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This May, we’re asking the question, “With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours?” The beauty of the bicycle is that it means many things to many people, so we wanted to highlight some of those many reasons this National Bike Month. Today, we heard from Madi Carlson, of Seattle, WA, and a family biking extraordinaire.
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Bike To School Day 2015 brought out people on bicycles, big and small, two and three wheels, on their morning journey to school. The fourth annual Bike To School Day, organized by the National Center for Safe Routes to School, saw more than 2,100 schools preregistered for the event.
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Sometimes, in the rush to spread proven strategies, we overlook the brilliance of inventions born of necessity. Not James Rojas; he lives in the space between intentional design and the happenstance of the everyday, and he wants us to join him there. Each of us carries a lifetime of days spent in many kinds of streets and neighborhoods.
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This May, we’re asking the question, “With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours?” The beauty of the bicycle is that it means many things to many people, so we wanted to highlight some of those many reasons this National Bike Month. Today, we heard from Eric Wagner, of Alexandria, Va., who wrote a poem about his reason(s). His reason to ride?
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Bike To School Day is today, May 6, 2015. Read more about all the great things happening across the country to celebrate from our Bike Month partners and Bike To School Day organizers, National Center for Safe Routes to School. Be sure to tag us @bikeleague in any photos you Tweet today of your ride to school!
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This May, we’re asking the question, “With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours?” The beauty of the bicycle is that it means many things to many people, so we wanted to highlight some of those many reasons this National Bike Month. Today, we heard from Maria Bousted, of Chicago, and who is the founder of Po Campo. Her reason to ride?
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Elly Blue is accustomed to generating big ideas. Author of Bikenomics and owner of Elly Blue Publishing, Blue is frequently starting conversations about women and bicycling. In February 2014, she created a tool that has enabled women across the world to start and contribute to conversations of their own. The Wheelwomen Switchboard now boasts more than 600 users and 400 posts.
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For Colleen Alexander, riding her bike is a miracle. Every day is a miracle, in fact, because in 2011 she was hit by a freight truck that did not yield at a stop sign while riding her bike on a routine training ride. She flatlined twice, spent 5 weeks in a coma and has undergone more than 20 surgeries since that day, but that has not stopped her from riding her bike. She’s a triathlete and has completed more than a dozen triathlons, including 4 half Ironman races since she was hit.
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From the streets to the Statehouse, social change isn’t just the domain of adults. Aided by the rise of social media and standing on the shoulders of youth movements for civil rights, young people are rocking the vote and rethinking how our communities can work for everyone. And many of them see bikes as a transformative tool. Recognizing that power and potential, the Youth Bike Summit has evolved from a single event to a national movement in just five years. It’s not only united thousands of diverse and dynamic individuals and organizations, but started a dialog about the way we view bike advocacy and movement leadership. Instead of being a token voice or an inviting image for a campaign brochure, young people are being empowered by Youth Bike leaders to create their own initiatives and inform advocacy work from their own unique experiences.
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Tom Glover, president and CEO of Cogentes, an IT services company in Milledgeville, Georgia, is an avid cyclist and president of the local bicycling club. Since cycling was such an integral part of his life and of his family’s, it only seemed natural to make it part of his business too.
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