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76 Bicycle Friendly Businesses Awarded During Bike to Work Week

By bikeleague | May 16, 2016

In celebration of National Bike to Work Week, the League of American Bicyclists welcomes 76 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses.

1,132 Bicycle Friendly Businesses

By Amelia Neptune | February 18, 2016

The U.S. Department of State and a two-person pipe organ repair company are among the 73 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses the League of American Bicyclists welcomes to the Bicycle Friendly America Program today. There are now 1,132 Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFBs).

5 Ways to be a More Bike Friendly Business

By bikeleague | February 12, 2016

National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum Sponsor Performance Bicycle offers these tips to help you create a more Bicycle Friendly Business.

Tips from a Bicycle Friendly Business

By bikeleague | December 29, 2015

Gold BFB awardee, the Trek Store of Schererville, offers some tips for making a business more bicycle-friendly.

There are now 1090 Bicycle Friendly Businesses in 49 states

By Amelia Neptune | December 10, 2015

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…

BFB Spotlight: Illinois Department of Revenue

By bikeleague | September 4, 2015

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.

BFB Spotlight: The Coloradoan

By bikeleague | September 1, 2015

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.

BFB spotlight: Bicycle Friendly Candidate

By bikeleague | August 31, 2015

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!

#BikeChat: 1,000 BFBs

By bikeleague | August 31, 2015

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!

BFB Spotlight: Tampa goes from 0 to 11

By bikeleague | August 28, 2015

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.