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More than 70 national organizations united today to urge members of Congress to preserve control over biking and walking projects in the federal transportation bill. In a new sign-on letter…
Read More →By Matt Wempe Last week saw the release of the 2012 Bicycle Friendly State rankings and there was a lot of media coverage of the results. We take this as…
Read More →(Andy Clarke is the president of the League of American Bicyclists.) Andy Clarke riding a stage of the Tour de France Growing up in England I followed a similar path…
Read More →(Elizabeth Williams is the founder of Cali Bike Tours in Long Beach, Calif.) Elizabeth Williams I remember my mother teaching me to ride my bike with training wheels as a…
Read More →There’s no simple or single solution to get more women riding bikes in the U.S. In 2009, women accounted for just 24 percent of bike trips and the reasons for…
Read More →(Grant Petersen is the founder of Rivendell Bicycle Works and author of JUST RIDE from Workman Publishing.) Grant Petersen (Credit: Martin Sundberg) I ride a bicycle because… I want to…
Read More →(Pilar Perez is a student at Brooklyn International High School in Brooklyn, NY, and a bike mechanic at Recycle-A-Bicycle) Pilar Perez My love of bikes began when I was very…
Read More →(Parry Burnap is the executive director of Denver Bike Sharing.) Parry Burnap on a Denver Bike Sharing bike I am mostly a bike commuter and errand runner. I replace relatively…
Read More →(Jenn Fox is an environmental engineer; and a Board member of the League and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.) It’s hard to believe but there are only six days left…
Read More →We’re coming into the home stretch of May and the final innings of National Bike Month have been action-packed. Last Friday, of course, thousands of people from coast to coast…
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