Biking and Jogging I love exercise but only if its getting me somewhere. No wonder then that my two favorite sports are both open air, on the go activities and involved with moving from spot A to spot B. I am an inveterate cyclist. Put me on a bike and I feel more at home on the saddle than on my car seat or on my revolving chair in front of the

Bike Lanes vs. Car Lanes The objective of this study is to examine the issue of bike lanes vs. car lanes in New York City through the lens of urban sociology. There is an ongoing battle in New York City between those who use bicycle lanes and those who drive cars. Chapter 1 of the work entitled "NYC Cycling" on integration of NYC's bicycle policy emphasizes the need for "integrated, rather than

On the average day, Boris Bikes attracts 9,617 users. During one of the transit unions' 24-hour strikes in early October, usage of Boris Bikes jumped 23% to 11,822. Although the bike hire program has been fairly well-received in London, and increasingly so since the tube delays, it may be a purely London phenomenon for now. Residents in Harrow, for example, seem skeptical of the necessity and effectiveness of public bike rental

E-CARDS Health promotion settings e-card review: HealthFinder.gov's personal health tools Which e-card category did you choose? "Let's Bike" Describe the card. Does it catch your eye because of color, message, and graphics? The first frame of the card depicts a smiling, Asian-American woman wearing a bike helmet and riding a blue, three-speed bike. The weather is nice, the sky is blue in the background, and she is poised on a bright blue three-speed bike, ready to

There is also less of a need for new roads to accommodate a growing number of cars, and that helps the city keep its costs down, too. Creating and maintaining cycle paths is less expensive than doing the same thing for roadways that carry larger, heavier vehicles (International, 2011). The economy can also be helped along because commuters on cycles will often stop at smaller shops and get what

Bike-Sharing in New York City Anchor intro: It's only been five months since the launch of New York City's bike-sharing program, Citi Bike, and it seems that everywhere you look New Yorkers are on the streets cycling. In fact, more than 200,000 New Yorkers are biking every day, sharing the roadways with motorists and pedestrians. Host: However, the adjustment to having new vehicles not the road has not been problem-free, says Dan