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(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…
Read More →As you might imagine, everyone here at the League of American Bicyclists is participating in the National Bike Challenge. For the most part, we’re utilitarian cyclists. We ride to work.…
Read More →(Omar Martinez is a bicycle commuter in Portland, Ore., and a participant in the Community Cycling Center’s “I Ride” campaign.) Omar Martinez (Credit: Ben Latterell) I’ve been interested in cycling…
Read More →Zac Totten wanted to go out with bang. Little did he know that his senior bike ride idea would make national news headlines. The senior at Kenowa Hills High School…
Read More →With the release of the 2012 Bicycle Friendly State rankings, it’s great to see states and advocates continuing to improve conditions for bicyclists. With that in mind, here’s this week’s…
Read More →(Chene is a participant in the Gearing Up program, a student at Philadelphia Community College and works part-time for WashCycle Laundry, towing up to 200 lbs. of dirty laundry behind…
Read More →We have been gratified by the reception of our new website, Every Bicyclist Counts. The site is a memorial to cyclists who have been killed in the saddle. It is…
Read More →(Yolanda Davis-Overstreet is a cyclist in Los Angeles and the creator of the documentary RIDE: In Living Color.) Yolanda Davis-Overstreet Fifteen years ago, I was transformed. After doing the AIDS…
Read More →By Mary Lauran Hall, Communications Coordinator for America Bikes A small group of House and Senate leaders are still negotiating on the final transportation bill right now. The window is…
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