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Portland, Ore. - known as a bicycling Mecca but not necessarily a culturally diverse city - has been blending these two issues through the work of the Community Cycling Center's Understanding Barriers to Bicycling project. The center, founded in 1994 to provide bicycle safety and repair education, began the project in 2009. They recognized that many minority community members who would otherwise benefit from bicycling - including reduced transportation costs, health improvement and journey-time reduction...

Keith Holt is currently working to develop Milwakee Bicycle Works, a community bicycle shop. Before moving to Wisconsin, he was an organizer for the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation (now known as the Active Transportation Alliance ), where he worked to engage communities surrounding trails on Chicago's South Side. The trail he is most associated with is the Major Taylor Trail . In the clip above, Holt describes some of the hurdles that keep a community from cycling, even if the trail is convenient...

March is just around the corner, with warmer weather — and thoughts of getting outside and getting active — not far behind. It's also National Nutrition Month and, in observance, North Carolina Public Health has published a tip sheet outlining simple steps one can take to create a more healthy, active lifestyle. In " 5 Easy Ways to Create Walkable/Bikeable Communities ," the advice is sound and to the point: Understand the issues Speak your mind Write a letter, send an e-mail message...