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It did not take $4-a-gallon gas for business at Columbia bicycle shops to pick up speed. Local shops said sales and repairs are better than they have ever been for commuter bikes as well as hybrid bicycles that are ideal for both pavement and gravel paths.
Several people have said, `Thanks, Bush. I'm getting my stimulus check, and I'm going to buy a bike now,' " said Chris Irvin, a bicycle mechanic at Walt's Bicycle, Fitness and Wilderness Co., referring to federal payments to taxpayers promoted by President George W. Bush.
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Have bike, will travel. Nine low-income adults were outfitted Friday with everything they need to get around town on two wheels: refurbished bicycles, helmets, rain gear, lights, small tool kits and bike locks.
The Community Cycling Center, a Portland-based nonprofit organization, distributed bicycles, equipment and training as part of its Create a Commuter program, designed to give low-income adults the mobility they need to get to and from work.
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... means a route for the exclusive use of bicycles separated by grade or other physical barrier from ... only during times of heaviest auto commuter traffic. (4) Bike route means a route in which bic...
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...Moderate fitness bicycles can include the fashionable cruiser cycles, commut...Policestyle bikes are some of the best commuter cycles. Strength training should include either a ...
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... bicycle retailer, Freewheel Bike offers bicycles, bike accessories, apparel, repair/maintenance ser... road, mountain, comfort, cruisers, commuter and tandem bicycles, featuring brands such as Trek...
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Nine people who ride their bicycles to work Downtown, have found a safe place now to park it.
They are among the first of 26 bicyclists who can keep their bikes safe from vandalism, rain and snow-elements as well as theft, by leasing space in the Bicycle Commuter Center, on the northern side of the Century Building on Seventh Street, in the Cultural District.
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... Park area that sells only cargo and commuter bicycles. . ...
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In many cities, cycling is seen as an economic and environmental savior. It can help reduce pollution, health care costs and traffic. A Dallas bike plan has existed since the mid-'80s, but somewhere along the way it got a flat tire. The city hasn't created a mile of bike lane. Thaf s likely why, in 2008, only 0.05 percent of the population- roughly 250 out of 500,000 residents-commuted by bicycle. Still, six cyclists died in the Dallas metro area that year. That same year, in Portland, Oregon, a town with 174 miles of on-street bike lanes, 8 percent of the population- around 17,000 people- commuted by bike, and no one died.
Despite the enthusiasm of local cyclists, Dallas' elected officials never embraced bicycling. "Bike lanes were left out of the first Dallas bike plan because we were...
... state Legislature that proposed banning bicycles across Texas.". Since Dallas wouldn't pay for infr... (including a lane through Times Square), commuter cycling increased by 45 percent while the accident...
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President should let Bush tax cuts expire
I propose allowing the two tax cuts legislated by the administration of President George W. Bush to expire. The tax cuts reduced the tax rates from 39 percent to 34 percent from the administration of President Bill Clinton.
... Frontier Transportation Authority), bicycles (both commuter and recreational) and pedestrians;...
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As the city of Madison plans the next 20-plus years of downtown development, a glaring inaccuracy now exists in a document making its way through city committees.
The draft still includes maps with a high-speed rail station at the Department of Administration building.
... area as a hub for buses and cabs and bicycles, and maybe eventually commuter rail," Schmitz said...