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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…