Posts Tagged bikes

U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS)

June 28, 2011
U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS)

Did you know about the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS)? It is a proposed network of regional bike routes, sort of like a bicycle equivalent of the U.S. highway system. The USBRS was proposed in 1982 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), for the purpose of “facilitating travel between the [...]

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U.S. Dept. of Transportation Embraces Bicycles

March 30, 2010
U.S. Dept. of Transportation Embraces Bicycles

From Green Inc: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced a “major policy revision” that aims to give bicycling and walking the same policy and economic consideration as driving. “Today I want to announce a sea change,” he wrote on his blog last week. “This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of [...]

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Bike Rides for Black Rock

September 3, 2009
Bike Rides for Black Rock

Hunter College and a host of other universities are sponsors of the Black Rock Forest Consortium. I unfortunately have never made it up there but many of our students and plenty of others from the NY/NJ/CT metropolitan area have used the space as a learning laboratory to understand the ecosystems of the forested area. It [...]

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Bamboo Bikes

February 10, 2009
Bamboo Bikes

Start with Roots, Go Anywhere I recently caught up with an old friend (an alum of Hunter College’s esteemed media department) who put my eco-efforts to shame while telling me of his involvement with a sustainable, innovative, and downright awesome project. Justin Aguinaldo, is one in a team of engineers, scientists, designers and of course [...]

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