Sentences with phrase «city cycle bike»

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Cycling Everyone, and I mean everyone, cycles in Copenhagen which might seem a little overwhelming at first but you can't go wrong on a bike in this city.

I walked ten minutes back to Media City for my bike and then cycled past the metro that I would have otherwise caught back to Eccles.

«We're talking about equity for our neighborhood,» said City Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito, who represents East Harlem, where biking options are limited despite rising interest in cycling.

«It depends on how much people in a particular city value cycling bike sharing,» El - Geneidy explains.

On a sunny day in 1991, for instance, three cycling buddies in sprawling Atlanta together lamented the city's polluted air and lack of bike trails.

Clad in spandex and business suits, a few ride the bright green, orange, red or yellow bikes that signal a new phase of city cycling.

B - Cycle, the company that designs the bike - sharing systems used in Denver and more than 20 other cities across the country, says that on all of its systems combined, 2.1 million bike trips covering 4.5 million miles have been made on its bicycles since 2010, all of which have offset more than 2,948 metric tons of CO2 emissions and saved more than 330,000 gallons of gasoline, B - Cycle spokeswoman Marina Marich said.

The District of Columbia boasts some positive results in its mission to curb gridlock and reduce pollution — like the most rapid rise in bike commuters among major cycling cities.

I'm Veronica I like camping, fishing, cycling, biking, movies, golf, all kinds of sports... i like the indoors too but i'm mostly an outdorsey, i also like the city life.

Tronheim, Norway: The country's third - largest city is so cycle - friendly it has it's own form of the Trampe, the world's first bike lift.

With cycle lanes across the city, a bike is a great way to get about.

With only a weeny patch of pine forest left since the rather epic 2010 felling that left the patch rather devoid of shade and, I thought, little chance of walking, cycling or dog - sercising, the City of Cape Town and various other sponsors have mapped out a rather wonderful circular walk for everyone — including space for bikes, horses and people.

Hire a bike and cycle the city's 18 - mile long Lakefront Trail, a paved route that runs along the shoreline of Lake Michigan: from Ardmore Street on the North Side to 71st Street on the South Side.

Whether it's trekking to the Lost City of Petra in Jordan or cycling around the Angkor temples in Cambodia, you'll get to explore more of your chosen destination than just the standard highlights, either by bike or on foot.

For more on biking in San Francisco, see: Cycle the city with self - guided San Francisco bike routes.

With plenty of bike lanes, cycling is a superb way of seeing the city.

Active types can rent a bike and head off on the Crab & Winkle Way, a 7 - mile cycle track that links Whitstable and the ancient city of Canterbury with its World Heritage - listed cathedral.

Set out from the historic city of Guildford along the western edge of the Swan Valley for the Swan Valley Heritage Cycle Trail, a 12 kilometre (7.5 mile) bike ride.

This Peru mountain bike tour offers high altitude cycling through the Andean Mountains near Cusco, passing the city of Maras and the Inca terraces of...

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He has also toured North America in 2010 and Latin America in 2011, curating and participating in travelling panel discussions about «Bikes, Cities and the Future of Getting Around,» in which he discusses his book Bicycle Diaries (Viking / Penguin, 2009), a personal account of cycling around major cities throughout the world, which has been translated into multiple langCities and the Future of Getting Around,» in which he discusses his book Bicycle Diaries (Viking / Penguin, 2009), a personal account of cycling around major cities throughout the world, which has been translated into multiple langcities throughout the world, which has been translated into multiple languages.

Polcer cycled around New York's five boroughs looking for subjects who reflect the myriad styles and demographics of the city's cyclists — from Puerto Rican Schwinn aficionados with vintage bikes to fixed gear freaks; from BMX kids honing their bar - spins at skateparks to fashionistas floating down leaf - strewn streets in dresses.

Olek's art certainly has a way to bring attention to bikes, and by extension, cycling culture in a city like NYC.

FlyKly founder Nino Klansek seems to have internalized one of the great problems of city cycling and bike commuting - sometimes you just don't want to sweat.

Regardless, the increase in riders points to the fact that when a city improves awareness of and infrastructure for cycling — New York has added 140 miles of bike lanes since 2007 — more people will get on their bikes.

New York City has been working hard to promote cycling, for instance by unveiling a new plan to become more bicycle friendly, looking into creating a bike - share program, hosting a bike movie festival, and sponsoring competitions for the design of a better bike rack.

Liz rode her bike often while living in Arizona but hadn't made the leap to becoming a bike commuter since moving to Portland a few years ago (concerns about city cycling being a primary factor).

As the above video highlights, Washington, D.C. recently implemented a bike - share program known as Smart Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuters.

The city is moving ahead with impressive cross-city cycling «highways,» and is treating biking as another form of mass transport by mandating bike parking.

Making cities more cycling - friendly is not just making biking desirable, it's also about making biking safe and feasible.

While some cities are far away from having an intergrated network of bike paths, in others this is happening - Portland has opened a cycle track in its previously less bike - friendly northeastern section of the inner city, Chicago is said to be «aggressively» pursuing physically - separated cycle paths, and Denver joins San Francisco, New York and Cambridge in all having cycle tracks.

«We're incredibly proud of our long - time partnership with the City of Portland and excited by this latest collaboration with the Portland Bureau of Transportation to create an innovative, best - in - class bike share program that will inspire Portlanders and visitors to get active and have fun as they cycle around the beautiful city of PortlCity of Portland and excited by this latest collaboration with the Portland Bureau of Transportation to create an innovative, best - in - class bike share program that will inspire Portlanders and visitors to get active and have fun as they cycle around the beautiful city of Portlcity of Portland.

High season for cycling is here, along with more riders on city streets than ever before, due to more bike lanes and an acceptance of bicycles as legitimate transportation.

The size and scope of measures to promote bike sharing equity vary, but all types of bike sharing systems are working to lower access barriers.Whether a large established system with significant government investment like Capital Bikeshare, a new small nonprofit system searching for funding like Kansas City B - cycle, or a for - profit system like Decobike Miami Beach, operators are expending the effort to lower access barriers.

Today, surrounded by cycling advocates as well as city and state officials, Mayor Thomas M. Menino signed a contract with Alta Bicycle Share to bring a cutting - edge bike share system to the City of Boston, one of the first in the councity and state officials, Mayor Thomas M. Menino signed a contract with Alta Bicycle Share to bring a cutting - edge bike share system to the City of Boston, one of the first in the counCity of Boston, one of the first in the country.

Last weekend, tens of thousands of bike - curious New York City residents and visitors headed to Bike Expo New York to see the latest and greatest from local and national cycling companies.

From 2010 to 2016, most U.S. bike share equipment and services were provided by three major companies, B - Cycle, Motivate, and Social Bicycles, with a few cities using equipment and services from smaller companies such as NextBike.

Charlotte B - cycle is working with an extensive roster of community partners to help people from neighborhoods across the city try using bike share for their Friday morning commutes.

The Program Manager will work directly with city staff around the country on bike share, equity, cycling, and other issues in sustainable transportation, urban planning, design, and policy.

There have been nearly 9 million trips taken on Mexico City's similarly sized EcoBici bike share in 2015, and London's larger Santander Cycle Hire was on pace for 9,943,074 trips in 2015.

«Vehicular cycling» is all well and good, but New York City needs separate bike lanes.

Charlotte B - cycle Free Wheelin» Fridays: $ 20,000 Charlotte, NC Charlotte B - cycle is working with an extensive roster of community partners to help people from neighborhoods across the city try using bike share for their Friday morning commutes.

Around the U.S. and the world, cities are looking to bike share and cycling to help them meet the mobility, sustainability, equity, and economic challenges of the future.

Byrne is the quintessential city cyclist, and his impressionistic glimpse of the world from a folder bike in Bicycle Diaries will probably help further fuel the current popularity of urban cycling.

Velo - City: Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia Route Verte — 3000 km + of Bikeways in Quebec World's 10 Best Biking Trails

He really wants to put the helmet issue to bed and to get people onto bikes, and the facts are that city cycling where there is good infrastructure is not dangerous.

With the success of pilot projects such as the cycle tracks of Richmond & Adelaide, the contra - flow lane on Shaw Street, the Bloor Street bike lanes; the popular Bike Share program run by the City through the Toronto Parking Authority and with the success of organizations such as Cycle Toronto, Bike Sauce, Bike Pirates, Bike Chain and Charlie's Freewheels, CBN can finally go to rest knowing that cycling advocacy and services are in good hcycle tracks of Richmond & Adelaide, the contra - flow lane on Shaw Street, the Bloor Street bike lanes; the popular Bike Share program run by the City through the Toronto Parking Authority and with the success of organizations such as Cycle Toronto, Bike Sauce, Bike Pirates, Bike Chain and Charlie's Freewheels, CBN can finally go to rest knowing that cycling advocacy and services are in good hCycle Toronto, Bike Sauce, Bike Pirates, Bike Chain and Charlie's Freewheels, CBN can finally go to rest knowing that cycling advocacy and services are in good hands.

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The sad recent news story about a 5 - year - old girl killed by a street - cleaning vehicle while riding bikes with her father in the Turkish province of Konya — a city that had previously announced plans for the country's first bike - sharing program — got me thinking about what it would really take to create a cycling culture in Turkey.

Musing about what it would take to get more people in other cities to hop on bikes, Notaras mentions some of the many initiatives in Japan to promote cycling, including the Green Pedal Map, which provides information in English and Japanese «on bike lanes, danger zones, rental locations, bike parks and so on,» as well as the leadership role that needs to be played by government and businesses.