40,000+ U.S. Buses Are Equipped With Bike Racks. None in NYC.
Via the National Center for Bicycling & Walking's Centerlines Newsletter, the National Center for Transit Research reports:
By
Jason Varone
11:52 AM EST on February 9, 2007
Via the National Center for Bicycling & Walking’s Centerlines Newsletter, the National Center for Transit Research reports:
“Over 40,000 buses at more than 300 transit agencies in the U.S. are equipped with bike racks, and an estimated 670,000 bikes-on-transit trips are provided each month…
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Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.
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