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A story by Times Union reporter Brian Nearing that appears in todays online and print edition says a lot about the progress seen in the Albany area for cyclists.

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"Albany riding high on cyclist list

Addition of special biking lanes has city on group's bicycle-friendly list

  • Bike lane on Lark Street in Albany, N.Y. Dec 17, 2012. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

ALBANY — The city's efforts to become more bicycle-friendly drew notice from a national bicyclist group at nearly the same time a New York City study found that a special lane just for bikes was definitely business-friendly.

Albany was one of 33 U.S. cities to receive honorable mentions from the League of American Bicyclists this fall, joining New York and Rochester, which were already on the league's list with higher silver and bronze rankings respectively."

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Albany-riding-high-on-cyclist-list-4156104.php#ixzz2GdaU3lNB

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, Albany Cycling Examiner

Jay Holick is a regular contributor to the Malta, NY Blog and The Bike Blog for the Times Union. His wife considers herself a "bike widow" because he spends long hours on or around his stable of bikes, and he loves to visit the area bike shops when he has down time.He is passionate about writing...

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