num_pages: 225
description: * New edition includes 50 Keys to Transforming Your Community a detailed checklist for communities trying to adapt bike-friendly and more sustainable policies* Successful in the first self-published edition this new edition will now be available to book and outdoor retailers for the first timeJoyride tells the inspiring story of Mia Birk's twenty-year crusade to integrate bicycling into daily life. With only table scraps of funding Birk led a revolution that helped grow Portland Oregon into the country's premier cycling city. She then hit the road teaching communities how to incorporate cycling into their civic DNA to make their towns healthier safer and more livable. Through a panoply of hilarious and poignant stories Birk takes readers on a rollercoaster journey of global and local discovery while bringing into sharp focus some of the planet's most pressing and hotly debated energy and transportation issues policies shortcomings and solutions. Her funny touching and instructive Joyride offers hope and experienced how-to advice to anyone interested in changing our world for the betterone pedal stroke at a time.
language: English
title: Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet
publisher: Cadence Press