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Indianapolis is on the move toward becoming a great Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC). The city was awarded a Bronze-level BFC designation in 2009, and the mayor of Indianapolis Greg Ballard…

Yesterday, the Michigan House voted 74-33 to ban texting while driving as a primary offence, meaning that police can ticket for driving while texting without seeing another violation. This is…

League President Andy Clarke and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood teamed up for an all-star appearance on BicycleRadio tonight to discuss the state of national and local bike policy. Andy…

League President Andy Clarke will join Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood on BicycleRadio at 10:00 pm EST (7:00pm PST) tonight.  They will be talking about the USDOT policy statement on…

Just in case you didn’t believe us that League President Andy Clarke visited Long BEach, CA, last week, LA Streetsblog has provided photographic evidence (and a nice write-up of the…

… but also wonders how replicable a model it is. Here’s the article. Credit: AP via the Economist Naturally in an article about Portland, biking gets a prominent mention: The environment is…

Last week we told you about the Mayor of Tupelo, MS signing a proclamation of support for the USDOT statement on bicycling and walking (after being inspired by Lee County,…

League President Andy Clarke was just out in Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community Long Beach, CA. getting a tour of the local bike facilities from mobility coordinator Charlie Gandy. But you…

Bike club leaders met in Milwaukee, Wis. this past weekend to share best practices during the League’s Club Leadership Training. The Training proved to be an opportunity for new and…

In a new message on his website, Congressman LaTourette (R-OH) expressed regret  at the uproar caused by his questions to the Undersecretary of Tranportation about the USDOT policy statement during a…