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color="#666666" face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:bold'> bicycle commuters face an uphill climb</span></font></b><font
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href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-bike7-2008may07,0,6445221.story?track=ntothtml">http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-bike7-2008may07,0,6445221.story?track=ntothtml</a>
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color="#333333" face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#333333'> -- The undulating asphalt gave way to a sea of potholes
and the bicycle shuddered with each curve and dip. Ahead, the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Brooklyn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bridge</st1:PlaceType>
rose in a long incline toward the camera-ready skyline of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
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But the cinematic quality of the city was lost on an approaching bicyclist, who
saw only a tight grid of streets with thin slices of available roadway --
spaces that momentarily widen, then narrow, in the anarchy of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City> traffic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-bike7-2008may07-pg,0,2303919.photogallery"><font
color="#007aaa"><span style='color:#007AAA;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=140 height=110 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C8B088.7E439BE0"
alt="Bicycles in the Big Apple"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Arial;color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-bike7-2008may07-pg,0,2303919.photogallery"><font
color="#007aaa"><span style='color:#007AAA;text-decoration:none'>Photos: Bicycles
in the Big Apple</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'>Only a decade ago, the
few bicyclists who tried to wedge into traffic were seen as interlopers,
scorned by city drivers and pedestrians alike -- "granola eaters from a
fringe movement," said Paul Steely White, executive director of
Transportation Alternatives, a leading bicycle advocacy group.<br>
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But with rising oil prices and heightened concern about carbon emissions, riding
a bicycle no longer seems quite so silly. The number of bicyclists has grown by
75% during the last seven years, according to the city's count.<br>
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Soon an ambitious city plan will make it possible for riders to traverse <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City> via dedicated
bike lanes and circumnavigate the island along the waterfront. Sheltered
bicycle parking and thousands of new public bike racks are already in place.</span></font><font
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