Are rising gas prices and increased parking fees getting you down? There is a simple solution to your car driving woes that doesn’t involve waiting for biofuels or other technology to fix the problem. The simple bicycle. Burns no gas, keeps you healthy, parking is free, and you just might be helping to strengthen the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Beauty and the Bike’
Movie Review: Beauty and the Bike
Summary: Documenting an experiment with the effects of social cycling on bike use in young women from Darlington, England, Beauty and the Bike shows a compelling vision of how attainable a cycling culture can be with the right equipment, social network, and basic bicycle infrastructure like bike lanes and paths. Beauty and the Bike Darlington [...]
Friday Film Fun: Beauty and the Bike
On Monday, we discussed how a community’s bike -friendliness and level of transportation cycling is tied to how well they address the needs and concerns of women. Essentially if you aren’t closing in on gender equity in cycling use, you are never going to make the strides toward real growth in biking as a viable [...]
