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The Beauty of Bikeshare

By bikeleague | September 20, 2010

I can’t think of a much better way to spend a gorgeous Monday morning than showing up to an event where several hundred spiffy new red bikes are lined up…

Video — New female cyclists in NYC

By bikeleague | September 17, 2010

StreetsFilms has done it again. This time with a video featuring new female cyclists on New York City streets. What the draw? What the clip. Women In Motion: New Lady…

Bicycle Friendly Communities Announced

By bikeleague | September 15, 2010

The League announced 18 new Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) and eight renewing BFCs at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference yesterday, September 15. See the complete list of BFCs here. “The most…

New Report: Climate Change and Bicycling

By bikeleague | September 14, 2010

The Advocacy Advance Team, a partnership between the League and the Alliance for Biking & Walking, has released a new report on how bicycling advocates can work with state, city,…

Rumble Strip Campaign Progress

By bikeleague | September 10, 2010

Thanks to all who responded to our action alert on rumble strips- you have helped get the attention of state transportation agencies across the country. We’ve had some great results:…

New fatality data released

By bikeleague | September 9, 2010

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) National Center for Statistics and Analysis has released new fatality data for 2009. While it’s still hard to fathom that more than 33,000…

Bicycle Friendly Communities

By bikeleague | September 7, 2010

Every round of Bicycle Friendly Community applications seems to have its own story. The last couple of rounds, for example, have seen some really encouraging applications from a whole bunch…

Bicycling is healthy, now prove it

By bikeleague | September 1, 2010

One constant in policymaking, from the Progressive Era through the New Deal up to today, is the need to support policy proposals with data. Policymakers are expected to quantify the…

Black Eye for Black Hawk

By bikeleague | August 31, 2010

Imagine my surprise to get an e-mail solicitation yesterday from a casino in Black Hawk, Colo., asking me to bring our business to their facility…. Regular blog readers will know…

Hate Traffic? Yet Another Reason for Bike Infrastructure.

By bikeleague | August 25, 2010

A ten-day traffic jam stretching more than 60 miles outside of Beijing, China is a nightmare – a nightmare for those in their cars,  for the Chinese government, and for…