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NHTSA’s distracted driving policy and rumble strips

By bikeleague | April 25, 2010
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To raise awareness about the dangers of driving while distracted, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has posted their distracted driving policy statement and frequently asked questions on their website.…

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Big names at Indianapolis Safe Routes to School event

By bikeleague | April 23, 2010
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I would tell you that League President Andy Clarke and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood participated in a great Safe Routes to School event in Indianapolis today a few days…

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Bike Sharing Could be in Your City – Vote Today!

By bikeleague | April 23, 2010
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Yesterday was Earth Day and May is National Bike Month, so I’m sure many of you are thinking about how you could positively contribute to mother Earth and drive less,…

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Happy Earth Day

By bikeleague | April 22, 2010
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Earth Day news from the bike blogosphere. Denver celebrates Earth Day by  launching a 400 bicycle bike share program (BikeDenver) Bike backlash from business turns to can’t beat’em join ’em…

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Indianapolis, Bicycling and Ray LaHood

By bikeleague | April 22, 2010
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Indianapolis is on the move toward becoming a great Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC). The city was awarded a Bronze-level BFC designation in 2009, and the mayor of Indianapolis Greg Ballard…

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Michigan passes texting ban – cycling groups across the country take up the issue

By bikeleague | April 21, 2010
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Yesterday, the Michigan House voted 74-33 to ban texting while driving as a primary offence, meaning that police can ticket for driving while texting without seeing another violation. This is…

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On the airwaves — a bicycling moment

By bikeleague | April 21, 2010
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League President Andy Clarke and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood teamed up for an all-star appearance on BicycleRadio tonight to discuss the state of national and local bike policy. Andy…

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Andy Clarke and Secretary LaHood on BicycleRadio tonight

By bikeleague | April 20, 2010
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League President Andy Clarke will join Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood on BicycleRadio at 10:00 pm EST (7:00pm PST) tonight.  They will be talking about the USDOT policy statement on…

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Sunny Long Beach pt. 2

By bikeleague | April 20, 2010
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Just in case you didn’t believe us that League President Andy Clarke visited Long BEach, CA, last week, LA Streetsblog has provided photographic evidence (and a nice write-up of the…

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The Economist calls Portland, OR “the new model”…

By bikeleague | April 20, 2010
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… but also wonders how replicable a model it is. Here’s the article. Credit: AP via the Economist Naturally in an article about Portland, biking gets a prominent mention: The environment is…

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