Ride a bike, Live longer
A recent government study confirms what many of us already believed or at least suspected. Moderate exercise, such as riding a bike, makes you healthier. From HealthDay: Even a moderate amount of...
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Duh! Obesity and Transportation are Linked
by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm A recent study by the University of Tennessee’s Obesity Research Center documents the relationship between obesity rates and active transportation (i.e. biking, walking,...
View ArticlePro-bicycle pitches for conservative ears
Bicycle facility funding often takes verbal punches from some conservative voices who don’t consider it as a valid transportation option as driving. Here are a couple advocacy approaches that might be...
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CDC: Build bike lanes, lose weight
This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report called Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States. In the report, they...
View ArticleObesity costs justify more bicycling investments
A Free Press article last week centered on a new report that exposes the high cost of obesity, which now makes up an estimated 9.1% of all medical spending. Obesity’s not just dangerous, it’s...
View ArticleKeeping a tighter leash on kids in public
LiveScience has an interesting article, Kids Today on Tighter Leash, But Wild at Home. It suggests that today’s kids have less independent mobility, perhaps due in part to the bike unfriendly designs...
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Detroit gets Complete Streets grant
Recently, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) received ARRA (economic stimulus) funding for Michigan to support local efforts to pass Complete Streets policies. The purpose of this grant...
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Keep your sanity, commute by bike
Reuters recently wrote about new research on the benefits of “green exercise.” Apparently just five minutes is all need, which is good news for bike commuters. Researchers from the University of Essex...
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Another biking benefit: Reduced smoking
A study soon to be published found that pairing physical activity with counseling was more effective at curbing teen smoking than the counseling alone. The study’s author Kimberly Horn said, “Physical...
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Detroit biking articles all over the local media
A couple weeks ago we wrote about seven different biking articles that ran in the Detroit media. Well here’s another nine! Cycling for Health Our friend and longtime Detroit cyclist Cassandra Spratling...
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