Tag: san fransisco

August 30, 2013

OMG! Somebody pedaled a Capital Bikeshare all the way to Seattle?!?! (not really)

I received so many messages yesterday from people who saw this Washington DC Capital Bikeshare bike locked up in Seattle. It even led to a completely baffled post on DCist. Did someone really ride a bike share bike 3,000 miles to Seattle? Just imagine the overage charges they’ve racked up! Unfortunately, no, this bike was…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, bay area bike share, capital bikeshare, puget sound bike share, san fransisco
September 25, 2012

Bike commute numbers unchanged in 2011 Census survey

Bike commute numbers remained relatively unchanged in 2011 compared to 2010, according to newly released data from the Census Bureau’s annual American Communities Survey. The percentage of commuters choosing to bike came in at 3.5 percent,* one tenth of a percentage point less than in 2011 and well within the margin of error (actual number…
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tagged: american communities survey 2011, census, portland, san fransisco
September 9, 2010

Video: Overcoming your biking fears

From the group behind Mind the Gap in San Fransisco: MIND THE GAP – URBAN BIKING: Overcoming Your Fears from Laura J. Lukitsch on Vimeo. Best tip, ride with friends! And friends, ride slower than you are used to. Taking up a bike for the first time in years is scary. But if you go…
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tagged: mind the gap, san fransisco, video