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Our partnership with the City of Santa Monica demonstrates how public and private sectors can successfully work together to create a thriving bike culture. An essential part of our BFB strategy has been developing collaborative relationships with local municipalities. A primary benefit of this collaboration has been the ability to combine resources and strengthen the overall cycling fabric of Santa Monica.
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This post comes to us from Chad Pickard, the owner of bike shop Spoke-N-Sport, which today became the very first Bicycle Friendly Business in South Dakota. Read more about the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Business awardees here. When I bough Spoke-N-Sport 13 years ago I didn’t really know what I was doing. Buy low, sell high was about all the business instruction I had. I did know how to bike and I did know what cyclists needed.
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Top business innovators, ranging from retail to tech, have invested in bicycling as a way to boost morale, increase energy efficiency and encourage healthy living — and they’re reaping the benefits of being a Bicycle Friendly Business. Today, the League of American Bicyclists announced 80 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFB) in 29 states and Washington, D.C. These new awardees join a trendsetting group of almost 700 local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 100 companies in 46 states and D.C. that are transforming the American workplace.
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Last year we took a look at the many faces of Bike Month — from advocacy groups to bike shops, May is an opportunity for bikes to unite. Over the next several days, we’ll be highlighting some of the stories — and faces — we featured in our American Bicyclist magazine for Bike Month 2013. Today, we’re taking a look at a story by Molly North, interim coordinator for Fort Collins’ Bike Program, about the city’s love of bicycling during Bike Month and beyond!
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Across the country, individual leaders and bicycling organizations are prioritizing getting more women on bikes — and many are starting the conversation with a gathering of new and long-time riders. To help make these events as successful as possible, we created our latest guide: How to Host a Women’s Bicycling Forum.
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At Revolution Cycles, our mission is to get more butts on bikes, so we look forward to Bike Month every year. In Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland, we provide free tech support on Bike to Work Day at many of our area’s busiest pit stops. We get our best mechanics out of bed before the sun comes up, pump them full of coffee and bagels, and set them loose to help the thousands of commuters who ride through the local stops.
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This blog is cross-posted from the Advocacy Advance website and is authored by Christy Kwan. Aloha! We just wrapped up our latest Navigating MAP-21 Workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii – co-hosted by the Hawaii Bicycling League and the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OahuMPO) – last Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Nearly 80 attendees representing bicycling and walking advocates, state and local agency staff, bicycle retailers, neighborhood board members, and elected officials and their staff attended the workshop held at the Hawaii State Capitol.
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Last year we took a look at the many faces of Bike Month — from advocacy groups to bike shops, May is an opportunity for bikes to unite .Over the next several days, we’ll be highlighting some of the stories — and faces — we featured in our American Bicyclist magazine for Bike Month 2013. Today, we’re taking a look at a story by Juta Geurtsen, of the Boise Bicycle Project, about the organization’s Bike Builder’s Gallery.
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While we love and promote riding every day of the year, there’s a certain magic to National Bike Month each May. We invite you to share what you have planned and take advantage of our Bike Month resources and materials — including a planning guide, posters and web collateral.
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In less than two years, our Women Bike initiative has grown at a rapid pace and evolved into one of the most visible and exciting programs at the League. To carry this momentum forward, we’re seeking a national leader to serve as the program’s first full-time staffer.
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