If you’re looking for new ways to get around for fun or to work, or might be trying to live a greener lifestyle in 2012, why not try biking? In March 2010 we introduced biking directions and since then Google Maps has been sharing biking directions with cyclists across the U.S and Canada. Since no bike path is the …
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Why Amsterdam, Copenhagen are bike friendly cities
“The bicycle was regarded, more than most places in the world — as ‘good for society,’” he writes in an email. “After the bicycle boom in the late 1800s, many cycling clubs merged and then many of them merged again, morphing into cyclist ‘unions’, with political goals. What happened in most countries in the early …
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Road bike / Cruiser
My favorite kind of bike – road bike – made for travelling at high speeds on city streets. Looks like it’s been modified by removing the curving ram horn handlebars and replacing them with classic cruiser handlebars. I want one. via – The World Turns
Bike sharing comes to Los Angeles with Bike Nation
A couple of years ago bike sharing came to Washington D.C. when I was living there. At first the concept confused me until someone explained that it’s like a taxi, designed to get you from one point to another. With enough stations it can be a convenient, healthy, and cheaper method to get around town. …
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Are you biking more because of the high gas prices?
I love this story because it backs up my own behavior. With gas prices skyrocketing I find myself biking for local errands, and I’ve begun to love it! Nearly 70 percent of Americans’ car trips are less than two miles long. It’s a no-brainer that biking instead of driving to take care of these trips is a great way to …
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Photos of the Google Street View car, snowmobile, bicycle, and push-cart
The cameras behind Street View from Google have covered large parts of the globe and even many indoor locations. But, have you ever wondered what the vehicles carrying those cameras look like? Cars