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Bike the Vote!

By bikeleague | October 25, 2010

The November 2010 elections are fast approaching, with much at stake for many of the policies and initiatives important to the League and the wider bicycling community. That’s why it…

The return of the Good Roads Movement

By bikeleague | October 22, 2010

The League has a proud and rich history of working for better bicycling. Founded in 1880 as the League of American Wheelmen, the organization launched the Good Roads Movement that…

Tiger II projects include bicycling and walking

By bikeleague | October 22, 2010

The US Department of Transportation has announced the 73 winners in 40 states who will share the $600 million dollars from the second round of TIGER grants. Of the total,…

NYC shows the way

By bikeleague | October 18, 2010

If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere, or so the saying goes. We’ve been excitedly watching NYC for some time now, and the city…

Bridging the gaps

By bikeleague | October 13, 2010

Last week, our friends the Alliance for Biking & Walking’s PeoplePoweredBlog reported on an achievement in Missouri: After years of work by the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, the Missouri DOT put…

In a federal void, the need for local solutions

By bikeleague | October 12, 2010

The context that framed our Advocacy Advance report on bicycling and Climate Action Plans (PDF) was that strong federal action on climate change was not forthcoming and, as a result,…

League Delivers Your Message to Capitol Hill

By bikeleague | October 7, 2010

In front of the office of the Honorable Ron Wyden, Senator from Oregon On Tuesday myself and Walter Finch made the trek up to Capitol Hill to deliver hundreds of…

Creating Safe and Livable Streets and Neighborhoods

By bikeleague | October 6, 2010

This isn’t how I wanted to spend International Walk and Bike to School Day. True, I was able to ride with my daughter to school this morning, but then had…

States still slow to spend safety funds

By bikeleague | October 6, 2010

With nearly 34,000 traffic fatalities in 2009 — 630 of them of bicyclists — there is a huge need to spend safety funds quickly and strategically. However, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has…

Club Leadership Webinar 2: Membership

By Scott | October 5, 2010

The League is offering its second club leadership webinar this evening, focusing on all aspects of running your club’s membership campaign. Our panel includes Dan Ehrmann of ClubExpress, Mary Derks,…