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Dallas transit agency to add bike racks to buses

September 20, 2008 By: Rick Ankrum Category: News

from the Dallas Morning News Online

By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News

Don’t fret – the sight of a bicycle stuck on the front of a DART bus soon won’t be a bad thing.

By New Year’s Eve, 650 Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses are expected to offer bicycle commuters greater convenience. The agency’s new bus-mounted bike racks also represent an option for people who live or work beyond easy walking distance of a mass-transit stop.

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People Adopt Bikes To Get To Work

June 22, 2008 By: Rick Ankrum Category: Commentary

I don’t know about you but I am beginning to see more and more stories about people riding bicycles to work. With gas at or above $4 per gallon whatever was holding people back from riding a bike to work seems to be getting pushed aside.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran this story, “More workers are riding bikes to work to sidestep high gas prices” online today.

What have you seen?