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After Boston’s Mayor Blames Crash Victims, Pop-Up Comics Push for Better Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | May 22, 2017 | No Comments

Boston's latest do-it-yourself bike lane intervention might seem a bit sketchy -- because it uses comics to prod City Hall for needed safety improvements.

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Fatalities, Crashes Up in 2016 in Houston Area, According to New Report

By Leah Binkovitz | May 17, 2017 | No Comments

Crash rates went up almost across the board from 2015 to 2016.

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It’s Hard to Overstate the Health Benefits of Biking to Work

By Stephen Miller | Apr 24, 2017 | No Comments

A massive new study of commuters in the United Kingdom reveals that people who bike to work tend to live longer and are at lower risk of heart disease and cancer. While the study establishes correlation but doesn't prove causation, the size of the sample and the magnitude of the effects strongly suggest that biking to work can yield major health benefits.

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For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows

By Michael Andersen | Apr 18, 2017 | No Comments

New research from New Jersey shows huge gaps in conventional wisdom.

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Are Women Really More Risk-Averse on Bikes, or Just More Honest?

By Michael Andersen | Mar 22, 2017 | No Comments

A researcher raises some interesting skepticism.

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The Motherland of Soul Is Getting an All-Ages Biking Network

By Michael Andersen | Mar 13, 2017 | No Comments

Even as South Memphis has left deep marks on U.S. culture, its neighborhoods themselves have suffered. Now the city is working through many channels to reverse that -- one of which is putting the district at the front of the queue to get one of the country's first connected networks of all-ages bikeways.

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