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A Good Year St. Louis: bikes
6:35 am
Tue December 27, 2011

Cycling advocate calls 2011 "fabulous" year for bikes

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Trailnet executive director Anne Mack stands outside the downtown bike commuter station, one of the main reasons she calls 2011 "A Good Year" for bikes.
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With average gas prices reaching their highest level in 2011, more and more people began looking for an alternate way to get around.

In St. Louis, many of those commuters turned to vehicles of the two-wheeled variety.

Anne Mack, the executive director of Trailnet, told St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann as part of our series “A Good Year” that cyclists had a “fabulous” 2011.

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Tour de Grove
6:15 pm
Fri May 13, 2011

Second annual Tour de Grove bike race kicks off

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The second annual Tour de Grove bike race got under way this afternoon.

Some 15 professional teams from around the country will be competing for a total purse of around $35,000.

Mike Weiss is the owner of the Big Shark Bicycle Company and is one of the event organizers.

Unlike the Tour of Missouri, Weiss says the Tour de Grove features an urban loop track, with more chances to watch the race unfold.

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Cycling Accident Statistics
5:22 pm
Mon April 25, 2011

Ill. to begin documenting "dooring" statistics from bicycle accidents

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A bicycle tire.
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Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Luke Runyon used in this report.

The Illinois Department of Transportation doesn't keep statistics on accidents unless a moving car is involved.  That's why Ed Barsotti with the League of Illinois Bicyclists says "dooring" was invisible in state record books.

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Other News
2:59 pm
Wed April 20, 2011

Bike commuters have a new home in downtown St. Louis

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Bike racks at downtown commuter station
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lockers are availeable on a first-come, first-serve basis
Credit Adam Allington / St. Louis Public Radio
Entrance to the station is on 10th Street
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The City of St. Louis has taken steps to become friendlier for bike commuters.

The new downtown St. Louis Bike Station opens on Thursday.  The project was funded through a $180,000 grant from the Department of Energy.

The project is currently administered through the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis but will eventually be handed off to Trailnet.

Maggie Campbell is the President of the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis.  She says the site will offer a full range of services for bike commuters.

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