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A reader alerted me to this map showing bicycle commuter rates in the U.S. Click the image for a choice of viewing sizes. Commuting is just one aspect of utility bicycling. I wonder if there’s more data on other kinds of trips, e.g. to the store, school, etc. Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle [...]

Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic (mandatory reading for all humans), posted a Slate column on Friday in which he considers how Hollywood treats non-drivers and bicyclists. We are, apparently, a bunch of losers and creeps. And the broader culture, apparently, is hip to this if not the source of it: Or perhaps it’s the wider society [...]

Hello Springfield Bicyclists! I need your help to understand what’s happening on the streets of Springfield. Please take a few moments to fill out my survey. I’ll compile the results and report back here once I get a good sample. Please pass the survey to your friends. You can click the “like” button or use [...]

While in Orlando earlier this month (more coverage coming soon, I promise), I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Lisa Mills, an assistant professor of film at the University of Central Florida. She graciously gave me a copy of her documentary film Dear Mr. Gore: A Somewhat Cinematic Correspondence Awkwardly Tracing a Circular Journey Constructed [...]