Word: bike
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1/2-month-old bike lanes "haven't been as great a success as we would have liked." Marty Raymond, bicycle safety coordinator at the school's Department of Public Safety, said She cited lack of enforcement as the primary weakness in the "freeway" system...
Rather than helping safety, bike lanes seem to be making things more dangerous...
...riding his bicycle for the cameras of WRC's The Forgotten Children when he fell, cutting his lip and chipping a tooth. The boy's social worker started to run to him, but Reporter-Producer Kelly Burke waved her off and conducted an interview beside the fallen bike. "He never cried and he stayed calm," says Burke. "It showed the strength of this child and his willingness to challenge life...
...Ride for Life, a 10-week transcontinental bike expedition scheduled to begin on June 13 from Seattle, is a student-run project that will donate $250,000 to Oxfam America for its fight against world hunger. The reception yesterday raised funds for the 39 Harvard students' expenses...
...tariff, Reagan was following the recommendation of the U.S. International Trade Commission. In January, the I.T.C. agreed with Harley that the company needed temporary relief from the big wheels of Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda. Since 1978, H-D has lost more than a third of the big-bike market (engines of more than 700-cc displacement) to the Japanese. According to Harley-Davidson Chairman Vaughn L. Beals, 1982 sales of about $200 million were down 20% from the preceding year. One reason for the Japanese success is pricing: Harley's top-of-the-line touring model lists...