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Burlington, VT
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🐢🐢🐢 Save the turtles!
Learn more tonight -- Wednesday, April 19, from 6-8:30 p.m. at Main St Landing, with speaker Destini Acosta. The Spiny Softshell Turtles of Lake Champlain are native nesters to the area and scientists estimate only around 300 left in their population.
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Black Soldiers Cycled 1,900 Miles Across the U.S. So He Did, Too. nytimes.com/2023/03/03/trave…
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About — Transportation for Vermonters /new coalition for sustainable & accessible #transport for #VT . Thank you @LocalMotionVT for leading the charge with charge. @AOTVermont t4vt.org/about
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Allow me to re-introduce myself with the help of @BicyclingMag. Learn about my own personal journey to becoming an adult rider and the life events that prepared me to become @BrownBikeGirl.
bicycling.com/culture/a42217…
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Happy Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Beginning tomorrow, our daylight hours will slowly increase as we move toward spring. Love experiencing all the seasons in this northern region. #VT #Vermont #wintersolstice #daylight
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Ever so accurate.
"Every winter, fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets & roads for cars, making them faster & more dangerous, & how much space we could reclaim for people & public life" via @fietsprofessor
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In our latest guest blog, longtime League Cycling Instructor Rick Holt shares the benefits of playing an active role in his grandchildren’s journey to biking and the three tools that helped along the way:
🔧Balance bikes
🔧Traffic gardens
🔧E-bikes
➡️ bikeleague.org/content/three…
ALT Image of an older adult straddling an e-cargo bike with two children sitting in the back; they are all wearing helmets
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This used to be a cut-through for cars.
Now it’s a safe, joyful space for people.
#JFKPromenade #CarFreeJFK #BikeBus – at San Francisco, CA
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Burlington City officials celebrate completion of Shelburne Street Roundabout Project mynbc5.com/article/burlingto…
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Journalism is:
"The wider road will improve congestion & safety."
Journalism could be:
"Our investigation revealed every road expansion eventually worsens congestion & safety. It never works. The project manager didn't return our calls, so we visited their office."
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London Ambulance's Cycle Response Unit is a terrific example of how bikes can help in more situations than you might think. They often get to patients faster than an ambulance can and carry 75kg of equipment to deliver life saving support #BikeIsBest thetimes.co.uk/article/70db8…
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#UVM student eco-reps have a new electric cargo bike, "Scrappy," to aid their work collecting food scraps from residence halls: wcax.com/2022/10/30/uvm-stud…
#Compost #Sustainability
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Every 1M spent on bike lanes creates 18 more jobs than the same amount for regular auto centric roads…lets “self-propel” our planets future….#bikelanesrock
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This morning, AOT along with VT's congressional delegation and governor, the City of Burlington, and other state, federal, & rail officials, celebrated the start of the expanded @Amtrak Ethan Allen Express passenger rail service in Burlington, Ferrisburgh-Vergennes, & Middlebury.
ALT Photo courtesy of the Office of Mayor Miro Weinberger @MiroBTV
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Up to $400 off an e-bike? Yes! VT's new E-bike Incentive Program, part of the new transportation bill, makes it reality. We worked with many partners to help pass this legislation, including VBSR members @LocalMotionVT and Old Spokes Home. More: bit.ly/3J06uKz #VTpoli
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Four miles of trail cross Lake Champlain and form the Colchester Causeway, part of the biking and walking Island Line Trail from Burlington to South Hero. A short ferry ride adds excitement to an Island Line excursion. #ThisIsVT 📸: wej12 on Instagram
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Greenride Bikeshare is out of service until further notice.
We are currently working with our institutional and municipal partners to bring the service back as soon as possible.
Read the linked press release for more information.
catmavt.org/bikeshareupdates
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If you haven't seen a @vermontgreenfc game, here's your chance!
Be our "fan in the stands" on Saturday when we take to the field at half-time!
The E-bike sparks will be flying!! 🚲⚡⚡⚡
Check the link to purchase your tickets. 🎟️
l8r.it/ejEK