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About Leighton W. Klein

Leighton W. Klein is a web journalist and editor at Journalist's Resource, a research curation and media project at the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center. Before moving to the Kennedy School, he was an editor and writer at the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

Bicycle Studies Pick Up Speed in Academia

Bicycle Studies

Not so long ago, the term "cycling studies" would have been seen as puzzling in the United States—why study what were effectively perceived as toys? But the world has changed—Britain’s queen has just congratulated Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, Los Angeles has wrapped up its third CicLAvia, New York City is launching its massive bike-share system this summer, and Portland is aiming at having 25 percent of trips by bicycle in 2030—and universities and think tanks have finally caught up with it. More than 100 academic studies related to cycling have been ... Read More