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One or two mornings each week I wake before 5 a.m. and load up my Yuba Mundo with food to deliver to my homeless neighbors in East Los Angeles. It started in September 2013, when I had a heart attack and was told I needed to change my lifestyle. For six months I only walked. One cold morning, I was considering returning home when I saw two figures shivering under a sheet sleeping on a bus bench.
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In January 2014, I resolved that I would become less reliant on my car. I craved a healthier way to experience my own body, wanted more interaction with my new community, and wanted to make meaningful lifestyle commitments to the environment—which meant one thing: getting my butt on a bike!
Read More →It’s back! For the fourth year in a row, we will feature the Women Bike Pop-Up Shop at the National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum!
Read More →Today Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced legislation that makes it easier for federal transit and highway programs to fund bikeshare systems and related improvements.
Read More →Gold BFB awardee, the Trek Store of Schererville, offers some tips for making a business more bicycle-friendly.
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In Cudahy, Calif., more than 90% of the population is Latino and 30% live below the poverty line. In addition to rent-controlled housing and accountable government, one way Councilmember Baru Sanchez wants to uplift his community is through better biking. And he’s working with the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition to authentically engage his fellow residents in that effort.
Read More →The League of American Bicyclists welcomes 43 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFBs) to the Bicycle Friendly America program. More than 1,090 visionary businesses from across the country have…
Read More →UPDATE – The FAST Act was passed by the Senate, and signed into law by President Obama on December 4. The House of Representatives just passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation…
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During the winter of 2014, a group of five deaf individuals got together to discuss cycling in the city of Chicago — and what the cycling community was lacking. Despite so many local bike advocacy groups supporting local cycling they felt a lack of support for deaf individuals that wanted to get involved. The Deaf Velo Alliance was born.
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Since I’ve always been a fan of advocacy by example I decided to “be the change.” The more African-American female representation we see in the peloton, the more African-American females will identify themselves a potential bike racers. This starts with just getting out there and letting ourselves be known.
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