Monday, May 19, 2008

By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Sara Walfoort has timed it out.

From the moment she pulls her bicycle out of the shed through the time she changes and gets to her desk, it take her 10 minutes longer to bike to work Downtown from her home in Emsworth than it takes her to ride the bus.

Ms. Walfoort, 49, who has been biking to work on and off for a few years, is part of the growing contingent of bicycle commuters in Pittsburgh.

Just six years ago, Scott Bricker, the executive director of Bike Pittsburgh, knew just about everyone who was cycling around the city, if not by their names, then by recognizing their bikes.

Since then the bike scene has completely changed. Bike Pittsburgh has more than 700 members, and Pittsburgh was rated 13th out of the nation’s 60 largest cities for the percentage of people who bicycle to work. Read more »

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