Biking delivers environmental, health, and economic benefits. An article in GOOD cited a recent study in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives that quantified monetary savings, including data on air pollution, medical costs, mortality rates, car accidents, and physical fitness, from biking. The report, which included a study area of…

Thanks to This Big City for posting this charming video courtesy of the Toward Carfree Cities X Conference earlier this month in Guadalajara.

The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that biking and walking trips have increased 25 percent since 2001. 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is using the increase to continue his push for safe alternatives to driving. 

"By making biking and walking safer and more accessible, we’ll be able to provide Americans…

Last night, CEOs for Cities attended a reception at the Dirksen Senate Office building hosted by Transportation for America. More than 100 business leaders attended the event as part of T4A's national campaign to mobilize major U.S. employers in support of their agenda for the federal Transportation Reauthorization…

When it's part of an alternative transportation system that puts $19 billion into New York City's economy each year.

In time for Earth Day, the New York City Department of Transportation released New York City's Green Dividend, a report by CEOs for Cities that, for the first time, aggregates the economic…

Loved this post from Marisa Belger at TodayShow.com on the freedom cities like New York offer from car dependence. 

What forms of freedom does your city deliver?

Today, I had an opportunity to interview Kirsten Kaufman, who calls herself Portland's Bicycle Realtor.  She is a real charmer, a working woman with three young sons who enjoys her life that is mostly car-free.  She admits to having a van, but she only gets it out "once or twice…

Have you seen Arlington, Virgina's Car-Free Diet campaign?  Very clever.

The University of England, concerned that their campus was soon to be overrun by surface parking lots, has started a free bike program.  Beyond reduction of the number of parking spaces, the program has highlighted a host of advantages from student health (i.e. eliminating…

Our colleague Joe Cortright sent us the photo below from an above the fold story in the Living section of the Oregonian about different kinds of bike accesories for hauling kids and cargo. 

Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian

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A nice film on how bike sharing works in DC can be found here.  Portland, Oregon, is considering its own program, as is Chicago and a number of Southern California communities.  The biggest hurdles seem to be liability, resistence to more advertising on the streets (the way most communities…

Newly hired president of Portland State University Wim Wiewel will join the throngs of downtown bike commuters tomorrow when he reports for his first day on the job. Wiewel will join Commissioner (and Mayor-elect) Sam Adams on the ride and a small reception will follow in the South Park Blocks.

Mayor Bloomberg, in cooperation with three business improvement districts, is taking a bold step toward making New York City more pedestrian and bike friendly.  The plan is to take a section of Broadway in Midtown and reduce traffic lanes from four to two, opening up space for bike lanes and…