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Bicycle-Friendly Businesses Are Booming: 67 New BFBs Announced

By bikeleague | April 18, 2012

More than 500,000 American employees now work at a Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB), thanks to visionary leadership in the private and public sector. Today the League announced 67 new BFBs,…

Download 2012 Bike Month Posters: One Ride, Many Reasons

By bikeleague | April 17, 2012

As a kid in California, I rode my bike to pass endless hours outside with my friends, getting wind in my hair and mud on my tires. As a college…

Celebrate Tax Day with the Bicycle Commuter Tax Benefit

By Alison Dewey | April 17, 2012

We all know that riding a bike is good for the environment, our health, and our pocketbooks, but here’s one more way it pays to bike – The Bicycle Commuter…

Education for Everyone in Atlanta

By bikeleague | April 16, 2012

It may seem like I’m blogging about Georgia a lot lately, and it’s for good reason. The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is one of two Advocacy Advance model grant recipients. ABC’s…

Record Numbers for San Francisco Bike to School Day

By bikeleague | April 13, 2012

It may be the first year for National Bike to School Day, but San Francisco has been celebrating and growing its local event since 2009. Yesterday, more than 2,000 students…

Join the National Bike Challenge: Win Prizes Before It Even Starts (Now that’s what I call win-win!)

By bikeleague | April 12, 2012

So I’m sure that you’ve heard a lot about the National Bike Challenge by now, and if you haven’t, you can watch this video to learn more. We just hit…

Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast?

By bikeleague | April 12, 2012

By the end of the month, cycling fans can get their day started with a pair of star athletes: Matthew Busche, USA Cycling Professional Road National Champion, and track cyclist Dotsie…

Be a Bike to School Day Pioneer

By bikeleague | April 11, 2012

For more than a decade, millions of students have participated in Walk to School Day each October. Now, in partnership with the League, the National Center for Safe Routes to…

Driver Held Accountable for Unsafe Passing

By bikeleague | April 9, 2012

We blogged about Pennsylvania’s four-foot safe passing law that went into effect last Monday. Already the law is having an impact in Bethlehem, PA where an attempted hit and run…

Building a Better Bike Month

By Scott | April 6, 2012

The League’s Club Leadership Webinar topic for April was Making the Most of Bike Month. Rob Gusky, the Bike Ambassador for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, led off the presentation with an introduction…