by Montague Bikes | Aug 16, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Environment, Events, Lifestyle, Travel |
Articles abound in newspapers, magazines, and the web about the battle for the streets; cyclists and motor vehicles vying for the roads. At least this is the tone many writers and commentators take on the evolving transit culture of our world. But in one place at...
by Montague Bikes | Aug 14, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Environment, Lifestyle |
The Regional Plan Association (RPA) is the nation’s oldest independent urban research and advocacy group. One of the nation’s most distinguished of such groups, the RPA has been serving New York since the 1920s. Last week the RPA posted an article...
by Montague Bikes | Aug 1, 2012 | Commute, Environment, Lifestyle |
Along with all the Olympics news coming out of London, there has been some cycling news outside of the races. Changes in the great historic city of London are reflecting a change in the times, away from the car-centered past and a turn toward a...
by Montague Bikes | Jul 20, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle |
Utopia The word utopia comes to us from Sir Thomas More’s 1516 work of that name. It means the ideal place or perfect society, but it comes from the Greek roots for “the place that cannot be”, or “no place”. Being no place in particular...
by Montague Bikes | Jul 17, 2012 | Commute, Environment, Lifestyle |
Villages – Were We Started From Once upon a time, we started out in villages. Well, obviously it’s a quite a bit more complex than that, but for our purposes we’re starting here. In small communities you know the people who pass you on the street,...
by Montague Bikes | Jul 5, 2012 | Adventure, Environment, Lifestyle, Recreation |
Just about every city, even those in the frequently frozen north, seems to have at least a few cyclists. In some cities more than others there are cycling communities, like minded people who gather together and ride. These groups and communities come in many forms,...
