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When Your Community Lets You Down

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One of the most amazing things about the process of our economic downsizing has been how embraced and supported we feel by our friends, neighbors, and surrounding community. Read more »

When Bike Sharing Fails...

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I am thinking about signing up for Bicing again. Forgive and forget, that’s my motto. Two years ago, I dropped my membership in a moment of frustration. Read more »

Three Ways Social Bicycles Could Transform Bike Sharing

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This morning I talked with Ryan Rzepecki about his revolutionary Social Bicycles System, or SoBi for short. Read more »

How Affordable & Sustainable is Your Neighborhood?

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Our friends at GOOD magazine turned me on to this really cool tool by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Read more »

Lessons from Car-free Fire Island

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The domination of the American landscape by the car is so complete that it is difficult to envision cities and towns where bicycles form more than a token part of the transportation backdrop. Read more »

How to Start a Critical Mass Ride

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I have extremely fond memories of riding in Critical Mass, when on the last Friday of every month hundreds of bicyclists take over the San Francisco streets. Read more »

Car-free with Four Kids!

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Paul Adkins rode a Yamaha 60 motorcycle when he was five and bought his first car when he was 14. Growing up in Kent, Ohio, he and his four brothers spent their weekends working on cars. Read more »

A Moral Imperative to Drive Less

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“Today there is an ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that stems from the insatiable demand for oil and for using that oil for driving," writes Jason Henderson, a Geography Professor at San Francisco State University. Read more »

"Now that we can do anything, what will we do?"

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Last Saturday, I took part in Creative Sydney at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Towards the end of the speech I was telling the audience about how I went to see an exhibition in 2006 called Massive Change. Read more »

My Solar Motorized Bicycle Adventure

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Marissa Muller is riding 1,000 miles on a solar-powered electric bike. Her mission: "to start thinking, brainstorming and creating ways to make our community more energy efficient and a little bit cleaner. Read more »
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