Word: biking
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...snail's-pace public transportation, gridlocked freeways and king's-ransom gas prices. The drawback is finding a convenient, theft-proof parking spot. "When you can find a safe parking spot on the street, it's often 100 feet or more from your destination; and if there is secure bike parking, it's usually behind the building near the weeds next to a trash dumpster," says Russ Roca, a local photographer who doesn't own a car and hauls up to 200 pounds of equipment on his bike's trailer attachment. "Bike riders are treated like social pariahs and second...
Unfortunately, my talents and skills don’t quite measure up to my dreams, leaving me huffing on a stationary bike, barely out-eating my friends at Chipotle and somewhere in the middle of the pack in Nintendo GameCube skills...
...once wrote the lyrics of his favorite Collective Soul song, Shine, on the walls of his dorm room. But usually there were no decorations, no posters, no friends, no hobbies beyond the occasional late-night bike ride and hours spent downloading music...
...While the denizens of downtown pride themselves on commuting to work by foot, bike and mass transit, that doesn't mean they want every travel convenience - as a new airline taking off from the heart of the city has discovered. Until recently, the only airport serving Canada's largest metropolis had been Lester B. Pearson International Airport, located 20 miles from the city centre. The airport is not accessible by subway, so downtowners have to slog through traffic snarls to get there. That looked like an opportunity to aviation entrepreneur Robert Deluce, who, last October, launched Porter Airlines. Porter offered...
...Construction” signs appeared on the doors of the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), Carolyn C. Buckley ’09 worked out there three to six times a week. Since then, she has resorted to the Winthrop House gym, with its one treadmill, one elliptical machine, one bike, and a handful of weight machines. In the wake of the MAC’s closing, students like Buckley are placing an added strain on House gyms, prompting some Houses to prepare special accommodations. “We had a number of requests from individual Houses for equipment...