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Celebrating 18 Years of the Benchmarking Report on Bicycling & Walking

By Marlee Townsend | September 26, 2025

For nearly two decades, the Benchmarking Report on Bicycling and Walking in the United States has been a go-to source for a data-driven understanding of how Americans travel on foot…

State Law Roundup: Including a bicyclist in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case

By Ken McLeod | August 7, 2025

For many states, legislatures call it a year in the spring and their legal changes go into effect in the summer. Unlike my last legal roundup, which focused on active…

Legal Roundup: Federal Grant Funding at Stake in Multiple Lawsuits

By Ken McLeod | July 24, 2025

I joined the League of American Bicyclists straight out of law school during a simpler time. I did original research on traffic laws and wrote about their nuances in our…

House Holds Hearing on Motor Vehicle Safety

By Ken McLeod | June 28, 2025

On Thursday, June 26th, the House Energy & Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing titled, “Looking Under the Hood: The State of NHTSA and Motor…

Paint it with Pride

By Ken McLeod | June 26, 2025

June is Pride Month to honor and recognize the history, culture, and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community. As I was walking recently in Washington, DC, I saw the 15th Street…

Another Year of Devastating and Preventable Bicyclist Deaths

By Ken McLeod | April 25, 2025

On April 8th, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a press release announcing its early estimates of overall traffic fatalities for 2024, projecting that 39,345 people died in…

Introducing Ready to Ride: A Vision for Universal In-School, On-Bike Education

By Jamil Modaffari | March 31, 2025

At the League of American Bicyclists, we believe that every child deserves to experience the joy, confidence, and freedom that comes with learning to ride a bike. That’s why we’re…

What safer biking laws should look like

By Ken McLeod | January 29, 2025

The League knows bike laws. For decades, the League of American Bicyclists has advocated for the rights of people who bike and for traffic laws that align with best practices…

Five Takeaways from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting

By Ken McLeod | January 9, 2025

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting is one of the largest transportation conferences in the United States, perhaps in the world. This year was its 104th meeting and it…

New Transportation Alternatives Funding coming your way

By Caron Whitaker | December 19, 2024

Thanks to Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA), the Ranking Democrat on the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, your state is getting more Transportation Alternatives funds! Yesterday, Congress passed the Water…