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Be a Bike to School Day Pioneer

By bikeleague | April 11, 2012
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For more than a decade, millions of students have participated in Walk to School Day each October. Now, in partnership with the League, the National Center for Safe Routes to…

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New Report: Americans Driving Less, Especially Youth

By bikeleague | April 10, 2012
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For many of us who travel by bike, our daily commutes have happily become more crowded. When I leave the office in the evening, the cycletrack up 15th Street is…

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Driver Held Accountable for Unsafe Passing

By bikeleague | April 9, 2012
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We blogged about Pennsylvania’s four-foot safe passing law that went into effect last Monday. Already the law is having an impact in Bethlehem, PA where an attempted hit and run…

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Building a Better Bike Month

By Scott | April 6, 2012
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The League’s Club Leadership Webinar topic for April was Making the Most of Bike Month. Rob Gusky, the Bike Ambassador for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, led off the presentation with an introduction…

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Riding to Learn: A tour of DC’s infrastructure by bike is the way to go

By bikeleague | April 6, 2012
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Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m not a big cyclist. Now, don’t get me wrong, I ride my bike every day. I ride to work, I ride to the grocery store,…

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The ABCs of a BFU: How Michigan Became a Bike Friendly Campus

By bikeleague | April 6, 2012
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Last month, the League announced its latest round of Bicycle Friendly University awards and the news took flight on Twitter. Students and staff tweeted the good news and, yes, a…

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Bike Advocacy Roundup: Safe Passing and More

By bikeleague | April 5, 2012
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Spring has sprung and that means crunch time for many state legislatures. Across the country, bicycle advocates have their eyes and ears turned toward their state capitol to ensure policymakers…

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Help Us Chart our Bike Future: Take the Survey on Unification

By bikeleague | April 4, 2012
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In late February, we announced a “New National Plan to Transform Bicycling” — the potential unification of the League, Bikes Belong and the Alliance for Biking & Walking into one,…

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Bicyclists: A Powerful Political Lobby

By bikeleague | April 4, 2012
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No doubt the past year has been tough for bicycle advocates at the federal level. Time and again a small but vocal cadre of Congress members have pushed to eliminate…

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Get Ready for National Bike Month!

By bikeleague | April 3, 2012
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It’s almost time for the best 31 days of the year: National Bike Month. May has long been the month of bicycle love. It started with the Cycle Trade Association,…

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