Brains on Bikes Kick-Off
"Join Anne Feeley, a 4 year Brain Cancer Survivor, as she kicks off her journey cycling across the country to raise awareness and money for brain cancer. Celebrate Anne and send her off in style."
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This Is Your Brain on Cars—Oh, and Your Lungs and Heart and Gut, Too
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Gerontologists in a laboratory at the University of Southern California exposed a group of mice to the same atmospheric conditions that humans encounter when driving along the freeway. Horrifyingly, they discovered that the mice’s brains showed the kind of swelling and inflammation associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s. The researchers didn’t super-dose to get these […]
Driving While Human
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Our local paper recently ran the story of Edith Cameron, killed in a car crash on a road we sometimes use. We anxiously scanned the column looking for that something that one of the drivers involved must have done wrong—the thing that we surely would never do, like hit the road without a seatbelt or […]
The ‘Peanutabout’ Concept Could Be a Breakthrough for Diagonal Streets
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Wickedly good biking ideas continue to pop up in Massachusetts. Last year, it unveiled the country’s best state-level bikeway design guide and Cambridge opened the country’s best new bike lane on Western Avenue. On Tuesday, the Boston Cyclists Union shared the inspiring back story behind a new concept for the long, complex seven-way intersection created […]
The Auto Industry Wants Your Thanks
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Feeling warmer and fuzzier about the auto industry bailout? With the help of the Obama reelection campaign, the industry is convincing more Americans that the $80 billion they forked over to save it were dollars well spent. In the latest Pew poll, the public responded more positively toward the bailout than ever before, with 56 […]
SVBC Board of Directors Meeting
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From SVBC: The SVBC Board of Directors will meet on June 16 to discuss organization development, recent and upcoming events, and plans for the upcoming fiscal year. SVBC members are welcome to attend and may make brief comments at the beginning of the meeting. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Anne at afisher@bikesiliconvalley.org.
Fifteen Is Serene: DC Considers 15 MPH Speed Limits
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Here’s what’s happening around the Streetsblog Network today: DC Considering 15 MPH Speed Limit on Residential Streets: You’ve heard of the “20′s Plenty” campaign? Well Washington DC will (possibly) do you one better. According to a report from Network blog Greater Greater Washington, the city is considering reducing the speed limit to 15 miles per hour […]