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#ScootersBehavingBadly: U.S. Cities Race To Keep Up With Small Vehicle Shares

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#ScootersBehavingBadly: U.S. Cities Race To Keep Up With Small Vehicle Shares

April 23, 2018 • Cities like San Francisco and Austin are struggling to regulate a flood of new transportation options, from electric scooters to dock-less bikes. Residents are angry over sidewalk and safety concerns.

#ScootersBehavingBadly: U.S. Cities Race To Keep Up With Small Vehicle Shares

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The Startup That's Helping Bring Bikes Back To China's Streets

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The Startup That's Helping Bring Bikes Back To China's Streets

November 11, 2017 • MoBike, China's first bike-share company, is worth $3 billion. "I personally like riding bicycles," says the company's 35-year-old president Hu Weiwei. "I was thinking, 'How can I bring bikes back?'"

The Startup That's Helping Bring Bikes Back To China's Streets

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Cyclists Took 28 Million Bike-Share Trips In The U.S. In 2016, Group Says

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Cyclists Took 28 Million Bike-Share Trips In The U.S. In 2016, Group Says

March 9, 2017 • Ridership for U.S. bike-share programs was 10 times higher last year than it was in 2011 and, so far, only one traffic fatality is believed to have resulted from bike-share use.

Some Towns Treat Bikes As Trendy, But In Reading, Pa., They're Tools

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Some Towns Treat Bikes As Trendy, But In Reading, Pa., They're Tools

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September 11, 2016 • The city of nearly 90,000 is making an effort to become bike-friendly as a way to cater to existing residents — many of whom bike because they have to.

Some Towns Treat Bikes As Trendy, But In Reading, Pa., They're Tools

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