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2013 Added more safety stats. Added a page about attorney Lenore Shefman trying to whitewash her history re: DUI defense Created a bicycle facilities page. Added more evidence supporting the safety of bike lanes. 2011 Created the spiffy Owning a Car vs. Not Owning a Car calculator. 2010 Added more articles to the Cellphones just as dangerous as drunk driving page Lots of updates to the Unusual Bikes and Bicycle Music pages. Summer 2009 Added "Bike Ride to the Moon" by Dukes of Stratosphear to the bicycle music page. Added "Training Wheel Rag" by the Asylum Street Spankers to the bicycle music page. Added the band Schwinnotation (which uses bicycles themselves as musical instruments) to the bicycle music page. Spring 2009 Added another folding bike manufacturer to the Unusual Bikes page. Added another tour operator in Greece to the bicycle touring page. Added "Bicycle, Bicycle, Be My Bicycle" to the bicycle music page. Added a solar-powered bike to the Unusual Bikes page. Fall 2008 Added pictures to how to fix a flat tire. Added more statistics to the almanac and safety almanac. Added results of a survey about helmet use. Added a pedal-powered washing machine and one-piece installation to add an electric motor to a bike, to the Unusual Bikes page Spring/Summer 2008 Added some info to the Safety Almanac. Linked to National Park(ing) Day from the Car Criticism page. Added the book Pedal Power to the books page. Winter 2007/2008 Added the Contested Streets, Road Rage, Yellow Bike Project, and Home on a Bicycle to the documentaries page. Fall 2007 Added "The Kickstand Song" to the bike music page. Spring 2007 Added B.I.K.E to the bike movies page. Winter 2006/2007 New study shows safety benefit from bike lanes. Also linked to a study about sharrows. Added a new pollution statistic to the transportation alamanc. Spring/Summer 2006 Added the band "Shake Your Peace" to the bicycle music page. Added South Carolina to the bicycle music page. Added a link on the bikes page to an article about converting a regular bike to a recumbent Hands-free phones not any safer than handheld phones for drivers (added to the Safety Almanac) Updated the bike equipment recalls page Added "highway crossings every X miles" to our list of facilities that promote cycling Added a link to the Dept. of Energy's electric bikes guide to the bikes page Added info about the necessity of government support for the goal of increasing cycle commuting   Added info about the price inelasticity of gas to the almanac Added a new semi-recumbent bike to the bikes page Added a trike that helps harvest crops to the unusual bikes page Winter 2005/2006 Added a semi-recumbent bike to the unusual bikes page Added NYC urban bike race videos to the movies page Added a seven-person bikes to the unusual bikes page Added Bike Rock to the music page. Added "I Ride My Bike" by Cracker to the music page. Listed a free lending library as a potential source of bicycle movies Fall 2005 Added pedal-powered machines to the bikes page Summer 2005 Added "Made in Secret" to the movies page Added "I Like Bike" to the music page Added info about municipal bike rental programs to the Transportation Planning page Added a bunch more bicycle movies Added more handcycles Linked to a handy mileage calculator Added some more bike models Spring 2005 Added more evidence about how adding new roads causes congestion Added a page about the controversy surrounding the documentary film Taken for a Ride Linked to rewritten lyrics from the Bicycle Music page Added a section on velomobiles. Added a new page on bicycle parking. Added shaft-drive and belt-drive bikes, and another four-wheeled bike to the bikes page. Added a bunch of information about the pros and cons of bike lanes Winter 2004/2005 Added a heavy-duty rack brand to the equipment page. Added stats about the societal cost of cars in general, and parking specifically, to the Planning and Almanac pages. Added chainless bikes to the bikes page. Added a new documentary about the police crackdown on Critical Mass in NYC, to the movies page. Added info about the true cost of gas. Overhauled the bikes page Added a bunch of recumbents and related products (like fairings)to the Bikes page Added a bunch of touring companies to our touring page Added more fodder to the Pollution caused by cars page Added a new product that turns any normal bike into a tandem. Added more bicycle songs. Finally moved the remaining dozens of general pages over here from BicycleAustin. Made several additions to our bike models page. Overhauled the car criticism page. Added lots of information about the safety (or lack thereof) of bike lanes. Added an exercycle that generates electricity. Fall 2004 Made several additions to our bike models page. Linked to Kryptonite's Lock Recall. Linked to info about the safety of bike lanes and bike paths Summer 2004 Added the traffic laws section. Added a bunch of new bikes. January 2004 Jan. 12 newsletter posted Site launched.