It's home to countless schools, with highly regarded engineering programs and serves as the metropolitan heart of bike-friendly New England.
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Few expect Julia Gillard to follow suit - and the joke on Twitter was that it would require support from the bike-friendly Greens to do so.
With more cycling pathways in the works, more bike-sharing stations set to open and additional businesses offering guests or clients bikes to borrow, Buenos Aires is set to become more bike-friendly than ever.
Mr. Steely White, who cycled up to Barclays jauntily holding an open umbrella and riding a black matte Dutch commuter bike whose weight he estimated at about 50 pounds, said the valet service has been a hit in other bike-friendly locales.
For Transportation Alternatives, which lobbies for bike- and pedestrian-friendly policies in the city, running a bike valet is only partly about revenue.
Cyclists can now plan their trips, make use of bike lanes, calculate cycle-friendly routes that avoid big hills and customise the map for cycling on smart phones and computers.
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In addition to their daily City Bike Tour, this environmentally-friendly company offers a seasonal 15-mile autumn foliage tour along the Emerald Necklace, a network of parks and green spaces southwest of the city centre.
Bike sharing is a fun, easy, environmentally friendly way to explore a new place.
Eco-friendly Philly boasts some 220 miles of bike lanes, good public transportation and the crown jewel of urban parks, 9, 200-acre Fairmount Park.
The restaurants are all within an easy bike ride, and are busy but unpretentious, family friendly and affordable.
While many New Yorkers already do without cars, Bloomberg's administration has added hundreds of miles of bike lanes and promoted cycling as a healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to driving.
Guided tours with National Park Rangers, pet-friendly walks, food tents, live stage performances and even a ranger-led bike tour and night walk around the Tidal Basin will be part of the free activities at the National Mall.
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Portland also tops the list of being the most cycle-friendly large city in the United States, with 6.3% of commuters travelling by bike.
The 2012 Bicycle Friendly States ranking was prepared by the League of American Bicyclists, and released in honor of National Bike Month, which occurs each May.
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