Monday, May 13 – Akron Bicycle Club Monday Evening Ride Seven riders including two from the Active Transportation Committee. A chilly ride starting and ending at the AGMC Health and Wellness Center on Steels Corners Road. Approximately 18 total miles on both the Hike and Bike Trail and county roads. Some of us gathered afterwards read more…
The Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS) is hosting its first Bike-N-Brainstorm ride for 2013 in Kent on Saturday, April 20. The agency’s Bike-N-Brainstorms are an innovative way that the agency uses to gain public insight as to what should be done to improve biking in the Greater Akron area. The Kent Bike-N-Brainstorm read more…
We all want to see more people riding bikes for transportation. How, then, do we make this happen? By focusing our efforts on women, families, and building more protected bike lanes (bike lanes physically separated from motorized traffic).
Chattanooga didn’t let its small population, sprawling environment, and weak cycling culture prevent the city from implementing a small-scale bike-share system. Their experience could hold lessons for other small cities that want jump in the saddle.
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counties and Chippewa Township in Wayne County