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Access and safety are top priorities for the institute in promoting cycling. Infrastructure around the MIT campus supports safe cycling for MIT and its neighbors through the integration of a cycle track and bike lanes that connect with the surrounding Cambridge community. There are eight bicycle fix‐it stations around campus that ensure quick access to tools for commuters and cyclists on the go. For community members without a bicycle, the annual MIT Bike Auction provides a low‐cost purchasing option to encourage bike ridership. The auction also provides a recycling mechanism for discarded bikes on campus.
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Last week, the Congressional Bike Caucus hosted a briefing for Congressional staffers to discuss what’s next for bicycling and walking safety — and the event was standing room only. Many Congressional staffers were supportive of HR 3494, The Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act, and are interested in learning what’s coming next.
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Today, on Campus Sustainability Day, the League of American Bicyclists announced 33 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Universities (BFU) in 20 states. With this new round, 9 of the to 10 colleges and universities in the country, according to the 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranking, are Bicycle Friendly Universities. These institutions join a cutting-edge group of colleges and universities from across the United States transforming their campuses and the communities around them. There are now a total of 100 BFUs in 37 states and Washington, D.C.
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I used to think I was about as fearless and empowered as any cyclist out there. Then I rode with Cherokee Schill. When I was in Lexington, Kentucky recently for a Bicycle Friendly Community visit, I rode with Schill, a woman who’s been ticketed and even jailed for biking to work in the travel lane, rather than the shoulder, of a busy state highway.
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Even when you ride alone, you’re part of something bigger. Every time you get on your bike you make your community — your country — better. Bikes bring us 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 on election day, you are a citizen cyclist — and your values for safer streets makes a difference no matter who’s on the ballot.
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This past year, Women Bike Mini-Grant recipient Marin County Bike Coalition (MCBC) hosted a learn to ride program for women living in the Canal Area of San Rafael. They dubbed the program Latina Women on Wheels. They felt it important to empower this group of women by helping them gain access to independent transportation. They knew that in order to be successful, they would have to align themselves with the community and understand their needs. This led to a partnership with Parent Services Project, a nonprofit focused on strengthening and supporting families in Marin County.
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Imagine putting all of the brightest minds in bicycling advocacy in the same room to hear what they had to say? That’s what is happening at the National Bike Summit this year. We’re talking young and old, volunteers and paid professionals, fresh faces and experienced veterans, urbanists, suburbanists, and ruralists (yeah, we may have made that up!). We are searching the country for the best Big Ideas in bicycling advocacy to be a part of our Big Ideas conversation. And we think that you -– faithful members, readers of the blog, receivers of e-news, advocates, and bicycle enthusiasts -– have those big ideas.
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In 2013, the League released “The New Majority: Pedaling Toward Equity” — highlighting the diversity in cycling and the growth in the number of people of color biking. In our latest report, “The New Movement: Bike Equity Today,” we go to the grassroots, showcasing the growing diversity in who is advocating for bikes. Learn more and read these inspiring stories.
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Artist and urban educator James Rojas of Place It was the keynote speaker at the League’s Future Bike conference. While in Pittsburgh, James also facilitated a planning workshop with community members. He shares his thoughts in this guest post.
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In June 2012, Kellie Morris created a dream board with a group of friends from church and hung the inspirational reminder above her desk at home. But after the adhesive slipped, the board fell hidden behind the furniture for months, as Kellie stayed busy launching an entrepreneurial venture and the daily duties of being a mom and grandmother. Before long, she’d forgotten entirely what was on the board.
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