2011 archive

2011 Giro d'Italia

Map of the 2011 Giro d'Italia; rolls out for 21 stages from May 7 – May 29. See news at Biking Bis Giro d'Italia page.

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Wounded Warrior bike ride gets White House send off

One of a series of bicycle rides held across the country to support the Wounded Warriors Project rolled out from the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday.

President Obama honored participants in the Soldier's Ride in his remarks, thanking them for their service to the United States.

Thirteen such awareness and fund-raising bicycle rides are scheduled this year. (See schedule below.) The bicycle rides are open to everyone, allowing the public the opportunity to ride alongside men and women who have been wounded in service to our country.

The Soldier's Ride was started in 2004 by Long Island bartender Chris Carney, who had never served in the military …

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Obama sends off Wounded Warrior cyclists

From White House video…

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Washington state promotes Complete Streets

A bill that encourages cities to embrace “Complete Streets” policies is slated to be signed into law on Thursday by Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire.

House Bill 1071 calls on the Department of Transportation to issue grants to local jurisdictions that use design standards on arterial street retrofits that provide safe access to bicyclists and pedestrians.

Congratulations to Reps. Jim Moeller, Joe Fitzgibbon and David Frockt, who sponsored the bill, as well as the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club and other advocacy groups …

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Tour of California reroutes “Big Sur stage”

The Amgen Tour of California is rerouting the stage along the iconic Big Sur coastline south of Monterey because Highway 1 is blocked by a landslide and might not be open in time.

The Stage 5 route from Seaside to Paso Robles on May 19 will have to skip the breathtaking images of cyclists pedaling along the Pacfic Ocean through Carmel, San Simeon, and Big Sur to Cambria.

Instead, Stage 5 has been redirected (click on image to see interactive map) from Seaside onto hilly …

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Reroute of Stage 5 tour of California

See Tour of California website.

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21 new Bicycle Friendly Communities show their extremes

The 21 new members of the Bicycle Friendly Communities club — and 10 that received promotions — are proof that cities are never too small, or too big, to be included.

The latest list released by the League of American Bicyclists includes new silver-level communities as different as East Coast seaport Boston, Mass. (pop. 617,600) and western tourist destination Sisters, Ore. (pop. 1,875).

Among those successfully renewing their designations are New York City (8.1 million) and Carmel, Ind. (79,000).

Since launching the program, the League of American Bicyclists designated 179 Bicycle Friendly Communities ….

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“Your City Here”

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New bicycle friendly communities

League of American Bicyclists names 21 new bike friendly communities —Silver Level Boston, Mass.Bronze level Sisters, Ore.  Hilton head Island, S.C. Athens & Clarke County, Ga.   Cupertino, Calif. Des Moines, Iowa Eau Claire, Wis. Fresno, Calif. Harrisonburg, Va. City & County of Juneau,Alaska Kansas City, Mo. Keene, N.H. Las Cruces, N.M. Los Altos, …

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2011 Fundraiser for USBRS

http://www.razoo.com/p/BuildtheUSBRS2011

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