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Europe’s Longest Bicycling Tunnel Opens in Norway
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Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London
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Believe it or not, the Amish are loving electric bikes
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Building a city optimized for bikes is a choice
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Where do stolen bikes go?
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Biggest Barrier to Biking Is a Fear of Cars
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Mandatory helmet laws make cyclists less safe
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2/3 of kids bike to school in Assen because it was designed that way (2013)
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Paris Will Become ‘100% Cyclable’
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Bikes, not self driving cars, are the technological gateway to urban progress
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1960s Bike Buses Used to Transport Cyclists Under the Thames
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Cycling: Why Tunnels are Better than Bridges (2014)
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Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis
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Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
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Milan confirms new cycling network linking 80% of the city to bike paths
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Barcelona’s Bicibús: hundreds of families biking to school together
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Bentley Railbike (2000)
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The U.S. Is Building a Bike Trail That Runs Coast-to-Coast Across 12 States
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Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work and nobody wants
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Pandemic sparked European cycling revolution
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Paris to Create 650 Kilometers of Post-Lockdown Cycleways
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The best-kept secret of Dutch biking: the Dutch hardly bike at all
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Ceramicspeed chainless bike can nows shift gears and carry load
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Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality
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How Utrecht Became a Paradise for Cyclists
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Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law
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Cycling heaven: The African capital with 'no traffic'
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Rethinking Streets for Bikes
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Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities
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The Mopeds Are Coming
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CeramicSpeed’s Driven Concept Might Become the Most Efficient Bicycle Drivetrain
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One year of cycling to work
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New and improved bike routing, with low stress options
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Britain's Forgotten Bike Highways
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More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone, major new study finds
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Pop-up bike lanes show that demand exists
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300 miles of secret UK cycle paths have been discovered [audio]
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Mapzen's new OpenStreetMap-powered bike map based on safety
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The Dutch Reach: Clever Workaround to Keep Cyclists from Getting “Doored”
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The bicycle is making a comeback in US cities
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How London buses are numbered (2009)
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How the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure (2011)
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In 1900, Los Angeles had a bike highway
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Bicycle Parking Guidance System in Utrecht
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The Steady Rise of Bike Ridership in New York
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Paris’ $160M Plan to Boost Cycling
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Cycling Lessons Learned from Amsterdam
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How cyclists, not drivers, first fought to pave US roads
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Bike lanes have sped up car traffic in New York City
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A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling More Popular
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Boston Doctors Can Now Prescribe You a Bike
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In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling New Cars
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Why is cycling so popular in the Netherlands?
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Laser-made bike lane could save lives
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E-Bikes Overtake Buggies for Some Amish (2021)
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Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to investment
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The Great American Rail-Trail
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Bicycle use now exceeds car use in Paris
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Sorry, wrong number
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