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Comfort and convenience are two major factors in getting more women on bikes. In our latest Women Bike report, “Women on a Roll,” we can see how important these two elements are to bridging the gender gap in bicycling. Yesterday, we took a closer look at “comfort” and “convenience,” hosting a webinar with two expert researchers in the field: Jennifer Dill of Portland State University and Susan Handy of University of California, Davis.
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This post comes from Adonia E. Lugo, a member of the League’s Equity Advisory Council and a Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Yesterday, on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, wrote a blog post on transportation and opportunity, in light of this special commemoration. In the post below, Lugo builds off of this discussion, looking at how “streets are social spaces where we challenge or reinforce race and class divides.”
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It’s that time of year again. We’re getting ready to compile information for our most popular magazine of the year: The Ride Guide. We need your input! The Ride Guide provides League members with a comprehensive rides and tours coming up in the next year.
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There is much debate about bicycles on sidewalks. Is it safer? Should children be allowed to ride there? In this education video, we discuss the do’s and don’ts of sidewalk riding. We also took a closer look at the legality of sidewalk riding in our Bike Law University series earlier this summer. You can read that here.
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Closing the gender gap in American bicycling isn’t as simple as painting more bike lanes. But, according to the first report from Women Bike, making biking more comfortable is one of the most important components in increasing female ridership. For Women on a Roll — a first-of-its kind publication — we reached out to dozens of organizations and read hundreds of pages of research to identify the 5 Cs of Women’s Bicycling — and comfort clearly rose to the top.
Read More →Looking to make the case for bicycling in your community? Check out Rutgers University Prof. John Pucher’s recent presentation, “How to Increase Cycling for Daily Travel: Lessons from Cities Around the Globe.” [PDF] Pucher initially presented the information to the Institute for Transportation Engineers and Active Living Research, but the data and statistics are free to share and use to make the case for biking.
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Texas state Senator Rodney Ellis, a major cycling enthusiast and one of the nation’s most bike-friendly state legislators, was in D.C. for the March on Washington this weekend — and we were only too honored to take a ride with him to some of the city’s key civil rights sites.
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Cara McKaskle has a special National Bike Challenge story. Not only has propelled herself to the top of the Conway, Ark., Commuter Challenge, she’s seen the power and generosity of the bicycling community firsthand. We caught up with Cara to hear more about her NBC experience.
Read More →Idaho passed its law allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs in 1982. Since that time many bicycling advocates have attempted to spread this law to other states, and have been met with strong resistance. These efforts continue, as recently as this summer, and the strides that cyclists have made since the early 80s have not lessened the calls for this reform.
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Facebook is the place to be if you want to boost your advocacy efforts and build a network of supporters. Yesterday, the League and the Alliance for Biking & Walking hosted the first in a series of webinars focused on using social media as a way to connect with their communities and bolster their campaigns. First up: Facebook 101.
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