Author: John
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Google Maps Adds Elevation Profiles To Bike Routes To Help You Avoid Those Steep Hills
Originally Posted on TechCrunch From the article: Google Maps now features elevation profiles for bike routes. Google added biking directions to Google Maps and specialized maps that highlight bike routes a few years ago. If you are weak like me, though, and learned to bike in Holland, where the biggest obstacle is a dike, you…
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Strava Surprise! Your Personal Data Is Not So Personal
From ReadWrite.com, I was fairly surprised to find Portland purchasing my data. In the old days of the Internet one asked and folks contributed. how long until this is fed directly into the “machine” for “public safety” and bikes are tracked, just like cars. Nitwits. You can be forgiven for believing that your personal data…
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Interactive Map Tracks Portland Bicycle Maps
Article from KATU PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland cyclists have a new tool to examine the safety record of city streets. A new interactive map from the MIT Media Lab tracks the 1,085 bike crashes that happened in Portland between 2010 and 2013. The numbers show some of the city’s busiest streets are also the ones…
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JENS VOIGT’S on Riding Ugly
From Bicycling Magazine The Trek veteran explains why he’s gotten away with less-than-perfect riding aesthetics over the course of his career.
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8 Fascinating Facts about Bicycling and Walking in the US
This post appears to have originated from the Alliance for Biking and Walking: Last month was the launch of the brand new 2014 Alliance Benchmarking Report, a massive report filled with data and research on walking and bicycling in all 50 states, 52 of the most populous cities, and 17 midsized cities. The Alliance produces…