The editor - in - chief of Bicycling magazine, Bill Strickland, sees cities across the country succeeding in making
city cycling safer and more appealing: he told the Chicago Tribune that cities in the U.S. have become more bike - friendly with each passing year.
sees cities across the country succeeding in making
city cycling safer and more appealing: he told the Chicago Tribune that cities in the U.S. have become more bike - friendly with each passing year.
Not exact matches
«Prioritising walking and
cycling, and making it a
safer, more convenient and more attractive option will bring countless benefits to our
cities.
Several of our major
cities need tram networks and travel could be revolutionised by providing better buses and
safer streets to encourage people to walk and
cycle short journeys.
Lesley Hinds,
City of Edinburgh
City Council's transport convener, said: «The whole aim of School Streets was to create a
safer, more relaxed atmosphere around schools, encouraging children to walk and
cycle and parents to leave their cars at home.
Do make sure to ask your hostel staff if the
city you are at is
safe to
cycle.
No wonder the authorities wanted it removed; it spoke loudly of the
city's failure to provide a
safe environment for
cycling, and the Federal Government in Ottawa's responsibility to make trucks
safer.
I found free classes on
cycling essentials I can take through the
City of Portland Bureau of Transportation to refresh my skills in safe city cycling and get more involved in my own community to st
City of Portland Bureau of Transportation to refresh my skills in
safe city cycling and get more involved in my own community to st
city cycling and get more involved in my own community to start.
In addition, Pucher and Buehler found that
cities with
safer cycling, lower auto ownership, more students, less sprawl, and higher gas prices had more
cycling to work.
More and more people are realizing that the number of roads a
city can build is limited, and encouraging more
cycling can not only reduce air pollution, but also leads to
safer, quieter streets; a healthier citizenry; and more efficient use of the existing road network.
Making
cities more
cycling - friendly is not just making biking desirable, it's also about making biking
safe and feasible.
The awards will allow many communities to run innovative projects to encourage
cycling for commuting and
cycling for pleasure, «REI is pleased to support the Bikes Belong Foundation and the effort to help
cities create
safer routes for those who enjoy
cycling to work and for pleasure.
The picture above was a poster seen across the
city last spring bearing the message: «You are
safer on the bike than on the couch... Public Health Copenhagen hopes to place focus on the fact that there are very good reasons to ride a bicycle each day and we would like to highlight that Copenhageners already
cycle 1.2 million km each day.»
Though it's not always true, many of us that commute by bike don't have much space to park and store our bicycles - either we live in urban - sized apartments in a
city, or we just tend to have such great affection for our
cycle that we want it to accompany us to our work space, for
safe keeping.
TreeHugger promotes
cycling as perhaps the best way to get around a
city, but how many serious door prizes and deaths is it going to take before they make the
city safe for cyclists, instead of forcing us into a two foot wide space between streetcar tracks and parked cars filled with people who don't know how to use a mirror?
Ottawa is a wonderful
city to
cycle in, let's keep it
safe!