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Bike lanes make drivers less likely to be jerks, says study
A study of driving habits found that one in six motorists in Baltimore passed cyclists at an illegal distance, making them eligible to be shot to death under “stand your ground” laws, assuming we could somehow combine the laws of Maryland and Florida.
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Against all odds, Los Angeles is getting a bikeshare
Los Angeles! Despite your reputation as the most car-dependent city west of, uh, anything, you’re totally trying to get in on the green transportation revolution, and we love it! Mayor […]
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Share and share a bike: A fresh way to find a rental cycle
A new peer-to-peer bike-sharing site connects bike owners with bike renters just about anywhere.
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Everyone in Beijing is ditching bikes, except for the foreigners
In 1986, 60 percent of the citizens of Beijing rode bikes; now 17 percent do.
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Gonzo urban bike racing cranks up camaraderie, community
In the spirit of friendly competition, urban cyclists cook up all manner of mad contests, then hold them in the most unlikely places. The result is a culture and community you could never create with cars.
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Smart Car goes on an ASCII adventure in the world’s coolest Twitter feed
Go to the Twitter feed of Smart Car of Argentina and hold down the J key. Go on. We’ll wait here for you.
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This is the coolest-looking, least practical bike helmet we’ve ever seen
Have you ever wanted to have a stunningly beautiful bike helmet that would shatter into dangerous splinters if you ever actually fell on your head? Well, you're in luck, because Instructables user Natalina has posted step-by-step procedures for making a helmet that looks like a disco ball.
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Chris Christie’s strategy for killing public transit: Lies, lies, and lies
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped the beating heart out of a N.Y.C.-Jersey transit project that public officials had only been planning for since, oh, 1995. At the time, he said the project would cost New Jersey too much. But guess what? He lied about the costs, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
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Americans walk less than any other industrialized nation
Here are the juicy bits of Tom Vanderbilt's new series on walking.
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Young people drive 23 percent less, bike 40 percent more than they used to
The kids are all right: Between 2001 and 2009, the average number of miles that young’uns spent tooling around in a car dropped from 10,300 miles per capita to 7,900.
