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• 32,885 people lost their lives on our nation’s roads in 2010, 1.1 deaths per every hundred million vehicle miles traveled – the lowest total number of traffic fatalities since 1949, and the lowest deaths-per-VMT ever recorded
• Despite these numbers, highway fatalities in Pennsylvania rose in 2010, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Meanwhile, PennDOT’s plans for a multi-million dollar upgrade to West Carson St, one of the city’s most dangerous roads, leaves advocates upset at the lack of safety improvements
• The Portland region approves a $2M capital investment to bring bike share to the city
• Despite topographic challenges, how San Francisco became a stellar biking city
• Advil donates a bike lane snow plow to Chicago
• A cool video on how the Dutch got their cycle paths

Mass protests against the domination of cars were one factor that led to the superb cycling infrastructure of today’s Netherlands

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