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	Bicycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Unlike the massive horse, the bicycle "steed" is light, and cannot sustain the rider's swing of a sword, or the recoil of a gun.
		Depending on the type of cycling the bicycle is designed for, the cassette may be "flat" as on a road bicycle, meaning that the differences from one gear to the next are 1 tooth apart, or much more varied as on a mountain bicycle.
		The bicycle is the most technically efficient transportation machine ever invented, in terms of the ratio of distance travelled to the calories of energy spent to achieve that distance.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bicycle.html (4448 words)

	Freight bicycle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Freight bicycles or Freight (A vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals) tricycles are (additional info and facts about human powered vehicle) human powered vehicles designed and constructed specifically for transporting large loads.
		The frame and drivetrain must be constructed to handle loads serveral times that of an ordinary bicycle.
		Because of the strong economic advantageous realizable by widespread proliferation of freight bicycles, (additional info and facts about Oxfam) Oxfam has designed the OxTrike and established local production at community workshops in (additional info and facts about non-industrialized countries) non-industrialized countries for use in non-industrialized countries worldwide.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/freight_bicycle.htm (320 words)

	Energywise Options - II.5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1971, the Oregon state legislature passed the first bicycle bill requiring at least one percent of the State Highway Fund distributed to the Oregon Highway Division and city and county governments to be spent on bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
		In Palo Alto, police use bicycles for patrols; drive-thru facilities are required to serve cyclists; city employees are reimbursed 7 cents per mile for official bicycle travel; a bicycle traffic school has been established for juvenile bicycle vehicle code offenders; and employers are required to provide showers and bicycle lockers.
		Bicycles are promoted through posters on buses and other promotional materials, as part of an overall strategy to increase bicycle use from 2.5% to 3.5% by 2010.
	sol.crest.org /efficiency/energywise_options/ch2-5.html (2748 words)

	Planning: Plan Element: Transportation (Part 1)
		Freight routes should have convenient access to industrial areas and to regional highway and rail systems, and should be designated to avoid conflicts with other types of traffic -- pedestrian, bicycle, commuter -- in the interest of safety and livability.
		Freight ferries, which are used to move freight across water between railheads and other waterfront intermodal freight facilities, help bridge gaps in the region-wide freight movement network.
		Identify new freight rail corridors and enhance existing ones to improve and shorten links between key freight distribution points in the city and the main interstate railroads and to minimize conflicts with pedestrian, street and passenger rail traffic.
	www.ci.sf.ca.us /site/planning_index.asp?id=25046 (10406 words)

	ipedia.com: Bicycle Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A bicycle is a land vehicle with two wheels in line.
		Early in the Second World War, Japan used thousands of bicycles stolen from the native population in a campaign against a British colony in Asia.
		A track bicycle is designed for track cycling on purpose-built cycle tracks, often in velodromes.
	www.ipedia.com /bicycle.html (4474 words)

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		The bicycle man is not going to permit the balloon man to get ahead of him on any proposition.
		This route is to be a bicycle path, and the bicycle, of course, is one of the specially designed kind, made only for this particular purpose.
		A picture of the bicycle indicates that it has a kind of an out-rigger attachment at the end of which is another bicycle wheel, but whether that wheel is in^.-
	lcweb2.loc.gov /gc/mtfgc/72033/4230424.txt (253 words)

	Bicycle Transportation Systems - The future of rapid transportation. BTS's Transglide 2000™ bicycle transit system ...
		The TransGlide 2000™ Bicycle Transit System will make it possible for the carrying capacity of the transportation system infrastructure to be expanded within its existing rights of way, which is the most economical, most politically acceptable and the fastest method of increasing carrying capacity.
		To use the System people may ride their bicycles, drive and park to ride bicycles carried on their vehicles, keep their bicycles in lockers located at entrances, rent a bicycle or hire a bicycle cab.
		The bicycle industry makes a wide variety of new products that include recumbent bicycles, which hold all bicycle speed records, tricycles and quad-cycles, which are designed to carry multiple passengers and freight.
	www.biketrans.com /info.html (1418 words)

	Bicycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		[[Image Link]] Attempts to make the bicycle safer and reduce the size of the front-wheel finally led to a radical change of bicycle ergonomics.
		[[Image Link]] All modern bicycles are largely similar, consisting of a number of easily identified parts.
		[[Image Link]] Typical speeds for bicycles are 16 to 32 km/h (10 to 20 mph).
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/bicycle (4464 words)

	Pilot Air Freight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mediterranean Air Freight is a domestic, cargo airline based in Athens in Greece.
		Freight aircraft may be operated by civil airlines, by private individuals or by the armed forces of individual countries.
		Most air freight is however carried in the holds of passenger aircraft.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/68/pilot-air-freight.html (831 words)

	Trains and Bicycles
		Since the author was staying long-term in Paris, he twice started trips by shipping his bicycle from freight terminal to freight terminal, and in both cases had no problem.
		However he did not like the process: first because the freight terminals were not near the railway stations, and in Paris, way off in the 12th arrondissement; and second, because he was worried about the chance of an error or a strike, which would have resulted in a ruined bike trip.
		Italian timetables have symbols showing which trains carry assembled bicycles; the author does not know how to access these on the internet; however a list of international trains carrying bicycles to and from Italy can be accessed on the italian railroad site: http://www.trenitalia.it.
	www.mayq.com /Best_european_trips/Touring4_trains_and_bikes.htm (2842 words)

	Bicycle Blueprint - Hauling Household Gear \| Freight and Asian Pedal Power
		Bicycles or tricycles fitted with simple boxes or freight compartments can also pull their weight for individuals doing day-to-day errands and shopping.
		As unlikely as it seems, a bicycle can easily bear up under heavy loads of groceries, recyclables, furniture or almost anything else a city dweller needs to move; all it takes is a minute or two of adjusting to the altered center of gravity.
		Indeed, in early 1992 a “cycle convoy” of seven cargo bicycles and bikes with pull-trailers moved the entire Transportation Alternatives office, including file cabinets, desks and computers, from SoHo to the East Village.
	www.nybikes.org /blueprint/chapter15/chapter15d.html (402 words)

	SDOT Bicycle Program
		Not surprisingly, a substantial proportion of Seattleites use their bicycles for recreation or transportation.
		It is estimated that about 36% of Seattle's 520,000 citizens engage in recreational bicycling, and between 4,000 and 8,000 people bicycle commute in Seattle each day, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.
		When completed, the City will have established a bicycle facility network linking neighborhoods and activity centers, as well as providing connections with recreational and natural areas within the Puget Sound region.
	www.seattle.gov /transportation/bikeprogram.htm (214 words)

	Cateye Cycle Computers -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As a sport it is governed internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale in Switzerland (for upright bicycles) and by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (for other HPVs).
		Shouldn't this article and all its sub articles be merged with the Bicycle page, and this turned into a redirect.
		Typical is bicycle, a lightweight two wheel device powered by the rider, or a motorcycle, a two wheeled motor powered device substantially larger than a bicycle and which is not powered by the rider in normal operation.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/29/cateye-cycle-computers.html (981 words)

	Bicycle Blueprint - Efficient Deliveries
		In midtown Manhattan, motor traffic moves at an average speed of less than 7 miles per hour, [1] and 90% of parcels delivered weigh 30 pounds or less.
		[2] Motor vehicles are bulky and oversized for much freight delivery, as well as costly to buy and run, and expensive and time-consuming to park.
		But if companies and government are willing to see human-powered vehicles (HPVs) as a serious and viable complement to other freight haulers, they certainly could ease the environmental burdens created by large trucks.
	www.transalt.org /blueprint/chapter15 (370 words)

	DART.org - Southeast Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement - February 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Between the years of 1990 and 2025 employment in the City of Dallas is forecasted to increase by approximately 48 percent, Dallas County by 62 percent, and the study corridor by 39 percent.
		The existing transportation network and services in the study area includes transit, streets, highways, railroads, parking, freight, bicycle, and pedestrians.
		According to the 1990 Census, 0.16 percent of residents in the study area bicycle to work and 2.28 percent walk to work.
	www.dart.org /seeis/secorridorfeb02d.htm (2019 words)

	XAccess Network/Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		With this jump in business they will be able to pay off the new frame in four to eight weeks and apply the increased profits toward building a better home for their family.
		Load-carrying bicycles make a huge impact on the fight against poverty in developing nations, on a family-by-family level, without the environmental impact of cars and trucks.
		This is a phenomenal resource for industry contacts, because through Xtracycle LLC we are able to attend major bicycle industry events such as Interbike in Las Vegas, and learn about philanthropic opportunities within the bicycle and adventure sports world (ex: Patagonia Environmental Grants Program).
	xaccess.org /faq.htm (2925 words)

	[workbike] "8-Freight" & Long Haul
		Eric and all, I would love to test one of the 8 Freights here at Pedal Express.
		Anyone know the possibility of seeing an 8 freight in the US anytime soon....
		The 8 Freight is a 2 wheel rear wheel drive cargo machine > with > the cargo area located behind the rider.
	www.ihpva.org /pipermail/workbike/2003q1/000885.html (759 words)

	MTR 255, NJ: Show Us The Money, Part II
		NJ's draft TIP for 2001 (beginning in July, 2000) has been released and clearly shows that bond monies are being used, partially or in full, to replace funds previously programmed in the TIP for particular projects and programs.
		$18 million for rail freight will fall to $15 million; $12 million for cycling projects reduced to $7 million, and $9 million for pedestrian safety cut to $5 million.
		Critics of the bond issue last year claimed that getting a program and project list from DOT as to where the bond monies would be spent was not enough, because DOT would use the appeal of sustainable projects to obtain voter approval, and then use Trust Fund monies to continue to widen highways.
	www.tstc.org /bulletin/20000204/mtr25502.htm (492 words)

	Bicycle Blueprint - Freight Cycles: Working Models in NYC
		According to Bob Stetser, Airborne's Manhattan station manager, the trikes' only drawback is that one or two get stolen each year.
		[5] These sleek, eye-catching bicycles, designed and built by HPV innovator Jan Vander Tuin, [6] remove the stigma from delivery cycles, proving that they needn't be heavy, clunky or hard to ride.
		The cycles are no wider than mountain bikes, and their wheelbases are only 8 inches longer than a standard 10-speed, yet the aerodynamic fiberglass boxes mounted in front of the seat can carry 200-pound loads.
	www.transalt.org /blueprint/chapter15/chapter15b.html (773 words)

	Bicycle/Freight Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The two rebuilt coaches operate in international holiday trains from 's-Hertogenbosch to the south of France and Austria.
		In 2000 12 more mail coaches were obtained from DBAG to be rebuilt to express freight coaches for the Overnight Express Amsterdam-Milan.
		10 of these together with 2 of the remaining coaches of the first series (052-053) were rebuilt in the workshop of Haarlem and then sent to Wagons-Lits in Ostende (Belgium) to be finished as express freight cars Dm 51 84 92-99 060-071.
	europa.iet.unipi.it /ns/ttc_dm.html (228 words)

	Bicycle Blueprint - Additional Uses for Freight Cycles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Overnight delivery and messenger services are only one obvious market for utility cycles.
		But their potential as serious transit for New York City has not yet been tapped.
		Bicycle or tricycle taxis, which can easily snake through traffic jams where cabs could never fit, could become formidable competition to yellow cabs and radio cars.
	www.tourdemanhattan.com /blueprint/chapter15/chapter15c.html (419 words)

	Archive - Press Releases
		Regional strategies governing how all parts of the transportation system will be managed and operated to improve efficiency and how the entire system interacts with the need for different land uses and environmental protection.
		Strategies and policies for maintaining and improving different types of transportation systems: arterial (large through-roads that connect communities and counties), transit, freight, bicycle and pedestrian.
		Specific major capital transportation projects focused on accommodating growth and change in the region by expanding existing highway or rail capacity or constructing new regional routes.
	www.catsmpo.com /pub/press/3-26-2003.htm (571 words)

	Downtown Multimodal Access Plan - Press Release, January 28, 2004
		Details of the analysis, as well as possible scenarios for improving vehicular, freight, pedestrian, bicycle and transit access into and throughout Downtown over the next 20-25 years, will be featured in an open house scheduled for 4:30-6:30 p.m., Feb. 3, in the atrium at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Center, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Denver.
		The Downtown Denver Multimodal Access Plan (DMAP) is a year-long planning initiative sponsored by the City and County of Denver, Regional Transportation District and Colorado Department of Transportation.
		The main goal of DMAP is a detailed, integrated plan for vehicular, freight, pedestrian, bicycle and transit access into and throughout Downtown Denver over the next 20 to 25 years.
	www.denvergov.org /dmap/template113680.asp (486 words)

	METROPLAN ORLANDO - Reports & Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Includes: Technical Memos 1-8, Technical Reports 1-5 and The Freight Plan; Year 2000S Highway and Transit Network Files with the Traffic Zone Shape File; Year 2025C Adopted Highway and Transit Network Files.
		Included are: traffic counts; accident statistics; transit ridership; port passengers and freight; bicycle/pedestrian injuries and fatalities; air quality data; and travel times on major commuting routes, etc.
		Topics include improvements to I-4, new highways, road improvements, investments in transit and aviation, and bicycle and pedestrian plans.
	www.metroplanorlando.com /site/downloads/catalog.asp (326 words)

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		The Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) looks at transportation and funding needs today and 20 or more years into the future, identifying transportation solutions and financial strategies.
		It guides the investment of regional transportation resources in our region’s roadway, bus, pedestrian, bicycle, aviation, freight and rail facilities over the next 20 to 30 years.
		The RTP is required by federal law and is developed according to regional planning principles and federal guidelines requiring that the RTP:
	www.pagnet.org /rtp (228 words)

	News4Neighbors: Portland, Oregon
		As a part of a trip organized by the Bicycle Tranportation Alliance (BTA), Chris worked up articles on bicycle parking, streetcar fares and speed limits among other things.
		“We must continue to improve Portland’s reputation as America’s bicycling hub,” noted Scott Bricker, BTA Policy Director and the project director of the Blueprint for Better Bicycling.
		Some neighborhood leaders were concerned that they would find freight routes barrelling through their communities.
	www.news4neighbors.net /index.pl?section=Transportation (1493 words)

	Columbia River Crossing - ColumbiaRiverCrossing.org
		The Columbia River Crossing project is aimed at improving the mobility, reliability, and accessibility for automobile, freight, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian users of the I-5 corridor from State Route 500 in Vancouver to approximately Columbia Boulevard in Portland.
		Through an inclusive, collaborative process, this project will deliver a financially feasible solution that strengthens the regional economy and strives to support community livability.
		The I-5 bridge is a major lifeline for our community, linking the two cities and carrying the freight, commuters, and traffic that support the economy and vitality of the region and the entire West Coast.
	www.columbiarivercrossing.org (235 words)

	Archive - Press Releases
		In addition, regional transportation strategies are integrated with land use plans for different communities so that development needs and travel needs are coordinated.
		provide guidelines and strategies for maintaining and improving different types of transportation systems that are already in place, such as arterial roadways (large through-roads that connect communities and counties), bus and train facilities and service, freight service, and bicycle and pedestrian pathways.
		In addition, there are guidelines for managing commercial freight transportation, such as reducing truck and train interference with auto traffic.
	www.catsmpo.com /pub/press/4-17-2003.htm (1578 words)

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