National Bike Summit

The League invites you to join us for 2016 National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum, where advocates, bike industry leaders, local decision makers, engineers and planners, will convene to discuss, learn, experience, and advocate for better bicycling. This year the event will merge the National Bike Summit and National Women’s Bicycling Forum into one event with one registration fee. All registrants will have access to women-specific content presented during the event. Scholarships are available and can be accessed on the registration site here.

Mark your calendars: The 2016 National Bike Summit will be held in Washington, D.C., from March 7 to 9. The 16th annual gathering of bike advocates, industry leaders and congressional champions will again take place at the Renaissance Hotel in Downtown Washington, D.C. The premier advocacy event of the year, the National Bike Summit unites the voices of bicyclists on Capitol Hill. The Summit has shown it’s real impact, leveraging increased investments in bicycling at the federal, state and local levels.

Thank you to everyone who came to, supported and engaged with the 2015 National Bike Summit! It was such an inspiring and thought-provoking three days — because of you! If you want to catch up on some of the discussions you missed, or relive some of your favorite memories from the event, read through our recap below. Don’t forget to read the #womenbike recap here, too!

Yesterday, we kicked off the 2015 National Bike Summit with the National Forum on Women & Bicycling. About 350 attendees talking about the issues facing women in the bike movement, including boosting women’s leadership. Catch up on all the fun with our collection of tweets below!

Washington, D.C. – March 10, 2015 – The National Bike Summit begins today in Washington, D.C., bringing together hundreds of passionate bicycling leaders from communities across the country. Hosted by the League of American Bicyclists, the Summit, running from today through March 12, is now in its 15th year. With another federal transportation bill looming, hundreds of bike advocates, industry leaders and cycling enthusiasts are gathering in Washington, D.C., to unite the voices of bicyclists on Capitol Hill.

The National Bike Summit unites the voices of bike advocates on Capitol Hill, highlighting critical issues and creating relationships with members of Congress that have a direct impact on biking in your community. And we know the Summit gets results: Last year, we pushed for Congress to tell the U.S. Department of Transportation to set a national goal to reduce bicyclist fatalities. Before the end of 2014, they did exactly that. We won, thanks to hundreds of participants at the National Bike Summit.

The 2015 National Bike Summit is all about Big Ideas. It takes plenty of experimentation and support to get there.

That’s where ioby comes in. The national, non-profit crowdfunding platform is helping us connect strong community ideas with fundraising dollars.

“ioby supports projects that make neighborhoods stronger, healthier and more sustainable, so working with bike advocates is a natural synergy,” says Ethany Uttech of ioby. “And we are excited to connect and share resources with a broader network of bike advocates at the 2015 Summit.”