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Bicycle friendly communities don’t start with bike lanes or share the road campaigns or cycling education; they start with a visionary leader. Last night at the opening of the Pro…

Be part of the Bike League team! Do you love bicycling? Are you detail-oriented? Do you enjoy working with others to advance the cycling cause? Apply to work for the…

It’s a really exciting time to be in bike advocacy. With the states working on implementing MAP-21 and kids returning to walking and biking to school we’ve been hearing about…

At the 2012 Olympics in London this summer, Dotsie Bausch and her teammates flew around the velodrome. With an average speed of 34 miles per hour, the trio of Americans…

One of the first things I do when I get to work is log my miles for the National Bike Challenge. My commute’s not far (4.5 miles round trip), but…

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of presenting at the Youth Bike Summit with a tremendous group of bicycle leaders from West Town Bikes in Chicago. Rocking their identical,…

The advocates in Illinois wasted no time. President Obama hadn’t even signed the new federal transportation law (MAP-21) yet — and the League of Illinois Bicyclists and Active Transportation Alliance…

In cities across the country, long-standing stereotypes of the American bicyclist are falling away. As more women and people of color start riding in their diverse communities, MAMILs — middle-aged…

There’s a reason hundreds of bicycle advocates flock to Washington, D.C., each year for the National Bike Summit. Regardless of political persuasion, we all recognize that we need bicycle-friendly leaders…

It’s a common frustration among cyclists: Elected officials and agency staff often give short shrift to cyclists and more priority to motorists when making decisions about transportation. In many communities,…