July 2019

Articles

Bikes Are Faster for Most Short City Trips

By Charles Pekow - Urban transit frameworks need to include bicycling, the Paris-based International Transport Forum warns planners. “For trips of 15 minutes...the bicycle performs better in most cities” than autos or public transit in most instances, based on research in Europe. The study includes...
Advocacy
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min.

5 More Great Northern Utah Century Rides

By David Collins - Northern Utah is blessed with iconic geography, famous resorts and gentrified mountain towns. Although these rides include stunning scenery, they often...
July 2019
12
minutes

Study: Sharrows Don't Appear to Increase Bike Safety

By Charles Pekow - Will sharrows reduce the chances of getting doored? The best place to look, one study found, is in Chicago, where the...
Advocacy
0
minutes

SAFE Streets Act May Improve Bike Safety Funding

By Charles Pekow - Ideas are beginning to come in for reauthorization of federal surface transportation law. The current statute, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation...
Advocacy
1
minute

Ebikes: Studies Look At Reducing Pollution; Getting More People Riding

By Charles Pekow - E-bikes make urban air clearer by getting people out of their cars. But less clear is if making e-bikes more affordable...
Electric Bicycles
4
minutes

Crossing Baja – The 1986 Tecate-Ensenada Bike Ride

By Jay Hudson - All six thousand, plus, of us, had bicycles. That’s where the similarity ended. We were jammed together in the center of...
July 2019
6
minutes

Adventure Cycling's Alex Strickland: Helping You Commute Across Town or...

By Lou Melini - Alex Strickland is editor-in-chief of Adventure Cyclist, published by the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA). Adventure Cyclist is the best bicycle travel...
Commuting
9
minutes