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		<title>life in the fast lane&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the 2006 LoveYourBike campaign by Manchester Friends of the Earth.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Fast_Lane by carltonreid, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carltonreid/4646772651/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4646772651_199984c699_z.jpg" alt="Fast_Lane" width="640" height="286" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carltonreid/4646772651/">the 2006 LoveYourBike</a> campaign by <a href="www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/lyb/adcampaign.php" target="_blank">Manchester Friends of the Earth</a>.</p>
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		<title>Anti-bike vigilante is gluing locks in Williamsburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fracker should have his hands chopped off. “We need to clear the sidewalk for people in wheelchairs and people getting out of cars,” the Crusader said, adding that the vigilante “never wanted to turn to this,” but “the Yuppies … have turned this beautiful neighborhood into an eyesore. Watch out for your locks.” &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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<p>This fracker should have his hands chopped off.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Univers, 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 15px; font-size: 11px;">“We need to clear the sidewalk for people in wheelchairs and people getting out of cars,” the Crusader said, adding that the vigilante “never wanted to turn to this,” but “the Yuppies … have turned this beautiful neighborhood into an eyesore. Watch out for your locks.” &#8211; </span><a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/33/dtg_bikecrusader_2010_08_13_bk.html">The Brooklyn Paper: Sticky situation! Anti-bike vigilante is gluing locks in Williamsburg</a>.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>the bubble against PPW</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She also took issue with the assertion that the Facebook counts indicate that most people don&#8217;t share her views. &#8220;We as a community have to have a say,&#8221; she said, meaning the people who live right on Prospect Park West. &#8220;Not the people that live five blocks away, not the people that come in from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>She also took issue with the assertion that the Facebook counts indicate that most people don&#8217;t share her views. &#8220;<strong>We as a community have to have a say,</strong>&#8221; she said, meaning the people who live right on Prospect Park West. &#8220;<strong>Not the people that live five blocks away, not the people that come in from all over the city to use this.</strong>&#8220;</p></blockquote>
<p>via <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/07/15/facebook-tally-ppw-bike-lane-support-quadruples-opposition/">PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1</a>.</p>
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		<title>Port Authority Statement Supports Cycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from today&#8217;s century road club association blog&#8230; March 29, 2010 &#8211; Bicycling is a rapidly growing mode of transportation and the New York-New Jersey region is facing increased demand for expanded bicycle infrastructure, safer bicycle routes, access to transit connections and secure parking facilities. While we recognize that many Port Authority facilities currently provide some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from <a href="http://www.crca.net/2010/03/port-authority-statement-supports-cycling/" target="_blank">today&#8217;s century road club association blog</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>March 29, 2010 &#8211; Bicycling is a rapidly growing mode of transportation and the New York-New Jersey region is facing increased demand for expanded bicycle infrastructure, safer bicycle routes, access to transit connections and secure parking facilities. While we recognize that many Port Authority facilities currently provide some accommodations for bicycle users, we need to prepare more systematically for the growing use of bicycles as a mode of travel within the regional transportation system.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>potholes to gardens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;one man has had enough. And he&#8217;s using flowers to prove it. Forget stuffing them down the barrels of guns, Pete Dungey has been tirelessly ridding Oxford of its potholes by filling them up with primroses&#8230;&#8221; from Guardian Bike Blog. Photograph: Pete Dungey]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;<em>&#8230;one man has had enough. And he&#8217;s using flowers to prove it. Forget stuffing them down the barrels of guns, Pete Dungey has been tirelessly ridding Oxford of its potholes by filling them up with primroses&#8230;</em>&#8221; from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/feb/10/potholes-cycling" target="_blank">Guardian Bike Blog</a>.</p>
<p>Photograph: <a href="http://www.petedungey.com/2009_02/project_pages/pothole_gardens.php" target="_blank">Pete Dungey</a></p>
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