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Rumble Strips: Problems and Policies

By bikeleague | July 12, 2010

The Advocacy Advance Team has produced a report on rumble strip policies and we are working with a number of states to ensure road agencies are enacting bicycle-tolerable rumble strip…

League history uncovered in Sandusky, OH

By bikeleague | July 9, 2010

Dorene Paul, the reference assistant for the Sandusky Library in Sandusky, OH, was browsing through the archives one day recently when she came upon some artifacts from the early days…

Update on Black Hawk Bike Ban

By bikeleague | July 9, 2010

We want to update you on the bike ban in Black Hawk, CO. We have continued to monitor the situation and we are supporting our colleagues at Bicycle Colorado in the…

Research Roundup — health impacts, Road Diets, & Smart Growth

By bikeleague | July 8, 2010

There are a number of notable new reports out that are worth looking at this week. Here’s a quick summary. Bicycling health benefits outweigh risks Dutch researcher Dr. Jeroen de…

Joyreading

By bikeleague | July 7, 2010

Two books you may be interested in for the summer. First, friend of the League, Mia Birk, former Bicycle Coordinator for Portland, Oregon, and now CEO of Alta Planning and…

Tour de Politics

By bikeleague | July 6, 2010

As bicyclists and advocates, we spend a fair amount of time with our attention paid to the political world, to promote policies that foster better bicycling conditions. It is less…

LaHood trumpets US Bike Route System

By bikeleague | July 2, 2010

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHaood’s remarkable streak of promoting bicycling and walking continues today in anticipation of this Fourth of July holiday weekend. The secretary writes on his blog about the US Bicycle…

Washington Post asks: Who is Ray LaHood?

By bikeleague | June 30, 2010

The Washington Post has a feature today on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The article highlights LaHood work to limit distracted driving (also see our policy report,) mentions his weekend bikes rides with…

GreenDOT

By bikeleague | June 29, 2010

I am currently researching ways that bicycling advocacy groups can organize to get strong bicycling language into the Climate Action Plans of states, cities, and universities to reduce Green House…

Velo-City Wrap Up

By Alison Dewey | June 28, 2010

From Alison Dewey’s June 25, Velo-City journal entry: The conference wrap up was this afternoon, and so I have a few minutes to reflect on the morning events before filling…