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David Rice

How to Take Your Bike on Transit

Here are a few tips to help make your multi-modal commute, by bike and transit, a hassle-free experience. more »

Sep 25, 2012 by Meaghan Hackinen in Features

Photo Courtesy of Beacon Bike Lights

Pedaling Peddlers Find Kickstarter Funding

Time Magazine’s Best Website of 2011 and Best Invention of 2010, the site has helped successfully fund more than 24,000 projects by designers, artists, filmmakers and musicians. more »

Sep 25, 2012 by Meaghan Hackinen in Features

Bicycles are Transit: Linking Cycling, Transit, Planning and People

Infrastructure that is supportive of people on bikes, especially those who use bicycles for transportation, expands our daily travel choices, allowing us to find the most convenient, fastest way for our own particular needs. more »

Sep 16, 2012 by Brendan Hurley in Features

Photo by David Niddrie

Gil Peñalosa – A Call For Change

Gil Peñalosa is adamant that the way we experience cities must be changed, especially now. He feels that five key elements will drive change in urban communities. more »

Sep 16, 2012 by Brendan Hurley in Features

Photo by Jӧrg Bandell

5 Cities Changing Gears

These five cities are recognizing the bicycle as transportation and integrating bicycle travel as part of a comprehensive transportation system. more »

Sep 16, 2012 by Brendan Hurley in Features

Tania Lo and Mia Kohout try out BIXI's - lead

Photo by David Niddrie

Moving the Conversation Beyond Helmets

Wear a helmet, don’t wear a helmet; you choose. We just want you to ride. more »

Sep 14, 2012 by Mia Kohout, Tania Lo in Features (36 Comments)

Courtesy of the Alliance for Biking and Walking

Start Your Own 'Open Streets' Event

Open Streets initiatives are transformative events held in more than 60 cities in North America, closing down public streets from cars and transit, and opening them up to people (including walkers, joggers, skateboarders and bicycles). more »

Sep 11, 2012 in Features

Photo by David Niddrie

Eco-Totem Bike Counter for Portland

Made by the Montreal-based company Eco-Counter, this Eco-Totem was installed on Portland, OR’s Hawthorne Bridge to count and publicly exhibit how many cyclists pass by. more »

Sep 11, 2012 in Features

Today’s Youth Embracing Active Transportation

Are the youth of today favoring fixies over Fords? A study conducted by the Frontier Group shows that Americans, especially young Americans, are driving less. more »

Sep 11, 2012 by Jeremy Newcombe in Features (2 Comments)

Evan Patrick Kelly

Bicycle-Friendly Business Districts

Imagine a place where business owners bicycle to meetings, employees commute by bike and customers receive a discount for riding to their favorite shops. A Bicycle-Friendly Business District (BFBD) is such a place. more »

Sep 11, 2012 by Meaghan Hackinen in Features

Meet April Economides

Long Beach native and president and founder of Green Octopus Consulting. Economides specializes in transforming business districts and cities into healthy and fun places to live, work and play. more »

Sep 11, 2012 by Meaghan Hackinen in Features

Momentum Mag Issue 58 - Available Now!

Civilized cycling comes to North America! Plus; celebrities riding bikes, fashion getting reflective, finding inspiration at the National Women's Bicycling Summit, funding bike projects on Kickstarter and more! more »

Sep 9, 2012 by Duncan Hurd, Mia Kohout, Tania Lo in Features

Photo by Rafael Cardenas

Find Inspiration at the National Women's Bicycling Summit

Bicycling is making a move into the mainstream and more and more women are getting engaged. more »

Sep 5, 2012 by Carolyn Szczepanski in Features

Great Places Need Complete Streets

How do you create sustainable, livable communities? more »

Sep 5, 2012 by Duncan Hurd in Features

Subscribe Online in September and October 2012 to Win a Biria City Bike

Subscribe to Momentum Magazine during July and August 2012, save 20% off the newsstand price, and be entered to win a city bike from Biria! more »

Sep 4, 2012 in Features (2 Comments)

Boys and Girls Club Brings More Color to Madison’s Bike Share

Madison B-cycle's ArtBike project, a collaboration between Madison B-cycle, Boys and Girls Club of Dance County, and DreamBikes of Madison has brought more color to the town's bike share. more »

Aug 30, 2012 in Features