Plans for a bicycle-only community underway in South Carol

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Plans for a bicycle-only community underway in South Carol

par Oyez Oyez » Mar Mai 25, 2010 10:30 am

[img:300:235]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/painting-about-us.sized.jpg[/img]Bicycle City sounds like a mythical Valhalla where bicycling enthusiasts go when they pass away.

In reality, a group of environmentally friendly developers are creating a Bicycle City in the countryside south of Columbia, South Carolina, where cars will be verboten and residents will ride their bikes or walk to get around.

The community is the idea of Joe Mellett, a Internet marketer who sold Education.org to Monster.com about four years ago to get the seed money for the project. But the project is far past the idea phase. Mellett and his co-developers are presenting their plans to the Lexington County Council this week and hope to get started in the fall.

The Bicycle City group already has bought 150 acres near the town of Gaston ...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy Other cycling
Publish Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 07:26:00 -0700



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