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Biking Through Barriers in Bismarck: BFC Workshop Recap

By Anna Tang | July 7, 2025

Visiting the capital of North Dakota for their first Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) Workshop started off on an unusually rainy and chilly day at the end of May. Despite rainy…

Bicycle Advisory Committees in Action: Highlights from BFCs Across the U.S.

By Chris Vaughan | June 20, 2025

What unites Fresno, California, and Lexington, Massachusetts? Cottonwood, Arizona, and Conway, Arkansas? Hanover, New Hampshire, and Huntington, West Virginia? It’s the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC), of course! With another Bike…

Making Bikes Count With Bike Counts (or Audits)

By Anna Tang | May 20, 2025

Editor’s Note: This blog was originally published in 2022 and has been recently updated with new resources.   We’ve all encountered our fair share of naysayers while advocating for a Bicycle…

Roundup of Bike Parking Resources

By Amelia Neptune | May 15, 2025

This post was originally published in October 2023 as part of the League’s co-authored release of the AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit. The resources below, including the interactive map, have…

Biking Kids to School: A Parent’s Journey into Safe Streets Advocacy

By Chris Vaughan | May 6, 2025

My passion for safe streets advocacy came from my experiences biking around town with my kids. And through our everyday rides to school, and elsewhere, that passion only grows. It…

Santa Monica LCA Workshop Recap: Empowering Advocates for Better Bicycling

By Anna Tang | April 9, 2025

Fueled by League members’ calls for a dedicated bike advocacy workshop, 2024 marked the debut of the League Cycling Advocate (LCA) program. Now in its second year, the program certifies…

From Data to Action: Applications Now Open for the 2025 Lime Mobility Insights Competition

By Bike League | March 18, 2025

By Calvin Thigpen, PhD, Lime Director of Policy Research Lime, in collaboration with the League of American Bicyclists, is launching the second year of the Lime Mobility Insights Competition. This…

Meet the Winners of the League’s 2025 Community Spark Grants 

By Marlee Townsend | March 4, 2025

Today, the League of American Bicyclists is thrilled to announce the recipients of our 2025 Community Spark Grants! After extensive review, the League selected 10 communities to each receive $2,000…

League Cycling Advocate (LCA) Spotlight Roundup

By Anna Tang | February 6, 2025

In our first year of hosting workshops to certify League Cycling Advocates (LCAs) in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, we’ve seen incredible engagement and enthusiasm from emerging and seasoned bike advocates…

How Community Spark Grants Boosted Local Biking Initiatives in 2024

By Marlee Townsend | December 23, 2024

Big changes can start small. That’s the idea behind the League’s Community Spark Grants—to give local leaders the catalyst they need for bite-sized projects that make biking safer, easier, and…