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Facebook: A Silver Bicycle Friendly Business in Austin
This Summer, Facebook earned the Bicycle Friendly Business designation for their third location, when Facebook ATX (Silver) joined Facebook Seattle (Gold) and Facebook HQ (Platinum). Over the past week, we’ve…
Read MoreFacebook: A Gold Bicycle Friendly Business in Seattle
Since The Hub first opened about seven years ago, Facebook has continued to prioritize biking company-wide by opening its first full-service bike shop in a field office at its new South Lake Union digs in Seattle.
Read MoreFacebook: A Platinum Bicycle Friendly Business in California
From a square marked “Bike Shop?” on Facebook’s architectural plans for a new campus, to Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business status, Facebook’s California Headquarters has come a long way with their bicycle resources.
Read MoreI Bike. I Vote.
Bikes bring people together, uniting us across political lines for a common bipartisan goal: Building a bicycle friendly America for everyone. Whether or not you bike to your polling place…
Read MoreUniversity of Kentucky’s Bicycle Friendly Status Goes Gold
The University of Kentucky’s Bicycle Friendly University status has gone gold. UK was notified recently by the League of American Bicyclists that it has been awarded the first Gold level…
Read MoreMixte, Gold Bicycle Friendly Business in San Diego
Steering through rough terrain, Mixte is taking lead as one of three bike friendly business with gold designations in San Diego awarded by the League of American Bicyclists. Making something seem seamless in a car-first culture has been a hard pedal, but it’s not impossible with the right goal, direction and infrastructure.
Read MoreTo Build a House, Swing a Hammer; to Build a Thousand, Ride a Bike
In May, The Fuller Center for Housing was one of 114 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses announced by the League. Their cross-country fundraising ride, the Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure was among the many merits that earned this nonprofit the Silver BFB award.
Read More64 New Bicycle Friendly Businesses
Today the League has awarded Bicycle Friendly Business certifications to 64 companies in 25 states and DC for a total of 1,250 BFBs in all 50 states.
Read MoreWheels and Spokes: Connecting Tallahassee’s Folks
This year, Tallahassee, FL, was designated a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community. The city is making big strides toward becoming more multimodal and embracing a bicycle friendly mentality.
Read MoreCongratulations to the top riders in the Team Challenge!
The National Bike Challenge is still going strong, so we wanted to share stories from some of the riders that came out on top in the May Team Challenge. It’s quite an achievement when you’re competing against 42,935 other riders!
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