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Becoming Bike-Friendly: The Best Way to “Be Hip Without Trying”

By Alison Dewey | December 7, 2012
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We love to hear how our Bicycle Friendly America program is transforming the country one community, business, and university at time. While we often hear these comments during phone conversations…

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Don’t Take Our Word For It: “I Always Learn Something at the Summit”

By bikeleague | December 7, 2012
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The National Bike Summit is the premier bicycle advocacy event of the year — but don’t take my word for it. I got in touch with Diane Lees (pictured) to…

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What’s Your Favorite 2 Mile Ride?

By bikeleague | December 6, 2012
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One of the reasons CLIF Bar created the 2 Mile Challenge was to highlight a particularly interesting trend in American transportation: While 40 percent of trips in the U.S. are…

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Making “CFC” Stand For “Charitably Funding Cycling”

By bikeleague | December 6, 2012
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Federal civilian, postal and military employees who want to make biking better have an easy way to achieve that goal: donate to the League (CFC # 11563) with your Combined…

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This Little Piggy… Went Biking? Advice for Teaching to Kids

By bikeleague | December 5, 2012
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Frank Neal (pictured) has biked across the country, pedaled into the California Triple Crown Hall of Fame, and finished the Paris-Brest-Paris. But, despite his many accomplishments as a bicyclist, Frank…

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From Scrapped to Striped in 16 Months: L Street Goes Green in the Nation’s Capital

By bikeleague | December 5, 2012
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A few weeks ago, I finally saw something I’ve been hearing about for a long while. Heading back to the office from a doctor’s appointment, I wasn’t fighting for space…

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I Never Thought I Could Love Boston More, But…

By Alison Dewey | December 4, 2012
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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…

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First All-Female LCI Training a Huge Success

By bikeleague | December 3, 2012
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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…

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Sonoma County Ordinance Aims to “Increase Access to Justice” for Bicyclists

By Ken McLeod | December 3, 2012
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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.…

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Make your Holidays Merry, Bright AND Bike-Friendly!

By bikeleague | November 30, 2012
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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…

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