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    August 4, 2014 Think "millennials," and a host of images pop up: smart phones, tattoos, an affection for craft beer, and an allergy to owning cars. This generation of young people, roughly 14 to 34, is the subject of intense research from marketers to demographers, all trying to determine how they will impact our culture.

    And all they want it is bike lanes. At least, that's what the head of a downtown business coalition in the millennial-hub of Denver thinks.

    In an interview with the Denver Business Journal last year, Downtown Denver Partnership President Tami Door said the city's burgeoning tech sector is having a hard time attracting young workers because they want to bike to work.

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    http://www.nationaljournal.com/policy/insiders/transportation/is-that-all-they-want-millennials-and-bike-lanes-20140804

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