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Later this week, I will be presenting on a webinar hosted by the APHA, “Resources to Improve Health and Promote Active Transportation”

42,931 people participated in the first month of the National Bike Challenge and logged more than 7.7 million miles!

I was an American diplomat for thirty-six years, living and working on three continents. I’ve been an American cyclist for much longer than that. I still commute to school every day by bicycle, this time to my office at Stanford University.

Last week, Monmouth University released some new polling on Americans’ attitudes towards transportation infrastructure, and who’s responsible for fixing our roads and bridges.

Alison Dewey, our Director of Education, joined Bike Walk CT for Bike to Work Day last week, visiting communities and businesses around the state.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to represent the League of American Bicyclists at Bike Expo New York in support the Five Boro Bike Tour. It was great to meet hundreds of people over two days who were excited to ride through New York City in streets free of motor vehicles.

National Bike Month is here! Read on for dates of important #BikeMonth events and tools to use to make your May better.

By identifying or creating safe environments to ride, we offer girls and women the opportunity to give cycling a try. The women I work with say being on a bike brings them closer to nature, to their community and to themselves and, along the way, they discover (or rediscover) the joy of riding a bike.

Thanks to all of our National Bike Summit attendees who came to Washington and advocated with their members of Congress. One of our asks this year was to robustly fund the TIGER program.

Last week, Bill Nesper and I attended a tour and crash test demonstration at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. We learned a lot about how they test and about what they’ve learned.