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Bike to Work!

Academy of Natural Sciences

Even as we transition into new ways of living and working, bicycling has maintained its appeal: it’s an affordable, healthy way to get outside, enjoy our beautiful city and commute! of riding to work. Choosing to ride your bicycle to work is one simple, small way to decrease the output of emissions and help keep our air clean!

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Electric bikes: a Less-Polluting Option for Commutes and Errands in the “New Normal”

Union of Concerned Scientists

My commute now mostly consists of the distance from my bedroom to the laptop in my home office (with a short detour to the kitchen for coffee) because I’m fortunate enough to have a job and employer that allows me to work from home. But why are electric bikes important? Unlike my car, I’m able to park my electric bike inside my office.

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More Transportation Choices Lead to Better Health, Better Communities, and a Healthier Planet  

Union of Concerned Scientists

In my professional life, I have been driven by the recognition that—whether a train, bus, bike, sidewalk, or car—transportation is a means to independence. Our work is now growing, with an additional focus on expanded transportation options. This underinvestment keeps many of us stuck—worsening racial segregation and social exclusion.

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Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour

PA Environment Daily

Join the Lancaster County Master Watershed Stewards , in partnership with the Lancaster Conservancy , on a June 13 bike tour of the watersheds of the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Helmets are required, and any bike, whether road, mountain, or gravel, will work fine. The tour will run about 2.5

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Walkable Neighborhoods and Public Transit are Part Of the Clean Energy Transition

Union of Concerned Scientists

By expanding public transportation and rail, and by planning our communities in ways that let people meet their needs with biking, walking, and shorter driving trips we can make the clean energy transition more achievable and affordable. Electrifying cars and trucks is essential to solving the challenge. But vehicles are energy-intensive.

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Decarbonizing Transportation Must Come with People-Powered Mobility Justice

Union of Concerned Scientists

walking, biking), building new bike lanes, and in general reducing automobile dependence. The mobility disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic initially seemed to accelerate many of these positive trends, with a boom in ‘Open Street’ events, extended bike lanes, and “streateries.” increase over 2020. Globally, approximately 1.3

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DCNR Blog: Building The Outdoor Recreation Economy One Bike At A Time

PA Environment Daily

By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern to the Director of Outdoor Recreation Some estimate that worldwide, every two seconds, someone buys a bike -- amounting to almost 50,000 bikes per day. Bike shops have made their mark on places from Philadelphia to Erie. The shop stresses the diverse benefits of biking.

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