Word: biked
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Flanked by half a dozen city officials and five cyclists in full protective gear, U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy (D-Mass) urged Cambridge residents Monday to hit the streets with bike pedals instead of gas pedals as part of a new Congressional drive to promote safer and cleaner alternatives to driving cars...
...School came to Leverett for a panel discussion and left with a copy of The Ad to put in my file. I had to beg my parents not to write a letter to The Crimson complaining that The Ad omitted some of my elementary school accomplishments (blue ribbon, kindergarten bike rodeo...). And people still stop me on the street to tell me they're sorry I didn't win the Marshall...
What makes these repairpeople different from most, however, is that their primary movitation is not profit. Members of the Broadway School firmly believe that recreation is not the only purpose of cycling. According to Sowers, the bike is a form of utility; the school's goal is to get as many two-wheelers out on the road as possible...
...people were riding bikes it would help the world," says Sowers. "It would help environmentally, politically, the list goes on--and there's no question that the bike is the fastest way to get around in the city...
Many locals have been inculcated by the school's philosophy. "Now I'm using a bike instead of a car," says Kristine Liema of Cambridge, who lives just a few blocks from the bicycle school. She says the teachers at Broadway "are really helpful and patient," and have helped her to stick by her decision to go the cycling route. Liema has been a regular of the school for almost two years...