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27
Jul

Edwin Ride

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RIDE IN CELEBRATION OF
THE LIFE & VISION OF EDWIN GARDNER
A Short Bicycle Ride Around Downtown Charleston
Saturday, July 31st @ 9 a.m.
Start/Finish Cannon Park (Calhoun Street between Ashley and Rutledge)
We invite folks of all ages, and not just those in cycling groups, to ride together to celebrate Edwin and his vision for Charleston.  Bring your kids.
The [...]

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26
May

Bike lanes in Charleston (and everywhere else)

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This is a good news story from our press conference about the needs for bike lanes in Charleston.  SCDOT has so far refused to stripe the lanes, despite requests from 2000 citizens, the City of Charleston, and the County!  What does it take to get decent accommodation?  SCDOT is pitiful.  Channel 4 Coverage

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30
Apr

Happy Bike Month!

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Take a look at the Bike Month calendar for Charleston.  Lots happening!  Bike Month Calendar

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31
Mar

Free Webinar Today

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Ann will be attending “Writing Women Back into Bicycling: Changing Transportation Culture to Encourage More Women to Cycle” this afternoon.  See: http://www.apbp.org/event/women_in_cycling.

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25
Mar

Petition! It’s advocacy time.

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Tom Bradford is spearheading this effort in Charleston to gain bike lanes on Maybank Highway. We need 5000 signatures on Mayor Riley’s desk by Monday so please do your part and sign the petition and pass it along!
http://www.bikecharleston.org/advocacy.html

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19
Mar

Help Support Federal Transportation Bill

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Many of you may already know that 76,000 Americans have been hit by cars while walking or biking in their communities in the last 15 years.  That’s because most of America’s roads are designed for cars – and for cars only. That doesn’t make any sense in a country where one in three people doesn’t [...]

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18
Mar

Cycling Community Saddened by Adam Little’s Death

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aeg:  The Charlotte area cycling community is reeling from yesterday’s news that bicycle racer Adam Little was killed while commuting to work yesterday morning.  According to reports, the driver tried to flee the scene but was found and is now charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.  Adam was 35 years old, married and had 2 [...]

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08
Feb

If New York (and Paris . . . ) can do it, we can too!

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Too often we hear that retrofitting bicycle infrastructure is too difficult.  The work is too expensive, the car parking places are too needed, the demand is too small.  Baloney.  Here is yet another example of New York (where the space is most expensive and parking is at a premium) doing it right.
meters_made_better

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08
Feb

UATRA Bill information

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Ann Groninger – The North Carolina Alternative Transportation Alliance (NCATA) and Charlotte Area Bicycle Alliance (CABA) both support the Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act (UATRA).  As promised, here is a brief description of the bill and an explanation of what a change in the law can mean to cyclists: UATRA information.  Anyone interested in joining us in [...]

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28
Jan

SC is at the bottom!

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The national Alliance for Biking and Walking has just released its 2010 Benchmarking Report and the news for South (and North) Carolina is plain awful.
The report shows that while 5% of trips in South Carolina are by bicycle or foot, bicyclists and pedestrians account for 12% of traffic fatalities.

Lack of investment in bicycling and walking [...]

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