11 more cities designated as "bicycle friendly"
If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again.That was the strategy for New Orleans as it improved its habitat for bicyclists and joined the list of 11 cities to achieve Bicycle Friendly status from the League of American Bicyclists in the fall of 2011.The road wasn't easy for the Big Easy, which had finished with only an honorable mention for three straight years.New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told the Times-Picayune that the city had quadrupled its miles of bikeways since Katrina.Also, 14 cities renewed their Bike Friendly status, including Redmond, Wash., which improved to silver....Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/9/15/4900184.html