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Local and State Advocacy

State safety targets show need for Congress to further prioritize safety

By Ken McLeod | October 22, 2020

The following blog post is co-authored and published in partnership with the National Complete Streets Coalition highlighting state safety goals for biking and walking.

What Makes a Better Bike Lane Barrier?

By Ken McLeod | May 15, 2020

Can something better than a plastic bollard be used to protect people on bikes in protected bike lanes?

What do states teach drivers about biking? Not much

By Ken McLeod | May 4, 2020

For decades, educating people about biking has been a core element of the League’s work. This has primarily focused on teaching people how to bike more safely by imparting skills…

Advocates Adapting Streets to COVID-19

By Ken McLeod | April 27, 2020

Hear from three advocates who worked with their cities to adapt streets to COVID-19 by providing more space places for people to bike and walk.

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Lobbying in a time of covid-19

By Caron Whitaker | April 14, 2020

At the League, we are asking ourselves, what can we do to make it easier for people to walk and bike safely right now and to encourage people to continue bicycling once this crisis is over.

Matching bicycles with essential workers

By Ken McLeod | April 7, 2020

People who deliver meals, work in health care, work in grocery stores, and other essential workers are turning to biking for transportation. Advocates are making sure they can.

Bicycling is essential

By Ken McLeod | March 23, 2020

As states and cities are considering which businesses are essential, most are finding – initially or eventually – that bicycling is essential.

Take a photo, take back the streets with OurStreets

By Lauren Jenkins | January 30, 2020

The League is partnering with OurStreets to give people biking a way to collectively document the dangers posed by drivers stopping in bike lanes and driving aggressively.

Drivers have more than one way to show support for biking

By Ken McLeod | September 23, 2019

Twenty-six states currently offer specialty license plates that support biking. Now Californians can pre-order a new license plate for their car that celebrates bikes.

How advocates brought the Idaho Stop to Oregon

By bikeleague | September 6, 2019

Years after Idaho enacted the first law allowing bicyclists to legally roll through stop signs when it’s safe to do so, several states like Oregon have passed similar legislation thanks to the dedication of advocates.