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Opportunities to Promote Cycling [Cycling Edinborough]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:53 PM PDT

Cycling in London is on the increase. Periodically there are Public Transport strikes which result in more people trying cycling. The London Cycle Campaign has reacted to the latest strike (due to...

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City Council Talking Local Return on Wednesday: Help Me Prepare [Streetsblog LA]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:39 PM PDT

Photo of a pedestrian packed Broadway via DLIU Photography/Flickr Let's rewind to about a year ago.  We still weren't sure whether or not the sales tax measure now known as Measure R would...

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House to Vote This Week on Weak 'Cash for Clunkers' Plan [Streetsblog NYC'Cash for Clunkers' Plan]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:37 PM PDT

The House is poised this week to take up the so-called "cash for clunkers" bill, which aims to boost the slumping U.S. auto market by giving out tax credits of $3,500 and up to anyone who...

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Weekend Wrap-up: Bikes as art, parade floats, and more [BikePortland]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Gallery owner Leah Jackson was all smiles after the crowded opening to her Bike Love art show. (Photos © J. Maus) Here's a quick recap of a few events this past weekend. Friday night I...

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Dodgers Celebrate Heroes Week with Free Parking [Streetsblog LA]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Photo from Union Station via JHVU/FlicR The Los Angeles Dodgers, the same organization which refused to help fund bus service to the stadium and even mocked the service the nearly-broke City of Los...

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Eyes on the Street: First Weekend of Car-Free Summer Streets [Streetsblog NYC]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 11:52 AM PDT

A reader sends in these shots of weekend car-free street activity. Above, the crowd takes in a performance from the Fourth Arts Block "Meet the Street" series on East 4th Street between the...

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Doing the World Naked Bike Ride this year? Read this first [BikePortland]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 11:04 AM PDT

Riding naked. Oh what a feeling. (Photo © J. Maus) It's less than one week from one of the most epic rides on Portland's bike calendar (and with all the amazing rides we have,...

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Streetfilms: Tour de Brooklyn 2009 [Streetsblog NYC]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:37 AM PDT

Thousands of riders turned out for Sunday's 5th Annual Tour de Brooklyn, sponsored by Transportation Alternatives. Elizabeth Press caught the action for Streetfilms, filming cyclists along the...

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International Bicycle Film Festival Comes to Pittsburgh [Bike Pittsburgh]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:33 AM PDT

The international celebration of cycling makes its first visit to the Steel City on July 2-4. [Official Announcement, Please Forward] The international Bicycle Film Festival is in its ninth year,...

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LACBC Hosts 9th Annual River Ride [Streetsblog LA]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:23 AM PDT

A couple hundred riders at the start of the thirty six mile route.Yesterday was the LACBC's 9th Annual River Ride, which doubles as a major fundraiser for the Bike Coalition and a heck of a bike...

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Popular bike comic creator coming to Portland [BikePortland]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:20 AM PDT

Rick Smith, creator of the popular web-based comic series Yehuda Moon & The Kickstand Cyclery, is coming to Portland. Clever Cycles (908 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) will host the event and Smith...

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This Week in Livable Streets Events [Streetsblog NYC]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 08:48 AM PDT

Bike Month has officially come and gone, but in Brooklyn the festivities continue into June with BikeBKLN, which leads this week's upsurge in activity on the Streetsblog Calendar. Here are the...

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The Monday Roundup [BikePortland]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 08:44 AM PDT

High speed rail, the demise of the car in the US, its rise in China, Bush's transportation policies, free bikes, carfree in Canada, a repealed bike license law, disgustingness reduction...

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Comment on the Port Authority's Transit Development Plan at Today's Open House in Oakland [Bike Pittsburgh]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 08:43 AM PDT

Please Go to the Open House today in Oakland The Port Authority of Allegheny County is in a process of restructuring called the Transit Development Plan (TDP). One of the components of this ambitious...

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Putting a Chill on Sprawl in New Jersey [Streetsblog LA]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 07:52 AM PDT

Have regional planning efforts in Morris County, New Jersey played a key role in stopping sprawl? And can they provide a model for communities around the country? Those are the questions being...

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Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 07:50 AM PDT

Out of Ways to Rob Transit, Gov. Looks to Rob Gas Tax Funds for Highways (SJ Mercury) The Feds Are Running Out of Money to Invest in Transportation, Again (NYT, WSJ) There's a Push in Congress to...

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The Headlines: 6.8.09 [Bike Pittsburgh]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 07:29 AM PDT

The Headlines The Great Green Way: East Liberty PG A push for Mass Transit Stimulus? Yglesias Bicycle Film Festival Pittsburgh dates announced Urban Velo Complete Streets Briefing on Capitol Hill...

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Putting a Chill on Sprawl in New Jersey [Streetsblog NYC]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 07:25 AM PDT

Have regional planning efforts in Morris County, New Jersey played a key role in stopping sprawl? And can they provide a model for communities around the country? Those are the questions being asked...

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Today's Headlines [Streetsblog NYC]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:35 AM PDT

The Feds Are Running Out of Money to Invest in Transportation, Again (NYT, WSJ) Mike Lupica Thinks Pedestrian Broadway Is Just a Bloomberg Vanity Project (News) NYers, Tourists Can't Get Enough of...

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See "Age of Stupid" [Cycling Edinborough]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:18 AM PDT

Several chances to see Age of Stupid in and around Edinburgh in the next few weeks. On Thursday (11th) it's at Davidson's Mains Parish Church (7.30) Saturday (13th) it reaches Dunbar...

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Spokes Appeals to Swinney [Cycling Edinborough]

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:06 AM PDT

Veteran (31 years and still going strong) local cycle campaign group Spokes has written to the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney,...

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