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Wednesday, May 23
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Fold My Ride: The Bike That Could Change Transit
Folding bikes are the black sheep of the bike community, neither respected by hard-core cyclists nor frequently used by the average citizen. But a new global company called Tern Bikes is out to change that perception—and, in the process, change transit.
Read this story (and this week’s Bike Nation series)

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Fold My Ride: The Bike That Could Change Transit

Folding bikes are the black sheep of the bike community, neither respected by hard-core cyclists nor frequently used by the average citizen. But a new global company called Tern Bikes is out to change that perception—and, in the process, change transit.

Read this story (and this week’s Bike Nation series)

Tags:   #cyclists #tern bikes


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Thursday, March 22
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It blew me away to discover this week that Americans used public transportation in the 1940s at levels more than twice as high as today. Those are absolute numbers, not per capita. When you consider that the U.S. population then was less than half of what it is now, it makes the numbers even more striking.

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Wednesday, February 22
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Close-up of Billie Samuels on the Malvern Star bike showing her koala bear mascot before leaving for Melbourne, 4 July 1934. (Photo by Sam Hood.)

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Close-up of Billie Samuels on the Malvern Star bike showing her koala bear mascot before leaving for Melbourne, 4 July 1934. (Photo by Sam Hood.)


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Wednesday, February 15
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Personal car-sharing is a new twist on auto rentals: Early adopters in the sharing movement are letting renters take their autos through Web-based services, which get up to 40% of the fee. There’s even an app for finding the closest car.
Photo:   Emily Castor, right, has rented her Honda Civic to Brendan Lin numerous times since she put the vehicle on Getaround’s personal car-sharing network. Credit: Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times

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Personal car-sharing is a new twist on auto rentals: Early adopters in the sharing movement are letting renters take their autos through Web-based services, which get up to 40% of the fee. There’s even an app for finding the closest car.

Photo: Emily Castor, right, has rented her Honda Civic to Brendan Lin numerous times since she put the vehicle on Getaround’s personal car-sharing network. Credit: Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times

(Source: Los Angeles Times)


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Saturday, January 28
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Red Squares Indicate Land that is 100% Dedicated to Parking in Midtown Atlanta
(chinese: 紅框區域全是美國亞特蘭大市中心的停車場)

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Red Squares Indicate Land that is 100% Dedicated to Parking in Midtown Atlanta

(chinese: 紅框區域全是美國亞特蘭大市中心的停車場)

(Source: yippiyeay)


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Friday, January 20
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(via laughingsquidYearlong Time-Lapse Video of a Bike Locked to a Post in Manhattan

I would like to see pics of the people who steal the stuff. Who does that? Vultures.


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Monday, November 14
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Blexbolex, from Seasons, 2010

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Blexbolex, from Seasons, 2010


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Monday, September 5
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Tags:   #Illustration #art #Korean #travel #transportation


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