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Let’s Make Cars that Don’t Kill

By Ken McLeod | February 3, 2020
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Join the League in telling NHTSA to update their car safety testing to emphasize upgrades that would reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.

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A framework for infrastructure focusing on climate, safety and reform

By Caron Whitaker | January 30, 2020
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When the Senate released their transportation bill last Summer, the League was relieved to see it included a number of items we had been pushing for: funding and policy improvements…

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Take a photo, take back the streets with OurStreets

By Lauren Jenkins | January 30, 2020
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The League is partnering with OurStreets to give people biking a way to collectively document the dangers posed by drivers stopping in bike lanes and driving aggressively.

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Encouraging physical activity with safer streets

By Lauren Jenkins | January 16, 2020
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It’s a foundational belief at the League: when more people ride bikes, life is better for everyone. One way we know bicycling improves lives is that it contributes to the…

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With 153 Bicycle Friendly Business Awards, Program Nears 1,400 Business Partners in Bike Movement

By Lauren Jenkins | January 15, 2020
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With the latest round of awards, a family could fly from their home in Tampa to visit the Grand Canyon and patronize hundreds of bike-minded businesses along the way.

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The League joins others to tell Congress to put safety first for automated vehicles

By Ken McLeod | January 13, 2020
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Most days, you can find the League doing meetings on Capitol Hill. Typically, we’re doing one-on-one meetings, but today, I was joined by experts from Advocates for Highway and Auto…

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New Year’s Resolution for FHWA – Implement More Separated Bike Lanes

By Ken McLeod | January 6, 2020
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This New Year, encourage the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to resolve to build more separated bike lanes by telling them that this game-changing, proven, effective, simple, and yet under-utilized innovation…

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Take Action: Keep up the momentum for more federal funding for biking

By Caron Whitaker | December 9, 2019
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The Transportation Alternatives program accounts for almost half of all federal funding for bicycling and walking infrastructure, and it’s currently capped at $850 million per year – for the entire…

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Takeaways for States from the NTSB’s Bicycle Safety Report

By Ken McLeod | December 6, 2019
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See how states can improve their ranking on our Bicycle Friendly State list by implementing some of the NTSB recommendations.

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New Bicycle Friendly State ranking shows progress but perils persist

By Ken McLeod | November 26, 2019
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The new 2019 Bicycle Friendly State ranking grades the states and looks at how each is prioritizing people over speed.

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