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Know your state stats

By bikeleague | July 14, 2010
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When bicycling advocates approach their elected officials to encourage them to support bicycling-friendly policies, one of the first rules is: be informed. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has made being…

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St. Charles County, the Morning After

By bikeleague | July 13, 2010
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St. Charles, Mo. County Council decided to table the proposed bike ban after the bill’s initial reading last night. Thanks to all county residents and advocates who spoke out against…

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St. Charles County, MO Bike Ban Bill (UPDATED)

By bikeleague | July 12, 2010
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First Black Hawk, Colorado, now St. Charles County, Missouri. St. Charles County Council Member Joe Brazil will be introducing a bill (bill no. 3620) in an attempt to ban bicycles…

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Rumble Strips: Problems and Policies

By bikeleague | July 12, 2010
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The Advocacy Advance Team has produced a report on rumble strip policies and we are working with a number of states to ensure road agencies are enacting bicycle-tolerable rumble strip…

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League history uncovered in Sandusky, OH

By bikeleague | July 9, 2010
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Dorene Paul, the reference assistant for the Sandusky Library in Sandusky, OH, was browsing through the archives one day recently when she came upon some artifacts from the early days…

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Update on Black Hawk Bike Ban

By bikeleague | July 9, 2010
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We want to update you on the bike ban in Black Hawk, CO. We have continued to monitor the situation and we are supporting our colleagues at Bicycle Colorado in the…

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Research Roundup — health impacts, Road Diets, & Smart Growth

By bikeleague | July 8, 2010
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There are a number of notable new reports out that are worth looking at this week. Here’s a quick summary. Bicycling health benefits outweigh risks Dutch researcher Dr. Jeroen de…

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Joyreading

By bikeleague | July 7, 2010
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Two books you may be interested in for the summer. First, friend of the League, Mia Birk, former Bicycle Coordinator for Portland, Oregon, and now CEO of Alta Planning and…

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Tour de Politics

By bikeleague | July 6, 2010
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As bicyclists and advocates, we spend a fair amount of time with our attention paid to the political world, to promote policies that foster better bicycling conditions. It is less…

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LaHood trumpets US Bike Route System

By bikeleague | July 2, 2010
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHaood’s remarkable streak of promoting bicycling and walking continues today in anticipation of this Fourth of July holiday weekend. The secretary writes on his blog about the US Bicycle…

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