Pittsburgh Today

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by Julia Fraser // 09/10/2014

Courtney Ehrlichman makes the commute to her Carnegie Mellon University job with her young daughter on an Xtracycle fitted with a Hooptie. That’s a bicycle designed to haul cargo with a child carrier attached. And it’s part of the changing street scene in Pittsburgh.

More people are biking in Pittsburgh, according to data and similar anecdotes. And everyone from planners and the city’s new mayor to national biking organizations are taking notice.

“I used to know everyone who was riding on the street,” says Ehrlichman, 34, who lives in Friendship and has been biking on the city streets for 16 years. “Now I’m completely anonymous when I ride, which is pretty cool.”

Pittsburgh has become a top city for bike and pedestrian commuters, according to a recent national benchmarking report by the Alliance for Biking and Walking, which compares data from 68 large and mid-sized U.S. cities.

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