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Last Friday I spoke to researchers, agency staff, and industry at the fall meeting of the Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation (T-SET) University Transportation Center (UTC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, PA. CMU and the University of Pennsylvania are partners in the US DOT funded UTC that is one of up to 35 UTCs that are funded under MAP-21 with up to $72.5 million per year being allocated to research on a competitive basis. The CMU/UPenn UTC has a strategic goal of safety.
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Curious about what federal funding programs can support biking and walking projects and programs? We have lots of resources on the programs available from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and just last week, we released our new report taking a deeper look into funding opportunities from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA): “First Mile, Last Mile: How Federal Transit funds can improve access to transit for people who walk and bike.” Download the PDF of the report here.
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When Monica Garrison re-discovered bicycling as an adult, the attraction was instant — but something was missing. “I was becoming completely addicted to that full-on feeling of freedom and euphoria, [but,] as I rode around my town, I started to realize how very few African American women I saw riding,” she says.
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I had bikes when I was a kid, but I had only been on a bike once in the last 37 years. (I’m 55 now.) My sister bought me a bike at a garage sale last summer. Since September 2013 I have: Lost 30 pounds and 4″ off of my waist. Reduced the amount of blood pressure medicine I take by 50%
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Usually when you start a conference call, the participants chit chat for a few minutes as you wait for everyone’s voice to chime in. When we did our first planning call with James Rojas, the keynote speaker for Future Bike, things were a little different.
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(Part of our ongoing Building Blocks of a Bicycle Friendly Community series.) I’m going to come right out and say it: Cities that have bicycle program managers or bike coordinators are far more bicycle friendly than those that do not -– even when the same amount of resources are being devoted to improving conditions for bicycling.
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The first time I met Sam Ollinger, she was commanding the room with insightful thoughts on the importance of political engagement during a Q&A portion of the National Women’s Bicycling Summit. She certainly knew what she was talking about — and we’re excited to have her insight on cultivating diverse leadership at Future Bike next month.
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After starting a model Major Taylor Project that works with youth in underserved communities in Seattle, Ed Ewing is now the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Cascade Bicycle Club, one of the largest bicycle organizations in the country. Hear his thoughts on cultivating diverse leadership at Future Bike on September 11.
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Two years after the first National Women’s Bicycling Summit, we’re breaking new ground again at the Pro Walk Pro Bike Pro Place conference with our “Future Bike” event on September 11. With the help of these speakers, we’ll delve into important conversations that are absolutely critical to the future success of the bike movement.
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In November 2012, following a negative medical diagnosis for my wife, my weight ballooned from 200 pounds to 237 pounds in a few of months. I had turned to comfort foods to deal with the stress of her illness. I turned to television to forget the stress of the day and I was quickly losing any benefit received from doing the National Bike Challenge the summer before. I was unable to look further than her struggles and thought little of my own health.
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