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Bakfiets!

By miles Posted on June 20, 2013 Posted in Urban Bikes Tagged with bakfiets, cargobike

Bakfiets is Dutch.  Bak = Container.  Fiets = Bicycle.  So the Dutch, being a very practicle people, call these type of bikes “Containerbikes.” (a more fun translation might be “boxbike” but box in Dutch is “doos”) I’ve been wanting one …

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Vienna embraces the romance and culture of the bicycle

By miles Posted on June 18, 2013 Posted in Good News, News Tagged with bikesharing, urban planning

Faced with increasingly congested streets, the Austrian capital is embracing cycling with a rental system, bike zones and special housing Go to article

Time for a change

By miles Posted on June 18, 2013 Posted in Thoughts

To quote an often repeated phrase, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” After 20 years online, the old Self-Propelled City site was looking a bit dated to me. And new posts on it had …

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