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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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UPDATE: The anti-bike amendment to the state’s transportation bill was defeated on the house of the Missouri floor on Tuesday afternoon. More from the MoBikeFed here. Bicycling is under attack in Missouri’s State House of Representatives, and the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation has launched a campaign to beat back the anti-bike bill.
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Are you working on a campaign or project aimed at getting more women or girls on bikes? The League’s Women Bike Mini-Grant program has opened an application for $3,000 in funding for projects or campaigns that can provide best practices on women’s bicycling outreach and engagement for advocates and leaders nationwide. Learn more!
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The deadline for application for $600 million in federal TIGER 6 Discretionary Grant Program is April 28th. So what better time than April 1st to hold a free webinar on how to win those funds, featuring three experts on the subjec? tAdvocacy Advance brought to together…..
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UPDATED: An amendment offered by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York to make bikeshare membership eligible for federal commuter tax benefits, passed in the Senate Finance Committee today. This is an important first step to recognizing bikeshare as a commuter option. What would this amendment do?
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