On AlterNet: bicycling

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "bicycling"

A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City

Jay Walljasper, AlterNet. September 29, 2011.

Despite its cold weather and spread-out development patterns, here's how a Midwestern city beat Portland, San Francisco and Boulder for the title of #1 Bike City.

Should We Launch an All-Out Assault on Car Culture?

Tyler Harbottle, The Tyee. July 8, 2011.

Bring it on say authors of a new book. But you're more likely to find bicyclists and pedestrians working for peaceful coexistence.

As Gas Prices Rise, Bicycle Ridership Is Up -- So Why Are Lawmakers Gutting Bike Programs?

Jay Walljasper, People for Bikes. May 25, 2011.

The price tag for more than 3,000 federally funded bike and pedestrian projects last year amounted to less than half the cost of one highly contested highway project.

Bikes Point the Way to a Sustainable Future

Chris Carlsson, AKPress. December 18, 2008.

Bicycling subcultures signal a sensibility that stands against oil wars, environmental devastation, urban decay and monocultural sprawl.

Believe It or Not, L.A. Was Almost Our Greenest City

Robert Gottlieb, Sierra Magazine. March 10, 2008.

Southern California set the nation on the path to bicycling bliss, then detoured. But smogville could still become a velotopia.