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pauldorn Patient Expert

Sacramento, California
Paul Dorn is a writer and activist in Northern California, presently residing in Sacramento. In 1997 he created the popular bicycle commuting advice website at runmuki.com/commute. Dorn is the co-author (with Roni Sarig) of The Bike to Work Guide: What You Need to Know to Save Gas, Go Green, Get... Full Bio
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Cold weather no barrier to bicycle commuting by pauldorn Patient Expert 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the Salt Lake Tribune, 10.31.08: Winter biking is no breeze--but it can be done We gathered in the back room to confront our deepest fears: Cold. Darkness. Ice. Ot ... Read on »
Cycling up 35% in NYC by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the New York City Department of Transportation: DOT announces 35% increase in commuter cycling from 2007 to 2008 The New York City Department of Transportation (DO ... Read on »
Live Free or Drive by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Saw this interesting sticker on a bicycle during my morning commute today. The sticker indicated it came from CarFreePortland.org, an organization doing worthy work to figh ... Read on »
University programs promote bicycling by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the New York Times, 10.19.08: With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus BIDDEFORD, Me. — When Kylie Galliani started at the University of New England in A ... Read on »
Wall Street Journal: Cycling in London by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Interesting report from London, suggesting economic factors and supportive public policy are leading to more bicycling for transportation. According to research cited in ... Read on »
Amtrak's Capitol Corridor adds bicycle capacity by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Interesting discovery on my ride home this evening on the Amtrak Capitol Corridor. The car I was on had a new bicycle rack, with space for seven bikes. Six passenger seats ... Read on »
More press for Bicycle Commuter Act by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the San Jose Mercury-News, 10.11.08: Bailout delivers benefit to bike commuters Bicycle commuters across the nation will be eligible for a tax benefit already avai ... Read on »
Bicycle travel, with children too! by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the Oregonian, 10.09.08: Have kids? How you can still travel via bike It's no secret that Portland has a love affair with bicycles, but what to do when your kids a ... Read on »
Folding bikes for crowded transit by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the Argus (Fremont, CA), 10.06.08: Folding bikes: a transit alternative IT'S NOT JUST the money she saves on gas that makes her folding bike appealing to Ellen Bab ... Read on »
Bike Commuter Act part of Fed bailout bill by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, 10.02.08: Congress Passes Commuter Act WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN)—Employers of people who bike to work stand to gain a $20 per month ... Read on »
Utility bicycles make sense by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the Los Angeles Times, 10.06.08: Sport utility bikes: a comparison When gas prices gushed over $4 a gallon earlier this year, bike shops were (and still are) swamp ... Read on »
Employers warm to bicycle commuting by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Work demands have limited my blogging activity. However, in catching up on the bicycle commuting news, a couple items in September seem important to share. One item i ... Read on »
Optimism rages at Interbike by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From Wired.com, 09.28.08: As America Implodes, The Bike Industry Booms LAS VEGAS--It's never been a better time to be in the bicycle business, what with global warming, ... Read on »
Bike shop sales strong across the U.S. by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From The Daily-Journal (Kankakee, IL), 09.20.08: Bike sales increase as more people pedal to work Hal Trovillion, pastor of First Baptist Church of Manteno, rides his b ... Read on »
Bike to Work Guide Available Soon by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking My publisher, Adams Media, contacted me this week to inform me that marketing had begun for the book project that kept me busy much of the summer. The Bike to Work Guid ... Read on »
Study: More cyclists means safer cyclists by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From Science Daily, 09.07.08: A Virtuous Cycle: Safety In Numbers For Bicycle Riders It seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the les ... Read on »
Even Dutch people are bicycling more by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From Agence France Presse, 09.07.08: High petrol prices see bikes gain ground in the Netherlands The Dutch rely ever more on the humble bike for transport as pollutio ... Read on »
Bike retailers warm to commuting market by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking To say I'm oblivious is an understatement; I'm male, graying, and, um, male. So the other day when my wife and I were in a local REI store, I didn't immediately grasp her p ... Read on »
Stop signs with marketing pizazz by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Yes. I work in marketing. And yes, marketing works just like this... Stop signs are a hot topic in bicycling circles these days. The Metropolitan Transportat ... Read on »
Demand grows for bike education by pauldorn Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking From the Christian Science Monitor, 08.25.08: New bike commuters hit the classroom, then the road The rush of new cyclists, created by high gas prices, is driving ... Read on »