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Happy Birthday, Vélib


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Published July 15, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.

Here's another transportation policy success story from France. The Vélib bike-sharing system celebrates its one-year anniversary today. In April, Streetfilms' Elizabeth Press was in Paris to learn more about it. Here is her video and report: ... On July 15, 2007 Paris debuted the world's largest self-service [ ... ] ...

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depave a parking lot, put up a paradise


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Published June 27, 2008 at 2:27 p.m.
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Movie by Elizabeth Press of Streetfilms ... The opening event at the Towards Car-free Cities Conference in Portland, Oregon was the depaving of a 3000 sq foot parking lot. In its place will grow a community garden along with bike parking and a water catchment system. We cover the asphalt removal, then go on a tour of past depaving sites ... Bikescape was there to cover as much of the rest of the conference as one little podcaster could. Stay tuned for many more posts on this important

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Photo Issues


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Published June 15, 2008 at 9:23 a.m.

velospace upgraded a few days ago to a more powerful server and some issues have popped up with regards to thumbnails and photos not syncing up ... The following is a quick two-step process to fix the photos in the mean time while a site-wide solution is worked on.To fix mismatched thumbnails do the following:1. [ ... ] ...

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OK, I'll Tutor You on How To Commute


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Published May 24, 2008 at 6:37 p.m.
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My class on Bicycle Commuting was a bit of a bust ... The young lady from the TMO was there and was apologetic from the beginning because the neighbourhood newsletter advertising a whole series of classes, seminars and rides (of which mine was the first) hadn't gone out yet ... I noted in the last entry that it could be anything from three to 175 people ... I was too optimistic ... They'd been touting the class at Bike to Work Day and other events, but in the end, one woman showed up ... I ran

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The Three Speed Tour


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Published May 19, 2008 at 7:27 a.m.
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The 2008 episode of the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour was this past weekend. As always, Jon and Noel organized a wonderful event. We gathered in Red Wing, rode to Wabasha Saturday with some tailwinds and a spot of rain to make in an official Three Speed Tour, had the usual bash at the Eagle's Nest Coffee Shop Saturday night, then gathered to ride back Sunday. It was cooler Sunday, sunny, but we had stiff headwinds. Fortunately, these were often screened along the river but the group that took the

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Pedalphile


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Published April 29, 2008 at 4:39 p.m.

A few weeks ago I was registering twocitiestwowheels.com as a domain name ... I was thinking about registering pedalphile.com as well, but made the mistake of doing an inquiry in Network Solutions' site ... It was available, but at $35 a year ... At godaddy.com it was way cheaper to register a domain, so I registered Two Cities Two Wheels and tried to register Pedalphile, but it showed it held by Network Solutions ... Darn them! I figured I'd get back to it once the hold was released and

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photos of East Quad Bike Coop Fixup


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Published April 8, 2008 at 10:40 a.m.

HD points out:Two weekends ago, the East Quad Bike Coop held a bike fixup and giveaway.At the end of the event, 7 or 8 of the really really junky ones foundtheir way into the Ghost Bike project.Here's a couple of shots from Matt Hampel's Flickr account:http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2community/2396966827/in/photostream ...

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It ain't all doom and gloom...


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Published April 6, 2008 at 11:34 p.m.

My post from the other day, on 3/26, may have inadvertently painted an overly pessimistic picture of what I think is happening in the cycling industry. For sure, the industry faces some very real and serious challenges in the coming year (or more). All of the reasons I pointed to in the post- rising costs of goods, extended leadtimes, a shrinking US economy, etc - are very real and are not going away over night. However, I do see hope ... Historically speaking, the cycling industry has ridden

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Stupidest Bike Lane?


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Published March 27, 2008 at 6:11 p.m.

Slate has a video purporting to show the stupidest bike lane in America, a 275-foot effort in Los Angeles ... Take a look here to watch the video ... He solicits suggestions for stupider bike lanes if you have any in mind ...

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First ride of spring!


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Published March 18, 2008 at 8:27 p.m.

Do not be fooled by the snow in the picture. Its a mere staging game by Old Man Winter to deceive you into thinking its not bike season yet. Do not be fooled by the balaclava. Its merely a fashion accessory, and not at all needed to keep my head and neck warm from the wicked wind and below freezing temperatures. Because it is spring! The air has changed, it has that spring smell about it. It ...

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