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Full disclosure, I love Boston. I have loved the city ever since I stepped foot into Jamaica Plain in 2001, freshly home from the Peace Corps to attend Boston University…
Read More →As Melissa Balmer (pictured) was launching Women on Bikes SoCal she had a quick realization. Despite living in one of the most densely inhabited areas of the U.S. she was…
Read More →The Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) has responded to an incident of road rage by focusing attention on bicyclist harassment and working to pass an ordinance to protect harassed bicyclists.…
Read More →Each day, my commute to work takes me down the National Mall and through the ellipse in front of the White House (yeah, I can’t complain). Lo and behold, this…
Read More →You already bike to work or ride to the store. Why not use those trips to help the League win a $10,000 grant? Many of you were among the 30,000…
Read More →500 participants. Eight communities. $10 million for biking and walking. Talk about an impressive year for Advocacy Advance. Over the past 11 months, the Advocacy Advance team — a partnership…
Read More →After Congress passes a transportation bill, it’s up to the U.S. Department of Transportation to figure out how the law should be interpreted — and release “guidance” for your state…
Read More →Yesterday, Bill Nesper and I rode our bikes down the Mount Vernon Trail to congratulate BikeArlington for their stand-out performance as a first place finisher in the “Micro Business” category…
Read More →Whose streets work better: Atlanta or Chicago? According to the most common assessment tool for congestion — the Travel Time Index (TTI) — the answer is Atlanta. The average trip…
Read More →On this day, 134 years ago, a cycling legend was born: Marshall “Major” Taylor. Born in rural Indiana in 1878, Taylor was a pioneer in American sport — not just…
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