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Films like Fast Food Nation and Gasland introduced critiques of the food industry and fracking to a broad audience. But as of yet, the active transportation movement has lacked a full-length documentary feature that screens widely in theaters or goes viral on Netflix.

Where are the newest Bicycle Friendly Communities? Many of them are in the 'burbs.

Congratulations, gentle Congresspeople. You have come up with a deeply flawed solution to a problem only you would create. Never mind that it set up another showdown three months from now. The good news is the government shutdown is almost over, for the moment. More than 18,000 furloughed U.S. DOT officials can return to work.

This morning Andrew Sullivan highlighted a story in the Australian journal The Conversation that explains how the "macho" bike culture of the 1970s contributed to low cycling rates in that county and the United States as well.

This is the season climax, the culmination, the big reveal.

There’s nothing quite like listening to a preeminent expert in pediatric injury prevention telling you you’re taking unnecessary risks with your child’s life.

Americans are slouches when it comes to walking.

Many thanks to the 90 readers who sent photos of city life and car-free transportation with children, and also to the 639 of you who voted. We are happy to announce the two winners of a free Breezer bike.