Local and State Advocacy
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.
Can something better than a plastic bollard be used to protect people on bikes in protected bike lanes?
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…
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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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.
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.
As states and cities are considering which businesses are essential, most are finding – initially or eventually – that bicycling is essential.
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.
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.
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.