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      <![CDATA[http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/what-is-bikestorming.html
        
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      <![CDATA[VCU will be offering this course for the first time as an actual for-credit class, but it has been offered as a free seminar for several years now, funded by a DMV grant.<br>
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The university has a LOT more coming, too. Stay tuned to bikes.vcu.edu to stay up-to-date.
        
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      <![CDATA[It is not. My friend was in a hit and run Mother's Day morning in Shockoe Bottom.
        
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      <![CDATA[While I would agree that a lot of cars are not good about treating bicycles with respect; as a FAN resident almost no bicyclists obey traffic rules. They run red lights, barely slowdown for stop signs.
        
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      <![CDATA[As a bike commuter, I would say Richmond is NOT at all bike friendly. This is a shame, particularly given all the potential scenic beauty and bike trails on the James.
        
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      <![CDATA[J where did you get that data? I haven't been able to find commute mode measured in Richmond so if it has been it would be nice for the data to be publicized.
        
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      <![CDATA[In regards to City taxpayer's comment... The Huguenot Bridge was not expanded to accommodate bicycles.
        
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      <![CDATA[HPEX-291 is the VCU course. <br>
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Note that if you have proper lane positioning when you ride, you will never, ever, be doored: http://www.vabike.org/position-your-position/<br>
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Thanks and keep the rubber side down.
        
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      <![CDATA[Safety Monger, RVA's bike commute mode split is 2.2%, the highest in the state, well ahead of designated "bike friendly communities" including Arlington, Alexandria and Roanoke, and well above the national average.
        
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      <![CDATA[which is why when my son got his bike, he also got a Krytonite lock...they guarantee that the lock can't be broken...if a bike gets stolen while locked, Krytonite replaces the bike! :)  (assuming you register your bike w/ them, of course)<br>
        
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      <![CDATA[Judging by the rash of missing wheels and seats I noticed last weekend in the Fan and across the VCU campus, and the bicycles I and my friends have had stolen in the last three years, I'd say the city is bicycle-thief friendly.
        
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          <a href="http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/Profile?oid=1664627">Daniel Edward McGurn</a>]]>
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      <![CDATA["you're basic bike infrastructure"<br>
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really?<br>
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are you?<br>
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I hate to pick, but COME ON, is this written by a professional journalist?
        
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      <![CDATA[We shouldn't conceptualize bicycling in the propaganda language like "bike-friendly," "bikeable," etc which are value-loaded and vague. The important metric we want to know is mode share, how many trips per day are taken by bicycle compared to other modes.
        
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      <![CDATA[Of course the city isn't bike friendly. How smart was it to expand the Huguenot Bridge to accommodate bikes while none of the roads on the north side of the bridge can?
        
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