Virginia Bicycling Federation

This article originally appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
By MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS
TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
Each morning, Sam Perry dons a helmet, hops on his bicycle and pedals 4 miles from his home to his job at a software company near Broad Street and Parham road.
“It is an effort on my part to find a safe route,” said Perry, [...]

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Soon (or perhaps already), Washington DC will have its own Euro-style bike sharing program, the first of its kind in the US. SmartBike DC will provide racks of bikes, conveniently located throughout the city. Cyclists will be able to rent bikes for one-way trips by taking them from one rack and leaving them [...]

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There’s a petition going around to get Google to add a “bike there” option to the “directions” in Google Maps, similar to the “take public transit” option available for a few places already. The Google Maps Bike There website has a link to sign the petition, plus some other neat stuff.

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