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Club Leadership Webinar: Diversifying your Membership and Outreach

By Scott | September 2, 2011

I’m very excited about the panel for Wednesday’s Club Leadership Webinar on Diversifying your Membership and Outreach. The issue is getting a lot of attention here in Washington, DC, lately…

No Winners in Tennessee School Bike Ride Case – Could Get Worse Still

By bikeleague | September 1, 2011

Last week we got a call from the mother of the Tennessee child who was told “not to ride her bike to school”; the story is lighting up the blogosphere…

President calls on Congress to pass clean extension of Transportation Bill

By bikeleague | August 31, 2011

This morning at a White House briefing in the Rose Garden, President Obama, flanked by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumpka and officials from the U.S.…

Cyclists want to ride a century, not wait a century

By bikeleague | August 30, 2011

Health and bicycling advocates are teaming up to fight a battle that will determine whether an Interstate-90 bridge connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin will accommodate cyclists for the next 100 years or  be…

Earthquakes: one more reason to ride your bike

By bikeleague | August 24, 2011

If yesterday’s East Coast earthquake and the subsequent scramble to get home taught us anything, it may be that there is no better vehicle in emergency situations than the bicycle. As traffic in downtown…

Rapid Response Grant supports Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s progress in bike share campaign

By bikeleague | August 23, 2011

Last week, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance won the first phase of its campaign to bring a bike share system to Portland, when the Portland City Council voted in support of $2 million in Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) money for a capital investment in bike sharing.

The BTA also received a $3,000 Advocacy Advance Rapid Response grant to build on this success and prepare for the next phase of the campaign: to build on this success and prepare for the next phase of the campaign.

As construction costs rise, bicycling projects become even more cost-effective

By bikeleague | August 22, 2011

The cost of asphalt is increasing. As state budgets are tightening, it is a good time to invest in transportation projects — like bicycling projects — that rely less on materials and commit a greater share of their totals costs to labor, putting people to work.

FTA policy makes it easier to walk and bike to transit

By bikeleague | August 19, 2011

The majority of the Federal Transit Administration’s grant programs allow money to be spent on the design, construction, and maintenance of walking and biking projects that “enhance or are related…

Tips on submitting a TIGER 3 benefit cost analysis

By bikeleague | August 17, 2011

Back in July, we reported on the US DOT seminar How Lessons on how to compete for a US DOT TIGER Grant. Today, the US DOT’s Chief Economist Jack Wells…

Take the ride of your life while supporting the League

By bikeleague | August 15, 2011

The League was just added as a beneficiary of Climate Ride — but there are only 20 spots left. Register for Climate Ride to raise money to support the League…