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Shortly after SmartBikes are introduced in the nation's capital, bike-sharing will be showcased at the Republican and Democratic national conventions, which are being held in Minneapolis and Denver, respectively. Each city will have 1,000 communal bikes on hand for its convention, thanks to a corporate sponsor and a cycling-advocacy group. To outsiders, cold-wintered Minneapolis may seem like an unlikely bike haven. But even when it's below freezing, hardy Minnesotans commute via bike. Last year the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Minneapolis the city with the second highest number of bike commuters as a percentage...
Likewise, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper has presided over the construction of many of his city's 850 miles (1,370 km) of bike paths and is looking into getting solar-powered locks for his bike-sharing program."Whatever it takes," he says. "I want to get people excited about biking so that it becomes part of our social currency...
...that to happen, public transportation has to solve its big chicken-and-egg problem. Most people don't want to use trains, buses or bikes unless they're really convenient, but most cities aren't willing to spend enough to make these services convenient until enough people start using them. One way Washington is trying to encourage widespread use of SmartBikes is by not requiring helmets, let alone providing them. "It's not a good idea to share helmets because you have sanitary issues and sweat issues," says Paul DeMaio, founder of MetroBike, a consulting firm that advises cities...
...natural beauty, where physical activity is all but mandatory and 14 triathlons were held last year--including one for kids as young as 3. But Boulder, with a population of more than 90,000 people, is large and dense; if you live in town, you can probably walk or bike to school. Chances are your family is at least middle class--the median income in Boulder County is significantly higher than the U.S. average. That means your parents can afford to shop at the many health-food stores in the city, where the organic chain Whole Foods moved its regional...
...frame, but he also led the National League with 50 home runs last year and earned a start at first base in the 2007 All-Star Game. "Prince knows his body type," Brewers manager Ned Yost told reporters in April. "He's on that [stationary] bike and on that treadmill and on that elliptical trainer, making sure he does everything he can to maintain his fitness...