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Get Ready, Bay Area: BART Launching Rush-Hour Bike Trial

March 15, 2013, 3:59 pm • Posted by KQED News Staff
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You could call it BART's Great Rush-Hour Bike Experiment. For five days starting Monday, the transit agency will be open to bikes on all lines, all day long. It's a long way from the days when to ride on BART, … Continue reading »

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Oakland Makes Leap in Cycling Numbers

November 6, 2012, 10:14 am • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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(Bay City News) It's not your imagination. There are more bikes on the road in Oakland than ever before and the numbers back it up. The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2011 American Community Survey data and it shows that … Continue reading »

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Riders Split on BART's Bike Ban

September 28, 2012, 2:59 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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A BART survey shows riders split on whether bicycles should be allowed on the trains heading into San Francisco during commute hours, the transit system said on Friday. BART lifted that restrictionevery Friday in August as an experiment and surveyed … Continue reading »

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Riders Support Bikes on BART During Commute

August 3, 2012, 12:19 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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No big problems were reported and some riders expressed support for bikes on BART trains during the morning commute Friday. BART prohibits bikes on board in commute directions during rush hour, but as an experiment is making an exception on … Continue reading »

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BART Braces for Bicycles on Board at Busy Times

July 31, 2012, 4:14 pm • Posted by KQED News Staff
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by Liz Reid I’ll admit it: I’m a 30 year old woman with a security blanket. That security blanket has two wheels, a set of handlebars, and weighs about 20 pounds. It’s my bicycle, and I hardly ever go anywhere … Continue reading »

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In 5-Year Span, Hundreds of Cyclists Crash Near UC Berkeley Campus

July 31, 2012, 11:16 am • Posted by KQED News Staff
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by Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen Shlomo Bentin, a world-renown neuropsychologist, bought a bicycle last summer to commute to UC Berkeley from his home two miles away. An expert on facial recognition, the 65-year-old Israeli was on a one-year research … Continue reading »

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