Posts Tagged ‘bicycling’
May 14th is Bike-to-Work Day
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, bicycling, mass transit
Bike-to-Work Week kicked off May 11th encouraging all Americans to, you guessed it, bike to work. Originated by the League of American Bicyclists in 1956, the event is in turn part of National Bike Month and promotes bike commuting, environmental awareness and healthy transportation.
As part of the celebration, Bike-to-Work Day is held on the third [...]
Tags: bicycling, bike, Bike_to_Work, metro
Will Bike Sharing come to LA?
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation
Paris. Vienna. Rome. Stockholm. Washington, DC. What do they all have in common?
Each city has a successful public bike-sharing program that’s helping pave the way to a greener urban environment, one city at a time.
The bike-sharing concept began in Paris in July of 2007 and allows an individual to check out a bicycle from a [...]
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