biking
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Northeast Georgia News
Athens Community Strives to Find Sustainable, Equitable Transportation Alternatives
On Feb. 1, 2024, BikeAthens, a local nonprofit organization that values affordable and accessible transportation, reopened its doors at a new location on Prince Street. After being forced to close in August 2023 due to circumstances out of their control, the nonprofit organization has returned with several sustainability and equity-related…
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Athens-Clarke County
Bike Athens To Move To New Location Within Community
As Bike Athens goes through the process of moving to and building out their new location on Prince Avenue, they are still working to help the community in Athens. Although their new shop isn’t ready, they are still helping customers with repairs and working on donated bikes for their bike…
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Copenhagen
The Bicycle Benefit: How Cycling Keeps Copenhagen Happy
Approximately 62% of inhabitants in Copenhagen, Denmark, commute to work or school by bike, but only 11% of Americans do the same. Eveliina Peltokoski and Sarah Michel are two of Denmark’s cyclists in “the world’s most bicycle-friendly city,” according to Copenhagenize Index in 2019. “Our nation wasn’t built on the…
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Copenhagen
The Tour de France Finally Comes to Denmark
The Tour de France is set across Denmark for its first time starting in Copenhagen on July 1 and ending in Sønderborg on July 3. This is the most north that the competition has ever taken place. Senior communication consultant for Sport Event Denmark, Eline Andersen, says this has been…
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Athens-Clarke County
7th Annual Ticket to Ride Event Celebrates Biking
The Firefly Trail’s 7th annual “Ticket to Ride” event is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The biking event is raising money for the development of the Firefly Trail. The trail is planned to be a 39-mile rail-trail from Athens to Union Point in Northeast Georgia. This will…