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Veronica Davis couldn’t have put it better: “A lot of times we try to make women this monolithic group — but we’re not.” From the Fender Bender LGBT crew out of…
Read More →We’re less than two months away from the official start of the 2013 National Bike Challenge and we want you to be as prepared as possible. To get you geared…
Read More →To say the history of the League of American Bicyclists is incomplete without recognizing Phyllis Harmon is an understatement. There simply would be no modern history of the League to…
Read More →Even at age 83, even suffering from lung cancer, Ellen Fletcher rode her bike to City Hall for a hearing on bicycle improvements this past summer. That was the level…
Read More →It took her three months to get a handle on “Gladys.” Frances Willard, a suffragist and temperance advocate based in Illinois, learned how to ride her bike, “Gladys,” at age…
Read More →Missed the Indianapolis Mayor’s breakout session? Late to the discussion on how to use social media as an advocacy tool? Don’t worry, you can catch up now. We’ve compiled the…
Read More →Guest post by April Streeter, author of Women on Wheels Breaking ground in women’s cycling back in the early decades of biking wasn’t just for the racing types like Tillie…
Read More →Even before the turn of the century, Maria Ward was teaching women to wrench. During the bicycle craze of the 1890s, Ward published a popular book aimed at getting more…
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Last week, more than 750 bicyclists from all 50 states gathered for the 2013 National Bike Summit — and several advocates were able to attend specifically because of their state’s Share the Road license plate. As a beneficiary of the specialty plates, Georgia Bikes used some of it funding to provide scholarships for three key advocates working in underrepresented communities. But the Peach State is one of two dozen that have some version of a Share the Road plate. In this edition of Bike Law University, we explore the what, why and where of this increasingly important funding source.
Read More →As Steven Rea showcased in his beautiful book “Hollywood Rides a Bike,” movie stars have long been pedaling the joys of bicycling on the big screen. But few have adopted…
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