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Today's Breaking Away Story
City gets wheels turning on bike initiative
Bob Downing (Beacon Journal)
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
OHIO -- Andrew Davis has a vision of Akron as a more bicycle-friendly community, a place where pedal power is used for day-to-day transportation. To that end, the 43-year-old civil engineer, who commutes by bicycle between his home in Highland Square and his job at Akron City Hall, is heading a project to put Share ...

Leading Stories
Michigan bicyclists fight for a piece of the road
Pat Shellenbarger (The Grand Rapids Press)
Monday, 15 September 2008
GRAND RAPIDS -- On his commute to work one recent morning, Ryan Moore was sideswiped by a pickup. His injury was minor, ...
Lacking incentives, commuting cyclists turn bikes into bucks
Associated Press
Saturday, 06 September 2008
BETHESDA, Md. — As a federal employee, Marc Gwadz could receive a stipend to take public transportation to work ev...


More Wheelin' News
Social costs of cars, planes, trains $40B a year: Transport Canada
Canadian Press
Friday, 05 September 2008
A groundbreaking federal study has calculated the "social costs" of operating cars, trucks, planes, trains and boats across Canada at up to $40 billio...
Suel Bartone
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
http://home.earthlink.net/~sbartone/bikelog.htmla poetry slam on bike commuting in western Massachusetts; best read with a shot of espresso
Taiwan launches exclusive trains for cycling enthusiasts
The China Post news staff
Monday, 28 April 2008
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) yesterday began operating its "environmental protection train service," with a group of 272 ...
Water bicyclist commutes daily and cuts out 67 miles
Susan Gilmore (The Seattle Times)
Sunday, 30 March 2008
SEATTLE — Nat Hong and Bob Barrett commute on Puget Sound by bike — water bike, that is — to their jobs in the Washington state town...
Campus 'convenience store' provides bicyclists with services
Larry Dechant (The Daily Texan)
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
A nondescript white trailer on Speedway Plaza operated by Parking and Transportation Services now serves as a convenient store for student bicyclists....
Bicycles may be the best weapon we have for the long campaign to make livable cities in the 21st cen
Trevor Boddy (Globe and Mail)
Monday, 10 March 2008
VANCOUVER — For all the techno talk about magnetic levitation trains or personal rocket packs, the urban transport system of the future turns ou...
Trek Partners with Retailer for Challenge
Trek
Saturday, 23 February 2008
OMAHA, NE — Midwest Cycling has partnered with Trek to offer two people from each city a unique opportunity to integrate bicycles into their dai...
Texas man braves cars, bureaucrats to bike on tollways
Ben Wear (American Statesman)
Monday, 04 February 2008
AUSTIN, Texas -- Chuck Thomas tried to get a TxTag; he really did. Thomas, a financial analyst at Dell Inc., went on the tollw...
San Fran Caltrain station offers valet parking for bicyclists
Rachel Gordon (SFgate.com)
Monday, 14 January 2008
SAN FRANCISO -- A valet service for bicyclists who commute on Caltrain will get an official welcome Wednesday in yet another acknowledgement by Bay A...
New Day employee makes store shine
Chris Gray (newsreview.info)
Sunday, 06 January 2008
OREGON -- Small and friendly corner grocery stores may have been overtaken long ago by giant supermarkets, but the little stores have always been a pa...
South Salem High School faculty take up biking to school
Kayla Harr (Statesman Journal)
Thursday, 03 January 2008
SALEM, Oregon -- This winter, while most students and staff members are arriving at school in warm vehicles, five South teachers are braving the bitte...
New bicycle lockers arriving in Alameda Calif
Alan Lopez (Mercury News)
Thursday, 06 December 2007
ALAMEDA, Ca -- Soon there will be 16 electronic bike lockers installed as part of the new parking garage under construction at Oak Street and Central ...
Manassas City Council (Virginia) approves bike master plan
Kipp Hanley
Wednesday, 05 December 2007
MANASSAS, Virginia -- Prince William County resident Ben Williams has seen a gradual increase in bicycle commuters the last couple of years.
Free Bike for your lunchbreak in Tennessee
Gary Ainsworth
Sunday, 02 December 2007
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -- Finding a parking space in downtown Chattanooga can prove very difficult around lunchtime. However a new program offers a g...
UW campus to plug in electric bikes
Susan Gilmore
Saturday, 01 December 2007
SEATTLE -- You're a University of Washington medical student and you need to run an errand at University Village, but you rode the bus to school and i...
2007 Bicycling and Walking report in the U.S. released
Ken Trenholm
Friday, 30 November 2007
USA -- A Thunderhead Alliance report on the status of bicycling and walking in the U.S. has been published as part of Thunderhead's ongoing Benchmarki...
Aussie's free bike plan looking for its head
Clay Lucas and Stephen Moynihan
Thursday, 29 November 2007
MELBOURNE, AU -- Transport Minister Lynne Kosky is in discussions with Roads Minister Tim Pallas about a free bicycle program in Melbourne's city cent...
University of Minnesota recognized with Commuter Choice Award
News Release
Friday, 23 November 2007
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL -- The University of Minnesota has been recognized with a 2007 Commuter Choice Award in the category of Outstanding Promotion f...

Featured Sections
PEI News
Bicycle Bus Coming to Summerside
Friday, 04 September 2009
Summerside will have a new school bus this year that is environmentally friendly: human-propelled by tiny feet of various ages and sizes. Ken Trenholm...
Local PEI cyclist fears PEI may have shouldered rumble strips
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Heinz Mayr recently sent Atlantic Pedaler a concerning email with respect to rumble strips on paved shoulders in Newfoundland & Labrador. He made me...
NS News
Invitation to Panel Discussion on Active Transportation
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Recreation Nova Scotia Board of Directors will be in Sydney September 19 and 20 for meetings. The Board would like to invite RNS members and all ...
One Hell of a NS Weekend
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The Summerside Cycling Club will be on tour with members of the Halifax area to participate in a stellar Nova Scotia bicycle tour the weekend of Septe...
NB News
The Thrill of BMX
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
You've probably seen the kids around town on their smaller than average sized BMX bikes, doing bunny hops, wheel spins and wheelies.And while you migh...
2 Letters to the Editor: Cycling in Moncton Dangers
Saturday, 05 September 2009
Cycling dangerous in MonctonTo The Editor:This is my second summer cycling, mainly in the downtown Moncton area, and this year there seems to be a lot...
NL News
Rotarians support Cycle to Walk efforts to fight polio
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Rotary Clubs in Grand Falls and Perth-Andover have joined the fight of a young Whitehorse, Yukon resident to make the world polio free. Rotarians prov...
Friday, 04 July 2008
The following is the information obtained from the BNL web site regarding Canada Games qualifying.ELIGIBILITYTo be part of the 2009 Canada Games Progr...
Out of the Cage
Setting the Stage – the Prologue
Thursday, 15 November 2007
I expect to "hit the road running on February 16th, 2008, after 35 years and a few days in the paid work force. All I can tell you at this point is th...
National News
The Battle Continues: Pedals vs. Motor
Sunday, 06 September 2009
This unfortunate incident underscores a belief that I have held for some time now that on major thoroughfares, motor vehicles should not be required s...
International News
Sunday, 06 September 2009
GREEN VALLEY -- Cycling has grown tremendously in this area over the last few years. A big part of that growth can be attributed to the efforts of Gre...
Professional Cycling
Bye Bye: Contador withdraws from worlds
Saturday, 05 September 2009
Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has decided to pull out of the world cycling championships later this month in Switzerland. Contador...
Sponsorship
Bikes Belong Awards $33,000 in Grants
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Bikes Belong is thrilled to award four grants to great projects in the summer funding cycle. These grant awards will help construct community paths ...
Editorials & Opinions
Evolution of the road
Friday, 04 September 2009
Toronto, like many urban centres in Canada, has not found the answer to a safe coexistence between bicycles and motor vehicles. The death Monday nigh...
Nutrition
Riding in the Heat - Dehydration vs. Hyponatremia
Monday, 15 September 2008
Struggling through a long ride as the temperature topped out at 100 this weekend, I had to keep reminding myself to do something that woefully few hea...
Training
Alcohol could compromise ability to train
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
I don't think I've ever seen a marathon or triathlon where beer wasn't offered to the tired, thirsty folks running, cycling or stumbling across the fi...

 

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