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    Cycling in Other Places

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    • The Invisible Mile

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      21 Jun 2015

      Competitive team cycling and warfare are inextricably linked in David Coventry's debut novel, The Invisible Mile, set during the 1928 Tour de France. This was the first time an English-speaking team… Audio

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      The Invisible Mile
    • Paul Steely White - cycling reform

      12 Oct 2013

      Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, the leading cycling-walking-public-transit advocacy group in the United States. Audio

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    • Cycling Around The World

      6 Oct 2011

      Cycling Advocates Network project manager Patrick Morgan is making his way around the world to see how other cities manager their cycling culture. Audio

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    • Dutch Cycling Culture

      4 Jan 2012

      Marc van Woudenberg of cycling blog Amsterdamize discusses cycling culture in the Netherlands. Audio

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    • Phillip Darnton: cycling in the UK

      24 Oct 2009

      Chairman of Cycling England, who will visit here in November to speak at the seventh annual New Zealand Cycling Conference. Audio

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    • Spain: Bikes and working hours

      5 Oct 2013

      In Spain, sales of new bikes have outstripped new car sales for the first time. Also the country considers shortening its working day. With Paul Hamilos. Audio

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    • Beijing Bikes

      21 Apr 2012

      Beijing and bicycles used to go together like Venice and the gondola. But consumerism and urban sprawl has seen the number of people cycling plummet to record lows. Dr. Jinhua Zhao is studying the… Audio

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      Beijing Bikes
    • Beijing bicycles

      13 Feb 2010

      China's turning back to the bicycle. It's trying to avoid the traffic and pollution problems caused by the one million new cars hitting the roads there every month. Jonathan Watts reports. Audio

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    • Peddling Pedal Power

      22 Nov 2012

      Making modern cities cycle friendly, like by encouraging more cargo to be transported by cycles, with Gary Armstrong from Outspoken Cycle Couriers and Gavin Wood from the UK's National Cycling… Audio

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