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Are U on a bicycle-friendly campus?

By bikeleague | October 4, 2010

At the Pro-walk/Pro-bike conference in Chattanooga last month, we announced the official launch of the Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) program. Like the Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC), the Bicycle Friendly State…

Rescissions hit bike programs hard

By bikeleague | October 1, 2010

Earlier this summer, we alerted our members to the potential major loss of funding for bike projects and programs posed by a new round of “rescissions” – the process by…

Who is the best cyclist of all time?

By Scott | September 30, 2010

We thank the experts over at Fair Vote for their technical assistance in this test vote; they’ll also be supporting the count of the board election. The board of directors…

Poring over the 2009 American Community Survey Numbers

By bikeleague | September 29, 2010

I’ve been poring over the 2009 American Community Survey numbers this morning, looking at the 70 largest U.S. cities and their bike to work data. Notwithstanding my colleague Darren’s caveats…

Complete Streets and bike-partisanship

By bikeleague | September 28, 2010

Representative Steve LaTourette (R- Cleveland suburbs, Ohio) has become the first Republican to co-sponsor the Complete Streets Act during this Congress.  Thanks in large part to Lois Moss, Walk +…

Bicycling beats the odds — National bike commuter rate holds steady

By bikeleague | September 28, 2010

Despite predictions that the number of Americans biking to work would fall after gas prices returned to ‘normal’  in 2009, the percentage has held steady at 0.55 percent. The Bicycle…

St. Charles Co. ban off the table, work remains for fair treatment

By bikeleague | September 24, 2010

Big news on the proposed St. Charles County bike ban. County Councilmember Jerry Daugherty has removed his support for Bill 3620, which would ban bicycling on key routes through St.…

Communities Making the Bicycle Friendly Businesses Connection

By bikeleague | September 23, 2010

The League of American Bicyclists is announcing 63 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFB) and eight renewing BFBs today, September 23 at Interbike in Las Vegas during the International Mountain Biking…

Are YOU for bikes?

By bikeleague | September 22, 2010

If you are a member of the League or signed up for our e-newsletter, you may have already heard from us on this topic, so consider this a reminder. If…

2010 Distracted Driving Summit

By bikeleague | September 21, 2010

Watch the 2010 National Distracted Driving Summit now. The presentations will also be online after the fact. There has a lot been going on with Distracted Driving lately. The Secretary…