Halifax is finally getting a protected bike lane on Hollis Street. The transportation standing committee is recommending that Halifax Regional Council approve adding 2.8km of bike lanes to multiple streets downtown–the first being Hollis. Cycling commuters will be able to spin freely from the Cogswell Interchange all the way down to where Hollis Street wraps […]
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Rich Aucoin bike blog wrap-up: Impressions from cycling across America
Two hundred years ago this summer, Parisians had their minds blown witnessing German Baron Karl von Drais’ new invention, Draisienne or Laufmaschine or “Dandy Horse.” The first two-wheeled bicycle invention would be improved upon over the remainder of the 19th century until 1880s when the new standard bicycle, the safety bicycle took hold. Two hundred years […]