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Matt Yglesias is a political blogger who takes an interest in the politics of transportation. He makes an interesting point about biking in winter: The top bike commuting city is Copenhagen, not San Diego. If people can bike to work in Denmark’s winter (I even saw plenty of people biking around Helsinki...

Yeah. Wow, right? Read it.

So far, not much to report, that’s why I haven’t posted in a while. Let me tell you, CT ain’t got nothin on Rochester winters. There have been two snowfalls thus far which anyone would classify as “heavy”. Not blizzards like ROC is used to, to be sure, but everyone around...

From the New York Times: By JAN ELLEN SPIEGEL Published: December 31, 2008 Photo: Wendy Carlson for The New York Times After a summer of their dreams, bicycle store owners are facing a grim reality this winter. Big increases in business this year led some shop owners to think that they were largely...

From today’s New York Times: After a pilot run in 2007, United Parcel Service is once again adding bicycle carriers to meet its holiday demand. It’s a tack that, like alternative fuel vehicles and other measures the company has historically taken to reduce operational costs, provides an attending...

Here’s an article from AlterNet featuring an excerpt from Chris Carlsson’s book: Bikes Point the Way to a Sustainable Future

Courtest of Fossil Fool at Rock The Bike:

I went out to Bathtub Billy’s this weekend to meet up with some friends I used to work with. This particular sports bar is out in Greece, a sprawling suburb of Rochester with limited cyclist accommodations. Here’s a map of my ride there: iMapMyRide Nov 29, 2008 5:51 PM Find more Bike Rides...

This came a couple days ago from Amy in Albany: Anyone have any suggestions for how to safely teach my son to bike in traffic in Albany? He’s 8, and when we’re not on residential suburban streets (we live in Delmar) we’ve always had him ride on the sidewalk, which usually means we have...

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