2011 Archive
Advising Australia
September 25, 2011
Last week, I spoke at the Asia-Pacific Cycle Congress in Brisbane, Queensland as well as at an Active Travel for Sustainable Cities dinner. It was an honor and privilege to be advising the Australian government during one of their biggest bike…
The Green Bay Packers are roll models
August 09, 2011
The Green Bay Packers are Super Bowl champions...and big supporters of bicycling. For the last 50 summers, Packers players have ridden local kids bikes between their clubhouse in iconic Lambeau Field and the practice field a few hundred yards…
Bicycling and the New Urbanism
June 05, 2011
Last week, Bikes Belong President Tim Blumenthal presented at the 19th Congress for the New Urbanism in Madison, Wisconsin. The New Urbanism is a highly influential movement among urban planners, architects, real estate developers, and others that…
Seville’s remarkable transformation
May 16, 2011
A Spanish city thrives thanks to investments in bicycling and public spaceSeville, Spain is not in the Netherlands.You won’t see old black & white photographs of grandmothers and grandfathers pushing bicycles past bakeries on charming canal-lined…
When sitting is good for you
April 26, 2011
A popular news topic lately is the danger of sitting too much. You can’t read a newspaper or website without hearing that sitting is bad for your health—really bad. And since the average American sits for 13 hours a day, not counting time at…
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