Categories

Blog

Bike & Build Inspires Young Adults to “Pedal for Affordable Housing”

By bikeleague | October 11, 2018
Posted in

The organization Bike & Build is inspiring young adults to engage in service-oriented cycling trips to improve the quality of life for thousands of Americans. Read the encouraging journey of one of Bike & Build’s members.

Read More →

The Bird and The Bicycle

By Ken McLeod | October 3, 2018
Posted in

This article explores what it might look like if scooters, by law, became bicycles. It includes a table that looks at 12 topics that are covered in our Bike Law University series and considers how scooters fit within those topics.

Read More →

The Link Between Transportation and Public Health

By Caron Whitaker | October 1, 2018
Posted in

The CDC released their new website Active People, Healthy Nation. Here’s how the League is working with them to promote walkable and bikeable communities.

Read More →

2019 National Bike Summit

By bikeleague | September 27, 2018
Posted in

The National Bike Summit turns 20 this year, and our theme is SHIFT: Accelerating the Movement to Build a Bicycle Friendly America for Everyone.

Read More →

Taking Bicycle Friendly Actions – Emphasizing Bicyclist Safety in All 50 States

By Ken McLeod | September 24, 2018
Posted in

New White Paper shows how advocates can and should be involved in state safety planning.

Read More →

New Data on Bike Commuting

By Ken McLeod | September 13, 2018
Posted in

The Census Bureau has released the 2017 1-year estimates for how people are commuting to work based on the American Community Survey. Read the 2017 “Where We Ride” Report here.…

Read More →

Facebook: A Silver Bicycle Friendly Business in Austin

By bikeleague | September 13, 2018
Posted in ,

This Summer, Facebook earned the Bicycle Friendly Business designation for their third location, when Facebook ATX (Silver) joined Facebook Seattle (Gold) and Facebook HQ (Platinum). Over the past week, we’ve…

Read More →

Facebook: A Gold Bicycle Friendly Business in Seattle

By bikeleague | September 11, 2018
Posted in ,

Since The Hub first opened about seven years ago, Facebook has continued to prioritize biking company-wide by opening its first full-service bike shop in a field office at its new South Lake Union digs in Seattle.

Read More →

Facebook: A Platinum Bicycle Friendly Business in California

By bikeleague | September 6, 2018
Posted in ,

From a square marked “Bike Shop?” on Facebook’s architectural plans for a new campus, to Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business status, Facebook’s California Headquarters has come a long way with their bicycle resources.

Read More →

I Bike. I Vote.

By bikeleague | September 4, 2018
Posted in

Bikes bring people together, uniting us across political lines for a common bipartisan goal: Building a bicycle friendly America for everyone. Whether or not you bike to your polling place…

Read More →