Image credit: Huffington Post From Manhattan’s Summer Streets to Bogota’s Ciclovia , TreeHugger is a big fan of reclaiming asphalt in favor of human interaction. But I’m not sure we’ve ever seen anything on this scale. A town in Germany recently shut down an entire section of Autobahn—that’s right, the famous German highways with no speed limit—… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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German Autobahn Closed for Gigantic Party – 1 Million Cyclists Celebrate
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Lisa Anne Auerbach Libraries are going through existential crises these days as they try to figure out their role in a digital world. Meanwhile, cycling for fitness and transportation is growing in popularity. Therefore what could be more obvious than turning a library into a velodrome. At least it was obvious to Pomona College graduating student Samuel Starr, who built the velodrome as his final year thesis…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Arts Student Repurposes A Library Into A Velodrome
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Images via Yanko Design Riding your bike to the farmer’s market or store rather than driving is a great way to trim down your carbon footprint. But the excuses can still pour forward from reluctant riders — “I don’t want my bike to get stolen while I’m inside,” or “I don’t have baskets on my bike to carry things home,” or “What if I buy too much and can’t fit it on my bike?” A new concept bike that transforms into a shopping cart solves all these concerns and leaves little room for other excuses for driving rather then pedaling to the store…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bike Transforms Into Shopping Cart, Leaves No Excuses for Driving to the Store
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Bikes, many of them stolen, pile up at the Amsterdam bike depot. Photo A.S. It’s practically a requirement these days to carry not one but two ponderous bike locks, yet city streets are still thick with bike thieves. A British insurance survey recently suggested a bike is stolen about every 65 seconds in the U.K. and Mike Cavanaugh of the London Cycling Campaign thinks theft turns people away from healthful cycling: “Bike theft is cited as the most common reason for people giving up cycling. In 2008 there were over 17,000 bikes reported stolen… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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If Bike Theft Makes You Fat, Better Bike Parking Makes You Thin
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Joni Mitchell wrote: They took all the trees Put ’em in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see ’em And they built it in Switzerland! But with inflation, it is now fifteen bucks. It is the personal collection of landscape architect Enzo Enea, who tells the New York Times: “I have collected trees over the last 17 years from gardens that I was building or houses that I was building,” Mr. Enea said. “Trees had to be moved, and instead of cutting them, I tried to remove them.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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They Took All the Trees And Put Them in a Tree Museum
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Photo via Brita Climate Ride Some people do their part fighting climate change at home in front of a computer (say…most of us here at TreeHugger). Others prefer a bit more sweat, blood, and tears. Well, hopefully just the former: Once again, Brita Climate Ride is throwing a bunch of environmentalists on bikes, this time in California, September 21-25. Those up for the challenge (a maximum of 150 riders) will pedal 320 miles over five days, soaking up spectacular vistas in the
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Climate Awareness Bike Trip Climate Ride Includes Beer and Redwood Forest
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Minneapolis new “Nice Ride” bike share add (slightly geeky) mojo and beats out Portland’s lack of imminent bike sharing plans. Photo via Nice Ride. When Portland lost its first-place, “friendly bike city” status to suddenly hip Minneapolis , Portland bike-friendly Mayor Sam Adams called it a, “clarion call.” Luckily, Portland had just passed a contentious but far-reaching new Bike Plan 2030 , with a few ways to possibly… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by whymcycles via MAKE We love it when people get creative with bikes. It reminds us of all the ways pedal-powered transportation is more than just functional – it’s a whole lot of fun too. That is highlighted by the Uni/Bicycle, a unicycle-turned-bike-and-back for anyone who wants a more interesting way of getting around when the quirky side of them comes out. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bicycle Converts to Unicycle, Clown Not Included
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Image credit: NRFTO With deadly cyclist vs motorist conflicts going on in our streets, and bikers even getting shot for riding with their kids , the launch of the country’s first defensive cycling classes could not come at a better time. But what is defensive cycling all about? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Nation’s First Defensive Cycling Class Launched
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In Madrid last week, up to 3,000 cyclists slowed traffic to a grind in a few of the car-clogged central arteries of the capital city, but according to this blog , riders “made friends with drivers and pedestrians.” Meanwhile, In Los Angeles, a Streetsblog
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Is Cycling’s Critical Mass in Critical Condition?
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