Pittsburgh, PA – September 9, 2014 – Pittsburgh’s hills, valleys and rivers make for a beautiful landscape. They also make it a challenge when designing infrastructure and planning transportation, especially bicycling. … Dru van Hengel, a transportation professional from Portland, OR, arrived Monday in Pittsburgh with the riders from Washington. She experienced some of the difficulties the region’s terrain causes. …
“I think people will be saying ‘If Pittsburgh can do it, we can do it. Our challenges are less,’ ” she said. “I really believe that.”
Read more (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by Andrew Goldstein)