter to biking in the District in his month before school began — the teacher wanted to bike all 50 of D.C.'s state avenues and capture it all on film.
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Biking heroes of politics ride forth this week
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From WABA's suggested anti-harassment bill to putting Capital Bikeshare bikes on the National Mall, the past few days have been a victorious step forward for D.C.'s cyclists.
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A calmer, prettier Met Branch Trail looks toward fall
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Neighborhood activity and community have continued to characterize the year-old in the last two months despite a summer that began with crime and weekly security patrols. Come out this Saturday for a day of service and learn about DDOT's long-term trail plans.
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