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Bike Summit: AAA Debuts New Share the Road PSA

By bikeleague | March 5, 2013

Bike helmet or car keys? For a growing number of Americans, it’s not one or the other. As the popularity of biking rises nationwide, more and more people are motorists…

What Do They Really Think? Perceptions of Biking on Capitol Hill

By bikeleague | March 5, 2013

We’ve got to admit: We were a bit surprised. While we often head to Capitol Hill thinking bicycling is a tough sell, turns out, most members of Congress already get…

Summit Plenary: “This Movement Represents the Future of our Country”

By bikeleague | March 5, 2013

Secretary Ray LaHood is a tough act to follow… unless, of course, you’re Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City’s Transportation Commissioner and visionary behind the transformation of the Big Apple into…

Twitter Recap of the National Women’s Bicycling Forum

By bikeleague | March 5, 2013

The 2013 National Women’s Bicycling Forum was a resounding success — and social media made sure folks around the country were able to see and hear some highlights from the…

LaHood to Bike Summit: DOT Will Address Bike Safety Head On

By bikeleague | March 5, 2013

It was a bittersweet opening to the 2013 National Bike Summit last night. Greeted with (multiple) standing ovation(s), outgoing Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, fired up the crowd for his fifth…

Georgena Terry, Bike Building Pioneer, Gives it Straight to Women’s Forum

By bikeleague | March 5, 2013

Three decades ago, Georgena Terry broke open many of the discussions we had today at the National Women’s Bicycling Forum with a simple but revolutionary act: building bicycles specifically for…

Women’s (Bike) History: Amelia Bloomer

By bikeleague | March 4, 2013

She’s a household name, though maybe not quite in the way she expected.

Amelia Bloomer’s last name has taken on a meaning all its own. A contemporary of Susan B. Anthony and a women’s rights leader in her own right, Bloomer made headlines by wearing her full-length pants that gathered at the ankles.

The New Face of the League

By bikeleague | March 4, 2013

Across the country, a bicycling renaissance is afoot. Bike commuting is on the rise, new audiences are being drawn to two wheels and entire cities are being transformed by active…

Release: Hundreds to Unite to Tell Congress that Bicycling Means Business

By bikeleague | March 1, 2013

For our friends in the media… Washington, D.C. — March 1, 2013 — Last summer, Congress passed a transportation bill that slashed dedicated funding for bicycling projects and programs. But…

March is Women’s (Bike) History Month!

By bikeleague | March 1, 2013

It may be the most famous quote about the role of bicycling in women’s history. In 1896, Susan B. Anthony — one of the most important leaders in the women’s…