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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3182860" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2017/11/08/pittsburgh-becomes-first-us-city-with-year-round-ups-bike-delivery-route" target="_blank"><strong>Pittsburgh becomes first U.S. city with year-round UPS bike-delivery route - Pittsburgh City Paper</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Bikes are a very contentious issue in Pittsburgh. So much so that Pittsburgh’s 2017 mayoral primary had candidates run on <a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/PolitiCrap/archives/2017/03/29/bike-advocacy-group-takes-issue-with-mayoral-candidate-john-welchs-comments-on-bike-lanes" target="_blank">anti bike-lane</a> messaging. But bike proponents are moving ahead anyway. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, a champion of bike lanes, dominated his <a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/PolitiCrap/archives/2017/04/21/video-shows-pittsburgh-city-councilor-darlene-harris-in-verbal-altercation-with-cyclist-on-city-streets" target="_blank">anti-bike challengers</a> in the May primary elections and won re-election on Nov. 7. U.S. Census figures show the city’s bike commuters<a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2017/09/16/allegheny-county-is-increasing-its-bus-riders-and-cyclists-but-six-area-state-reps-voted-to-reduce-transit-and-bike-funds" target="_blank"> increased</a> by more than 50 percent from 2015 to 2016. </p><p></p><p>And now delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS), is getting in on the bike action. Starting Nov. 9, Downtown Pittsburgh will be home to UPS’s only year-round delivery route that utilizes an electric-assist bike-cart in the U.S.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3182860, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2017/11/08/pittsburgh-becomes-first-us-city-with-year-round-ups-bike-delivery-route'][B]Pittsburgh becomes first U.S. city with year-round UPS bike-delivery route - Pittsburgh City Paper[/B][/URL] Bikes are a very contentious issue in Pittsburgh. So much so that Pittsburgh’s 2017 mayoral primary had candidates run on [URL='https://www.pghcitypaper.com/PolitiCrap/archives/2017/03/29/bike-advocacy-group-takes-issue-with-mayoral-candidate-john-welchs-comments-on-bike-lanes']anti bike-lane[/URL] messaging. But bike proponents are moving ahead anyway. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, a champion of bike lanes, dominated his [URL='https://www.pghcitypaper.com/PolitiCrap/archives/2017/04/21/video-shows-pittsburgh-city-councilor-darlene-harris-in-verbal-altercation-with-cyclist-on-city-streets']anti-bike challengers[/URL] in the May primary elections and won re-election on Nov. 7. U.S. Census figures show the city’s bike commuters[URL='https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2017/09/16/allegheny-county-is-increasing-its-bus-riders-and-cyclists-but-six-area-state-reps-voted-to-reduce-transit-and-bike-funds'] increased[/URL] by more than 50 percent from 2015 to 2016. And now delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS), is getting in on the bike action. Starting Nov. 9, Downtown Pittsburgh will be home to UPS’s only year-round delivery route that utilizes an electric-assist bike-cart in the U.S. [/QUOTE]
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