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Sierra Club Seeks Best and Worst Transportation Projects

By bikeleague | March 14, 2012
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Are there transportation projects in your community that showcase innovative bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure? Are there projects in your city or state that highlight how cost-effective investment in bike/ped accommodations…

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New Report on Statewide Organizations and Federal Funding

By bikeleague | March 13, 2012
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While Congress creates the framework, the most important decisions about the use of federal funds are made at the state and regional level. As the capacity of statewide bicycle advocacy…

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Senate to Vote on MAP-21

By bikeleague | March 6, 2012
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A new transportation bill is 889 days late, according to our pals over at Transportation for America, so excitement is running high that the Senate might actually vote this week…

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Success! A better MAP-21 for cycling

By bikeleague | March 2, 2012
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We’ve just won a big battle for biking and walking in the Senate. After several long weeks of intense work from advocates around the country and our partners at America…

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CNN: More people pumping their bicycle tires to avoid the gas pump

By bikeleague | February 27, 2012
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League President Andy Clarke and Jakob Wolf-Barnett from Revolution Cycles talk about how more Americans are hopping on their bikes to avoid high gas prices…and loving it.

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Right to Road: time to make noise

By bikeleague | February 23, 2012
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Urge your Senator to protect cyclists’ right to the road by removing the restrictive mandatory sidepath clause in the Senate transportation bill.

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New National Plan to Transform Bicycling

By bikeleague | February 23, 2012
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The leadership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League of American Bicyclists has agreed that uniting the three organizations would dramatically improve their effectiveness in…

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The top 7 Reasons You Need to be at the National Bike Summit

By bikeleague | February 22, 2012
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Today is the last day of early bird registration for the National Bike Summit, and we want to make sure you know just why your voice is needed in Washington.…

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Bicyclists are moving votes on key transportation amendments

By bikeleague | February 17, 2012
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Thanks, in part, to the powerful advocacy of bicyclists, members of Congress from both parties are speaking up for bicycling and walking. Bi-partisan amendments to improve the House and Senate…

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Inspiring moments amid ugly legislative “sausage-making”

By bikeleague | February 16, 2012
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“Everybody who says [writing the transportation bill] is like making sausage, it’s a lot uglier than that,” said Barbara Boxer.

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