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Green Living Magazine (which, if I recall correctly, started publication years ago as a City of Toronto environmental newsletter) has a really nice article on the growing movement of commuting with kids not by car but by bike, and has tips about making the transition:A common sight in the streets of Amsterdam is Mom or Dad peddling the children around town. The kids perch casually on the freight rack at the back or in what can only be described as a cargo box in front of the handle bars. Most have the air of being bored, as if this kind of circus performance was actually the height of tedium. And truth be told, in a land where bicycles rule the road, one can excuse them for appearing unexcited about a family trip to the grocery store.Green Living has a lot of environmental driving stories (it's a Canada-wide magazine now), but they have another bikey one called "City Cycling: It's the cheapest, fastest, healthiest way to get around" that you can check out.
But here in North America, where the family car has morphed into a gigantic beast with cupholders and individualized climate control for everyone, such plucky devotion to the bicycle seems adoringly quaint and European. We could all use a little more Europe in our lives and what better place to start than with the good ol’ bike?
Check out this BikingToronto post from May if you're interested in that "what can only be described as a cargo box in front of the handle bars" thing... a Bakfiets (Dutch Cargobike).
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Hi there!
We like your site as well. Lots of great information.
Thanks for posting our articles. We have another one that might be helpful as well about tuning up your bike: http://www.greenlivingonline.com/GettingAround/spring-tune-up-for-the-green-machine/
Keep on biking!
Cheers,
Shelagh McNally
Editor
Green Living Online
Hi Shelagh, thanks for the comment and the heads-up about that other bike article in Green Living. I'll try to include the link in an edit of this post or a new post entirely. :)
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