One Poem
by Karen Craigo
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Passing through Humansville
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Living in Lavapiés: Bicicletas y bocadillos
by Zoë Calhoun
A Series Set in Spain In Tucson, my dad, a bicycle-obsessed man who likes cacti, too, has a small group of bicycles—three, four, maybe more—that... Read More...
Hong Kong through the Looking Glass:
Bicycle Transportation, Part 2
by Dante Archangeli
By Dante Archangeli Peng Chau is a hair under one square kilometer in area, but over 6,000 people live and work there. It's served by several dozen ferries a days, as well as a number of shops, restaurants, bakeries, temples, and shrines. But what feels most prevalent is bikes. And the air seems cleaner than in other parts of Hong Kong. Maybe car-dependent localities the world over can learn quality-of-life lessons from Peng Chau and other communities where bicycles are an important transportation component.
Hong Kong through the Looking Glass:
Bicycle Transportation, Part 1
by Dante Archangeli
By Dante Archangeli ". . . we never became a bicycle-riding community of the sort found in . . . less prosperous Asian cities." Denis Bray, first Hong Kong Commissioner of Transport writing in Hong Kong Metamorphosis Mr. Bray's connecting bicycle-riding with lack of prosperity may shed light on Hong Kong's current leaders' dismissal of bicycling. Perhaps they consider biking to work or shopping as only what poor people in poor countries do because of necessity. That's unfortunate, because in today's world many affluent urban areas are encouraging bicycle transportation, not shunning it.
