National Bike Summit
For the most part, I’ve kept my advocacy worlds separate, but recently at the National Bike Summit I was challenged to reflect on why maybe they shouldn’t be kept quite so separate.
To transportation planners, when a new person gets on a bike, it’s called a “mode shift.” For many of us who have taken up cycling, however, it represents a frame shift — a change in how we see and understand transportation in our cities.
During 16 years of public service to the City of Palo Alto, Kathy Durham created one of the most successful Safe Routes to School programs in the nation.
The Gail and Jim Spann Educator of the Year Award, named for two of the League’s education champions and benefactors, is the League’s highest bicycling education honor.
Presenting Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) the Legislator of the Year award at the 2016 National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum was one of those classic moments of the Summit. Just as I got on stage to introduce him, the fire alarm went off.
The Community Cycling Center in Portland, OR, was awarded this year’s Catalyst Award. This article was originally published on the CCC blog. Thank you to the Alliance for Biking &…
When Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers spoke at the 2014 National Bike Summit, the office he’d led since 2010 was undergoing something of a revolution. The AOC office was becoming known for its bicycle-friendliness.
This Month’s update includes the latest on Summit asks, as well as an update on the Budget process, and what to watch for this summer from Washington. Please help! Federal…
Thanks again for coming to the Summit and for visiting with your Congressional Delegation. This year we’re starting a monthly update for Summit lobby participants to give you a short update on the Summit “asks” to Congress as well as an update on what else is happening on Capitol Hill.
The League of American Bicyclists was honored to work with the Alliance for Biking & Walking to present Advocacy Awards at the 2016 National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum.