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-> "Right now, the U.S. consumes about 10% of the world's oil supply just to get back and forth to work. If we are able to reintroduce the bicycle into our communities, we are going to make it easier for people to break our addiction to oil. I have cycled to work in Washington, D.C., for 12 years. I've burned over 300,000 calories and saved $94,000 in car costs, 206 gallons of fuel, and 4800 pounds of carbon dioxide."
-- Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives (D., Ore.)
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/5up48j">http://tinyurl.com/5up48j</a>;

-&gt; &quot;We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down and suddenly we act like it's not important...And, as a consequence, we never make any progress. It's part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.&quot;
-- Barack Obama, President-Elect
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6r3jqa">http://tinyurl.com/6r3jqa</a>;

-&gt; &quot;When a cyclist is killed by a driver who was text-messaging someone, you read as much in the paper about how awful the driver feels. We've made driving so easy, accessible and convenient -- and the system is so forgiving -- that people can drive distracted at great speeds and mostly get away with it. But we've seen conclusively that not paying attention will cause bad things to happen; studies have shown that distracted driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk. We should be penalizing those people the same way that we treat drunk drivers.&quot;
-- Andy Clarke, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6aep22">http://tinyurl.com/6aep22</a>;
-&gt; &quot;Few things humanize hostile streets more than people riding bikes, whether it's a child, a young woman in a dress or even a businessman in a three-piece suit.&quot;
-- Alex Marshall and Neal Peirce
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6gvaza">http://tinyurl.com/6gvaza</a>;

-&gt; &quot;The surface transportation system, championed by President Eisenhower 50 years ago, greatly contributed to our country's security, global economic competitiveness and overall quality of life. As we look to the future, we must maintain our current system, but also reawaken the vision of the past to provide the same quality of life for future generations...&quot;
-- Paul Yarossi, President, HNTB Holdings Ltd
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6n26xm">http://tinyurl.com/6n26xm</a>;

-&gt; &quot;We estimate that Minneapolis and its neighboring communities could shift a significant percentage of driving trips to walking and bicycling. For the past half-century, America has spent the majority of its transportation resources building a transportation system that can't meet all of our transportation needs. By shifting even a small percentage of our trips to bicycling or walking, a person can save money.&quot;
-- Joan Pasiuk, Program Director, Bike Walk Twin Cities initiative
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/63o4xg">http://tinyurl.com/63o4xg</a>;


by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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