Comments on: Wiki Wednesday: Bicycle-Friendly Communities Awards http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/01/wiki-wednesday-bicycle-friendly-communities-awards/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:28:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Yarbles http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/01/wiki-wednesday-bicycle-friendly-communities-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-57177 Yarbles Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:57:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4676#comment-57177 Head out to Jackson Hole man and you'll find your self in bicycling nirvana. Awarded BFC Silver in '06 and a Gold now in '08, I am sure they are setting their sites on Platinum. Something like 30 miles of paved pathway currently on the ground with 41+ miles currently under construction in Grand Teton National Park plus hundreds of miles of singletrack and 10% of the full-time residents belong to the local advocacy group. Just park your tush at the brew pub and count the bikes clogging the bike racks. -D Head out to Jackson Hole man and you'll find your self in bicycling nirvana. Awarded BFC Silver in '06 and a Gold now in '08, I am sure they are setting their sites on Platinum. Something like 30 miles of paved pathway currently on the ground with 41+ miles currently under construction in Grand Teton National Park plus hundreds of miles of singletrack and 10% of the full-time residents belong to the local advocacy group. Just park your tush at the brew pub and count the bikes clogging the bike racks.

-D

]]> By: ldplayer http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/01/wiki-wednesday-bicycle-friendly-communities-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-57173 ldplayer Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:11:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4676#comment-57173 There is a lengthy video of a talk by John Pucher on how to increase the share of bicycling [by making cities more bicycling-friendly]. Really instructive stuff: http://www.sfu.ca/city/city_pgm_video020.htm Also the accompanying article: http://www.sfu.ca/city/PDFs/PUCHERMakingCyclingIrresistibleJune2008.pdf There is a lengthy video of a talk by John Pucher on how to increase the share of bicycling [by making cities more bicycling-friendly]. Really instructive stuff:
http://www.sfu.ca/city/city_pgm_video020.htm

Also the accompanying article:
http://www.sfu.ca/city/PDFs/PUCHERMakingCyclingIrresistibleJune2008.pdf

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