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Bicycle parking lot, Niigata, Japan
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Straight out of my dreams.
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Imagine Los Angeles without cars. A town where people ride their bikes and walk in the streets and the smells of tacos and veggie burgers drift through the air instead of exhaust.
Sound like a pipe dream? Not if a group called cicLAvia is successful. A volunteer coalition of bicycle advocates, transportation experts, artists and academics, cicLAvia wants to make Sundays in Los Angeles virtually car-free — transforming the city’s streets into giant bike lanes and creating a public space that connects every neighborhood in the city.
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America's Safest Cities →
4. Seattle, Wa. (tie)
4. Boston, Mass.
3. Portland, Ore.
2. Milwaukee, Wis.
1. Minneapolis, Minn.
And wouldn’t you know, 3 of the top bicycle-friendly cities in the US as well.
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At the candy store
I say the very same thing anytime I’m in a bike shop.
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In Washington, a Two-Tire Industry Goes Flat
The number of full-time couriers in Washington has fallen from a high of about 400 in the 1990s to about 150, said Andy Zalan, a longtime bike messenger and head of the D.C. Bicycle Couriers Association.
“Those of us left are making a lot less money,” Zalan said. “This last week, I set a personal best for futility: I sat out here for seven hours and made $25.”
And generations of workers from K Street to Capitol Hill knew the experience of being in an elevator filled with six men who looked as if they’d been taxidermied by Brooks Brothers and one who looked like the Silver Surfer.
“I always took great pride doing deliveries to House and Senate buildings dressed like Boba Fett,” the Star Wars bounty hunter, said Matthew Ayers, who worked as a messenger briefly after finishing law school at American University. “Without the messengers, these people might take themselves too seriously and implode.”
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“This is Ron. I met him in 2004 at his, um, shop called All Bikes. Now when Ron says “all,” he means it. All Bikes is just off Highway 87 in Rye Arizona and, if you need a part for a bike that you just can’t find, his number is (928) 474-2526. What you see in the shot is maybe, 1/10th of what can be seen from the street—this place is huge and every inch is covered with motorcycles, quads, three wheelers, snowmobiles, some cars and bicycles (or parts thereof).” (via)
I find this so intriguing.
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Knowing nothing at all about the town, Davis, CA quickly jumped to the top of my “Cities I’d Move to” list a few months ago, after reading the second paragraph of the town’s wikipedia entry. (that, and it’s also known as the Bicycle Capital of the U.S.)
“Davis is known as a strongly progressive town because of its significant bike path mileage and because it contains the campus of the University of California, Davis. In 2006, Davis was ranked as the second most educated city (in terms of the percentage of residents with graduate degrees) in the United States by CNN Money Magazine, after Arlington, Virginia among the best places to live. In 2008, Davis was named one of the friendliest cites in the United States. In 2009, Davis was ranked 19th as one of America’s Top 25 Towns to Live Well by Forbes.”
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This recent NYT story reminded me of the time I’ve spent in Maine. This is my favorite memory:
On a frigid November day in 2006, my dad and I took a 40+ mile bike ride from Portland to Prouts Neck and back. We battled the wind, rode rental bikes, and passed view after scenic view. Some were consensus must-sees, like the Portland Head Lighthouse, while others were mildly creepy, like the cemetery where 7 or 8 generations of the Jordan family are buried. It felt like we were chasing the sun, which “finally” set at 4:24 pm. I will forever consider it to be one of the best rides of my life.
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Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live.
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