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Utility Cycling Year in Review

Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Truth be told, Utility Cycling.org is only 1/2 year old, but we thought it would be fun to do a year in review post (excuse me, half year in review) nonetheless. It has been an exciting first half year and we hope you enjoy looking back on it with us. We are definitely looking forward [...]

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Mail Delivery by Bike

Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Recently, we have witnessed an upswing in parcel delivery by bike, especially as UPS continues to expand their use of bike trailers to deliver packages around the holiday season. In many places, bicycle delivery services and mobile bike businesses are popping up that offer a wide variety of services (you can find information about a [...]

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Fire Service Bicycle Update

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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We recently published a series here at Utility Cycling dedicated entirely to emergency and patrol cycling services. The series about that included posts on police bicycles, emergency medical service (EMS) bicycles, fire service bicycles, and search and rescue bicycles. Header image credit: Palatine Bike Medic Team
The purpose of the series was to explore the ways [...]

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The Copenhagen Wheel

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Unveiled at the Copenhagen Climate Conference on December 15, 2009, the Copenhagen Wheel is designed to promote cycling as one of many solutions to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. The Copenhagen Wheel was designed by a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is the ultimate accessory for techy bike enthusiasts or [...]

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Infrastructure. What is this word that has been wafting through conversations and inundating the Interwebs of late? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, infrastructure is “a collective term for the subordinate parts of an undertaking; substructure; foundation.” Wikipedia describes infrastructure as “the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or [...]

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Charity Bike Rides

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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When we first set out to define the concept of utility cycling, we identified the component of community building as being one important form of utility cycling. Community building refers to using the bicycle as a way to bring people together for some kind of purpose be it through a solo fundraising ride, critical mass, [...]

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Search and Rescue Bike Services

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Our final post in the four-part series dedicated to emergency and patrol services by bike is all about search and rescue. We have already covered police bicycles, EMS (emergency medical service) bikes, and fire service bikes. Search and rescue (SAR) service by bike is closely related to EMS services by bike, but with a slightly [...]

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Fire Service Bicycles

Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Our last two posts were dedicated to bicycle police and emergency medical service bicycles. Our next post in the four-part series dedicated to the utility of using a bicycle for emergency and patrol services will focus on fire service bicycles. It will admittedly be a rather short post, as it would appear that the use [...]

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EMS Bikes

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Our last post was dedicated to bicycle police, and the utility of using the bicycle as a vehicle for patrol and law enforcement. Next up in our now 4-part series dedicated to emergency and patrol cycling services are EMS (emergency medical service) bicycles. Originally, I had identified three categories of emergency and patrol cycling services [...]