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This month, citizens went to the poll and voted on transportation ballot measures. Seventy-three percent of transit measures passed, showing – yet again – that voters want to see their tax dollars spent on smart transportation investments. As described in Advocacy Advance’s recent report, “Success at the Ballot Box: Winning Bicycle-Pedestrian Ballot Measures” more and more bicycle and pedestrian advocates are pairing up with transit to achieve success at the ballot box. As states, regions and cities are looking for local sources of critical transportation dollars, this is a great funding opportunity for multi-modal projects.
The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. Georgette Yaindl is member-manager of Preventive Law Hawaii LLLC, a public interest law organization committed to eliminating injury and legal conflict from neighborhoods, roadways, and workplaces through “preventive” community legal education.
At the California By Bike Summit last weekend, it was my pleasure to help Melissa Balmer launch a new initiative: Women on Bikes California, a statewide campaign focused on Pedal Love, creative collaboration, and elevating the voices of female bicyclists across the Golden State. Read more…
Last night, a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced identical bills (HR 3494 and S 1708) — the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act — to help reduce the number of bicycle and pedestrian fatalities on American roadways. Review our resources on safety and learn more about how you can help support this important piece of legislation below. Here is League President Andy Clarke’s statement on the legislation.
The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization. Candidate Karen Jenkins has executive non-profit management experience and currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition. Read more…
The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. The Board is made up of both board-appointed and member-elected seats — and currently, there are five open seats and nine candidates for those member-elected spots. We need YOUR votes to determine who will join the board for the next three years.
The phrase “…it’s amazing, compared to where we were five years ago…” crops up in pretty much every interview I give and presentation I make these days. And the comparison is simple: we’ve come a long way, whether you are talking about ridership numbers, the people who are riding, or the places people are riding.
This blog is cross-posted from the Advocacy Advance blog, and is authored by Brighid O’Keane. Chambers of Commerce – at the local, regional, state and national level – are organizations of businesses that advocate on behalf of the business community. As advocates, we know that safe infrastructure that gets more people biking and walking in their communities is good for business. If your Chamber develops a platform that represents this, elected officials will hear the demand not just from us, but from the voice of businesses themselves.
Bike educators do the work on the ground to get more people on bikes — and riding safely and confidently — every day in communities across the country. To honor and thank those educators who have gone above and beyond in the past year, we’re putting out a call for nominations for the 2013 Educator of the Year Award.
In the final section of our Women on a Roll report, we make the case that engaging and elevating female leaders is a critical step in mainstreaming bicycling in the United States. Across the bike world, women are still underrepresented in leadership and membership — despite the fact that we are influential political constituencies and highly engaged in peer-to-peer encouragement.