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Washington Post asks: Who is Ray LaHood?

By bikeleague | June 30, 2010
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The Washington Post has a feature today on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The article highlights LaHood work to limit distracted driving (also see our policy report,) mentions his weekend bikes rides with…

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GreenDOT

By bikeleague | June 29, 2010
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I am currently researching ways that bicycling advocacy groups can organize to get strong bicycling language into the Climate Action Plans of states, cities, and universities to reduce Green House…

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Velo-City Wrap Up

By Alison Dewey | June 28, 2010
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From Alison Dewey’s June 25, Velo-City journal entry: The conference wrap up was this afternoon, and so I have a few minutes to reflect on the morning events before filling…

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Velo-City Global – Day Three

By Alison Dewey | June 25, 2010
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Another sunny beautiful day here in Copenhagen, we couldn’t be asking for better weather.  All three days at the Velo-City Global conference have been perfect conditions – sunny, blue sky,…

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Completing the streets in Michigan

By bikeleague | June 24, 2010
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The topic of Complete Streets came up recently in some of the comments, suggesting that it is time we highlight it more. For background, as it says on the National…

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Bicycling is About People

By Alison Dewey | June 24, 2010
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One of the overall themes from yesterday at Velo-City Global was that bicycling is about people. “I don’t give a sh*t about bikes. I care about people on bikes,” was…

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Continuing support for US DOT Statement on Bicycling and Walking

By bikeleague | June 24, 2010
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As readers of this blog know well, in March, US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and US Department of Transportation released an outstanding policy statement saying that “walking and bicycling…

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U.S. Embassy in Denmark – Velo-City Global

By bikeleague | June 23, 2010
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us_embassy_2, originally uploaded by bikeleague. The Velo-City Global U.S. Delegation got a chance to visit the U.S. Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton. She took a moment to discuss the conference with…

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City of Bikes

By Alison Dewey | June 23, 2010
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Here I am, Velo-City Global – Copenhagen, the city of bikes. Even at the airport, the depot for planes, taxis, and travelers, you get a sense of how in-grained bicycles…

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Pennsylvania Avenue bikes lanes now officially open

By bikeleague | June 22, 2010
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On a day that the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a joint notice of funding availability to stream the funding process for projects…

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