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Adam Voiland

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The proud owner of an Epic road bike, a Dahon folder, a seventies-era Peugeot, and a Raleigh cruiser, Adam Voiland is a science writer whose articles have appeared in U.S. News & World Report and Popular Science. You can email him at bike.examiner@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at bikeexaminer.

GOP Distorts Reality in Debate Over Transportation Funding

The Senate is scheduled to vote today on an amendment sponsored by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul that would divert all funds from the Transportation Enhancements program -- a government account that has funded more than 13,000 bike and pedestrian projects...

Sen. Paul Preps Attack on Bicycle Infrastructure Funds

Last week the Senate voted down an attack on one of the few dedicated sources of funding for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, but now Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is readying what could potentially be an even more damaging...

Women Bought Half of the LivingSocial CaBi Memberships

In an earlier post, I asked what percentage of the LivingSocial-inspired surge of new Capital Bikeshare members are female. The number matters because the relatively small number of women willing to bicycle remains one of the biggest obstacles cycling...

Ride smartly or you might end up like this

Gannet is reporting that authorities found a dead California cyclist on Easter atop a brakeless bicycle. According to investigators, the cyclist did not have lights on his bike and struck a metal pole while shifting. While much needs to...

Cycling in New York: A work in progress

New Yorkers tends to think of their city as superior to all others in most aspects, but that's decidedly not true when it comes to bicycling. Yesterday, Gothamist covered a Furman Center analysis of census data that suggests...

Let’s hope some of the thousands who just joined CaBi are women

More than 5,000 new members signed up for Capital Bikeshare (CaBi) in the last few days thanks to a half-price deal from online coupon company LivingSocial. That’s a huge jump given that there were about 6...

Wanted: A few super members of Congress

The release of Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget proposal doesn't bode well for the future of non-automotive forms of transportation. The highway-centric bill cuts $388 billion from the overall transportation budget, slashes funding for...

Wafalme's "Me and My Bike" Rap

A group of Kenyan teens recently won $8,000 for a catchy rap about the environmental benefits of cycling. "Most of us just sit and wait for the governments to take action about climate change. Wafalme instead think that...

Shocking video shows homicidal driver striking dozens of cyclists in Brazil

A Brazilian motorist injured some 40 cyclists participating in a Critical Mass ride in the city of Porto Algere recently. Be warned the video is graphic, and it may not be suitable for young children. The motorist's rampage...

Alabama cyclist killed in hit and run

An Alabama cyclist, Christopher Lavaugn Davis, was struck and killed on a rural road last week. The driver, Marcos Grabe Fernadez, 21, fled the scene. The crash occurred in the evening, but Davis’ body wasn’t found until...

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