Posts by Ken McLeod
Matching bicycles with essential workers
People who deliver meals, work in health care, work in grocery stores, and other essential workers are turning to biking for transportation. Advocates are making sure they can.
Read MoreFrom the Feds: Bike repair is essential
Update: This webinar was held on March 31st and can be viewed through GotoWebinar on-demand or Youtube. Download a “While you Wait” flyer to display for customers Since states and local…
Read MoreBicycling is essential
As states and cities are considering which businesses are essential, most are finding – initially or eventually – that bicycling is essential.
Read MoreLet’s Make Cars that Don’t Kill
Join the League in telling NHTSA to update their car safety testing to emphasize upgrades that would reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.
Read MoreThe League joins others to tell Congress to put safety first for automated vehicles
Most days, you can find the League doing meetings on Capitol Hill. Typically, we’re doing one-on-one meetings, but today, I was joined by experts from Advocates for Highway and Auto…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolution for FHWA – Implement More Separated Bike Lanes
This New Year, encourage the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to resolve to build more separated bike lanes by telling them that this game-changing, proven, effective, simple, and yet under-utilized innovation…
Read MoreTakeaways for States from the NTSB’s Bicycle Safety Report
See how states can improve their ranking on our Bicycle Friendly State list by implementing some of the NTSB recommendations.
Read MoreNew Bicycle Friendly State ranking shows progress but perils persist
The new 2019 Bicycle Friendly State ranking grades the states and looks at how each is prioritizing people over speed.
Read MoreSalvaging the suggestions of the NTSB
While every article the League found discussed the mandatory helmet use recommendation, only about half mentioned any other recommendations. The other recommendations? Build more bike infrastructure and build safer cars, among other things.
Read MoreFederal data says bike commuting is down – except where it isn’t, or in the long-term
New estimates about bike commuting from the Census Bureau show a continued decline nationwide, down 3 percent since last year. Large cities such as Portland, Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and…
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