Local and State Advocacy
Over the past year, the League of American Bicyclists and AARP have been collaborating to create theAARP Bike Audit Tool Kit: A Self-Service Guide to Assessing a Community’s Bikeability. The…
Across the country, in small towns and villages, in bustling metropolitan areas, and in suburban communities, citizens are out on the streets, campaigning to get their chance to be elected…
America’s roads are deadly – for everyone. In 2021, an estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This was a 16-year high and consistent with a decade of…
As we’ve passed the halfway point of 2023, state legislatures are winding down for the year. According to Ballotpedia, by June 30th all but nine state legislative sessions were closed.…
Do you know what cycling-related bills are being debated in your state legislature? We reviewed some of the good, bad, and ugly bills in 2023.
On Friday, March 3rd, the League hosted “Bike Advocacy Essentials: How to Write a Letter to the Editor”. Watch the recording now.
We hope William (Bill) Dooley’s commitment to bettering bicycling will live on through the Bill Dooley Bicycle Safety Act.
See which Community Designated Projects are in your state and if your member of Congress supported them.
How does one slow down roads? In most cases, that’s up to the states. Learn the two biggest barriers to local governments setting safer speed limits.
In a win for advancing racial justice, improvements to the Section 1906 grant program allow more states to use the funding to develop programs to reduce racial profiling.