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National Bicycling and Walking Study: 15-Year Update

By bikeleague | June 16, 2010

The most remarkable thing to me about the latest status report on the National Bicycling and Walking Study (www.fastlane.dot.gov) is that it’s the 15-year update. Fifteen years? I remember like…

Velo-City Global 2010 – Copenhagen, Here We Come!

By Alison Dewey | June 15, 2010

In just a few days I will be departing for Copenhagen to attend Velo-City Global 2010 – what an opportunity! Andy Clarke, Jeff Peel and I will join the 870…

Countdown to Copenhagen

By bikeleague | June 15, 2010

With a week until the start of Velo-City Global Conference organizers in Copenhagen released the final announcement of speakers and events. Regular blog readers know we’re quite fond of Copenhagen…

Counter Cantor — Support Safe Routes To Schools

By bikeleague | June 15, 2010

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) has targeted the federal Safe Routes to School program established under the 2005 Federal Surface Transportation Bill (SAFETEA-LU) as wasteful government spending in his weekly…

Bikes Banned in Black Hawk, Colo.

By bikeleague | June 10, 2010

Despite 11 Bicycle Friendly Communities, including Platinum level Boulder, not all Colorado towns are striving to become bike-friendly. Our member organization Bicycle Colorado alerted us to a bicycle ban in…

National Bike Rally Wrap Up

By Scott | June 10, 2010

I was lucky enough to join Andy Clarke, President, and Preston Tyree, Director of Education at the National Bike Rally in Albuquerque.  The riding was great, as was the opportunity…

Royal Coverage of Princely Ride

By bikeleague | June 9, 2010

We don’t always get a lot of national and international media coverage for local bike events, so I have to say it was a pretty amazing sight riding up Pennsylvania…

Not a silver bullet, “We need silver buckshot”: Oil, American Power, and future of funding transportation

By bikeleague | June 9, 2010

The surface transportation system in the United States is financed in large part by the gasoline tax, though for years the tax has been insufficient to cover the costs of…

Royal Ride A Slam Dunk

By bikeleague | June 7, 2010

This morning at around 9:45 a.m. an eclectic group of bicycle advocates rode together down Pennsylvania Avenue, to check out the new bike lanes, and down to the Lincoln memorial…

A Royal Ride – The Crown Prince of Denmark and NBA Star Caron Butler Go For a Ride

By bikeleague | June 5, 2010

The League of American Bicyclists is hosting the Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik André Henrik Christian, the Ambassador of Denmark Friis Arne Petersen, and special guests including two-time NBA all-star…