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Starting today, Amtrak’s Capitol Limited Line, from Washington, D.C. through Pittsburgh and ending in Chicago, will offer bicycle roll-on bicycle service. Congratulations to Adventure Cycling Association and Amtrak for making this happen! Amtrak’s timing is perfect, too. Earlier this year the League worked with Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to successfully incorporate language into the Amtrak reauthorization bill, pushing the train service to standardize roll-on accessibility across the country. While the bill hasn’t yet passed the full Congress, we expect it to pass by the end of the year.
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On September 17, the U.S. House Transportation Committee will be voting on the transportation bill. One of the issues they’ll be debating is whether or not to continue the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), which is the main source of funding for bicycling and walking across the country.
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Earlier this year, the Kansas City Metro Bike Club released a PSA on the importance of sharing the road and safety for all on Kansas City roadways. We caught up with Steve White, President of KCMBC, to talk about the PSA’s reception in the community and also about how bike clubs can get involved in advocacy.
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Bicycle Friendly Businesses come in all shapes and sizes. Government agencies, especially, are taking steps to make their departments more bike friendly. The Illinois Department of Revenue is one such agency and is also one of the newest Bronze Bicycle Friendly Businesses. We spoke with Terry Horstman, the department’s spokesperson, about the strides the department has made. Learn more about the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Business awardees here.
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The League has been teaching and certifying League Cycling Instructors for decades. With more than 3,500 LCIs across the country, the League’s bike education curriculum is ubiquitous. We’re highlighting some of the great work our LCIs are doing in communities from coast to coast. Tom Pogson, a Kodiak Island, Alaska, resident, has been an LCI since February 2014. We asked him a few questions to learn more about his take on bicycle education and some of his favorite teaching moments.
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Equitable transportation is more than a buzzword. The effort to make transportation accessible and safe for Americans from all socioeconomic and racial backgrounds has taken root in grassroots advocacy organizations, national foundations and even in the U.S. Congress. The benefits of transportation investments are not distributed equally among communities, as some social groups have not reaped the rewards of developed transportation infrastructure. While the discussion of transportation equity has largely focused on accessibility to transit and the provision of auto-dominated infrastructure, a growing number of advocates
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The Coloradoan, a Fort Collins, Colorado, based newspaper, is one of the newest Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Businesses. The Coloradoan is one of now more than 1,000 BFBs across the country. We caught up with Emily Schillmoller, an advertising sales representative for the newspaper, about how they achieved Silver status.
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Peter Kotses is more than a bike shop owner. He is the owner of a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Business, and, most recently, a candidate for city council in Athens, Ohio. We talked with Peter to learn a little bit more about his bike-friendly endeavors this week. Read more about the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Businesses here!
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Last Friday, we chatted with Amelia Neptune, the League’s Bicycle Friendly Business program manager, about the latest round of BFB awardees. There are now more than 1,000 Bicycle Friendly Businesses across the U.S.! We looked at this new round of honorees, in addition to the top trends and challenges businesses face in becoming bike friendly. If you missed our #BikeChat Twitter chat, view the recap below!
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This week, we’re sharing some highlights from our latest round of 100 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses. Today, we take a deeper dive on how the Tampa, Florida, region has grown from 0 BFBs to 11 in one fell swoop! We talked with the two people behind that development to learn more about their connection to bicycling and what they envision for Tampa’s future. Karen Kress is the director of transportation and planning at the Tampa Downtown Partnership and Christine Acosta is the founder of Pedal Power Promoters, LLC.
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