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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 [...]

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Police Bikes

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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At Utility Cycling.org, we view the idea of utility cycling as encompassing all kinds of cycling activities in which people are using bicycles to accomplish important tasks such as getting to work, delivering packages, selling things, catching bad guys, and saving lives. Wait what? Catching bad guys? Saving lives? By bicycle? And why not, what [...]

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Ride 2 Recovery

Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Today is Veterans Day here in the U.S. So thank you to all of the veterans and to everyone still serving!
I figured today was the perfect opportunity to write a bit about a program a friend mentioned to me a few weeks ago. Ride 2 Recovery is a program for military veterans that helps provide [...]

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Parcel Delivery By Bike

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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Streetsblog recently posted a request for photos of bikes at work. The result is an exceptional slide show of bikes and people completing a wide assortment of activities from hauling trash and water to delivering packages to cruising to the beach with a surfboard and much more. The photos are from all around the world, [...]

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Globe Cycle Follow-Up

Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Melanie Meyers.

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You may remember our earlier post about James Bowthorpe of Globe Cycle, who, at the time, was cycling around the world to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s Disease research. We were fortunate to have James stop by our headquarters in Flagstaff, AZ. James has since completed his journey, and he has done so [...]