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Tag: Boston

5 Tips for Using Bikeshare While Traveling!
Pre-Plan Download the bikeshare app where you are going and choose a place to stay, if possible, that has a bikeshare station as well as welcoming routes nearby. Spend a little time with the app […]

Oxygen First
Planes, trains, and automobiles. Buses, bikes, and boats. A bungee cord or two to strap luggage on for any ride. And a reminder, as always that ships are safe within the harbor, but that’s not […]

Flag Series #18
I’m featuring selections from my street photography album ( taken while Traveling at the Speed of Bike) that include American flags each day up until (and including) Election Day. Here’s the eighteenth. I took it in […]

Flag Series #5
I’m featuring selections from my street photography album (taken while Traveling at the Speed of Bike) that include American flags each day up until (and including) Election Day. Here’s the fifth. I took it in Boston, […]

Meet Irene Lutts
(photo courtesy of Irene Lutts) Meet Irene Lutts. A founding member of Quincycles — a bike advocacy organization in Quincy, Massachusetts — she recently got to know her hometown in a whole new way. Irene […]

Meet Vivian Ortiz
(photo courtesy of Vivian Ortiz) Meet Vivian Ortiz. She is one of two people Alison Dewey recommended I feature on this “You Go, Girl” series showcasing women across the USA making it more welcoming to […]

Bikes fix things
We are carrying so much trauma right now, in so many ways. Bikes help. They may even fix things — not all of them, but maybe enough to keep you (and your city) going. I […]