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It’s National Bike Month – Three Weird Ways to Celebrate

May 22, 2012

Yes, it’s National Bike Month. What’s even better – it’s National Bike Year, and Maybe National Bike Decade. Here’s Three Ways to Up Your Cycling Enjoyment

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U.S. Cyclists Save $4.6 Billion Per Year by Biking

May 21, 2012

Sure, the simple act of cycling instead of driving can reduce carbon footprints and trim waistlines, but it adds more than just a little girth where it counts — the pocketbook.

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Maker Faire 2012: Favorite Weird and Wonderful Bikes

May 21, 2012

Maker Faire is known for the crazy bikes found roaming the grounds. This year was no exception.

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Ford Begins Taking Orders for 2013 C-Max Hybrid

May 18, 2012

The C-MAX is a compact hybrid utility vehicle and the Ford’s first dedicated line of hybrids. The 2013 C-MAX Hybrid will be available this fall with a base price of $25,995.

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Prius C Earns ‘Top Pick’ Safety Rating from IIHS

May 18, 2012

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety busted up a few Prius C hybrids to see how they held up in crashes. Here’s what they found…

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Goodbye Lexus HS 250h Hybrid, We Hardly Knew Ya

May 18, 2012

It seems like it was just yesterday that Lexus introduced the HS 250h hybrid, the first dedicated luxury hybrid (like the Prius, there’s no non-hybrid version of the HS 250h).

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Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012

May 17, 2012

Against all the odds, Tesla is about this ship the first Model S electric sedans to customers and the company will begin repaying its debts by the end of this year.

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Portland’s Bikeways: 30 Years of Evolution in 1 Map

May 17, 2012

It shows the evolution of Portland’s bikeways from 1980 to the present, and is a good visual reminder that great biking cities are made deliberately; they don’t start out already formed, people have to put in the effort of making them bike friendly.

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Beautiful and Powerful: Audi’s E-Bike Wörthersee

May 16, 2012

After Daimler and its Smart Electric Bike, it is now Audi’s turn to unveil a special electric bike design.

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After Walkability and Transit Quality, Walk Score Now Ranks Cities by Bikeability

May 15, 2012

These types of rankings are important because they help put pressure on under-performing cities to improve, and they highlight the best practices of top cities for others to copy.

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