Women Bike Resources

Women Bike News & Resources
Looking for facts and figures? Trying to find the latest research on women and bicycling? Need an idea to kickstart a campaign in your community? We're committed to being your go-to source of information and best practices in engaging and empowering more women to ride a bike — and rise in the movement.
Women Bike News and Stories
We're building knowledge and community by sharing stories and news from women who are making a difference in their communities nationwide. Click here to see the latest blogs posts from Women Bike.
Advocacy Toolkits
Our Women Bike Mini-Grants supported new ideas and programs in women’s bicycling outreach and engagement. View and download our grantees' Advocacy Toolkits so YOU can learn from their successes and challenges -- and even put their programs into effect in your community. Click here.
Engaging more women
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How to Host a Women's Bicycling Forum
Across the country, individual leaders and bicycling organizations are prioritizing getting more women on bikes — and many are starting the conversation with a gathering of new and long-time riders. To help make these events as successful as possible, we created this guide: How to Host a Women's Bicycling Forum (click to download).
Women on a Roll
A first-of-its-kind report from the Women Bike program, Women on a Roll compiles more than 100 original and trusted sources of data to showcase the growth and potential of female bicyclists in the United States. It also suggest five key focus areas — the 5 Cs — to increase women's ridership. Download the full report and read the press release.
Additional Women Bike resources
Through webinars, grants, magazine articles and special reports the Women Bike program is a growing hub of information about women and bicycling. Read more from our library...
New Report: Women on a Roll (August 6, 2013)
10 Myths about Women & Bicycling (August 8, 2013)
Women on a Roll to Better Health (August 12, 2013)
Recap: #WomenBike Twitter Chat (August 12, 2013)
Webcast Recording: "We need to sell the joy" (August 16, 2013)
Increased Comfort = More Women Riding (August 27, 2013)
Webinar Recap: Insight from top researchers, Jennifer Dill & Susan Handy (August 30, 2013)
Fewer Men, More Women Riding? (September 3, 2013)
Kids, Cargo and Cycling Convenience (September 4, 2013)
More Men, Fewer Women... Commuting? (September 10, 2013)
Women Spend Billions on Bikes (September 11, 2013)
5 Tips for the Bike Industry (September 17, 2013)
Confident Riders = More Women Bicycling (September 23, 2013)
Webcast Recap: 10 Tips for Engaging Women in Bike Education (September 27, 2013)
All Aboard the LA Bike Train! (September 30, 2013)
10 Myths Poster Available for Download (October 1, 2013)
Building Community Among Female Riders (October 8, 2013)
Community Profile: Women Bike Atlanta (October 9, 2013)
For Interbike 2013, Women Bike partnered with Leisure Trends Group on a factsheet and data campaign highlighting the theme: "Women Mean Business: Female riders spend millions — Will the bike industry benefit?"
Click here to download the factsheet.
Click here to download the images and memes shared on social media.
Meet 14 innovators who are flush with new ideas about how bicycles can change the world -- Bicycling Magazine, Sept. 12, 2013
Female bicyclists trying to close the gap on men -- Washington Post, May 7, 2013
Coming Soon to a Bike Shop Near You: Lattés, Craft Beer—and Wedding Cake -- Wall Street Journal, Aug. 28, 2013
Fewer women than men ride bikes in Phila. -- Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 17, 2013
Women On A Roll When It Comes To Biking -- Women You Should Know, Sept. 12, 2013
How Bike-Share Programs Can Help Close the Biking Gender Gap -- GOOD, Sept. 2, 2013
Bike-Share Is Key to Closing the Cycling Gender Gap -- Atlantic Cities, Aug. 19, 2013
The National Push to Close the Cycling Gender Gap -- DC Streetsblog, Aug. 19, 2013
Lots of Women Use Hubway, and That’s a Good Sign -- Boston Globe, Aug. 19, 2013
Six lessons for Portland from the League's new 'Women Bike' report -- Bike Portland, Aug. 8, 2013
Participants in the 2013 and 2014 National Women's Bicycling Forum Pop-up Shop
- Cheryl Allen-Munley of Bandbox Helmets
- Elly Blue of Taking the Lane Media
- Karen Canady of Bikie Girl Bloomers
- Recycle-A-Bicycle's Cycle Craft jewelry
- Sarah Canner of Vespertine
- Susan Mocarski of Cleverhood
- Ashley Fullenwider of Nuu-Muu
- Debra Zusin of GiveLoveCycle
- Tia Meilinger of Vaya Bags
- Maria Boustead of Po Campo
- Lisa Brady of ElleBrady Design
- Robin Bylenga of Pedal Chic
- Abbie Durkee of My Alibi
- Karen Fienberg of Keep Making Circles
- Megan Hottman, the Cyclist-Lawyer
- Paula MacMann of Chainspirations
- Emily Monroe of Montrose Stitchery
- Delaney Pearson of Velo California
- Sara Petyk of Bike the Gap
- Marcia Price of Vector Strategy
- April Reinhard of Natril Gear
- Stephanie Routh of Hopscotch Town
- Amber Wason of RIIDE
- Stacy Wood of JetLegz
Everyday Bicycling
by Elly Blue
Women on Wheels
by April Streeter
On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life
by Amy Walker
Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet
by Mia Birk
Bicycle: Love your Bike
by Helen Pidd
Heels on Wheels: A Lady's Guide to Owning and Riding a Bike
by Katie Dailey
Every Woman's Guide to Cycling
by Selene Yeager
The Bicycle Book
by Bella Bathurst
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
by Sue Macy
A Wheel Within a Wheel: A Woman's Quest for Freedom
by Frances Willard
City Cycling (Chapter 10: Women and Cycling)
John Pucher, Ralph Buehler (2012)
Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An International review
John Pucher, Jennifer Dill, Susan Handy (2010)
Promoting transportation cycling for women: The role of bicycle infrastructure
Jan Garrard, Geoffrey Rose, Sing Kai Lo (2008)
Categorizing Cyclists: What Do We Know? Insights from Portland
Jennifer Dill (2012)
Bicycling for Transportation and Health: The Role of Infrastructure
Jennifer Dill (2008)
Capital Bikeshare Study: A Closer Look at Casual Users and Operations
Ralph Buehler et al. (2012)
Revolutions for women: Increasing women's participation in cycling for recreation and transport
S. Crawford, J. Garrard, N. Hakman (2006)
Promoting Cycling for Women
Jan Garrard, Natalie Hakman (2005)
Gender Preferences in Bicycling Behavior and Facility Preferences: Research on Women's Issues in Transportation
K. Krizek, P. Johnson, N. Tilahun (2004)
Research on Women’s Issues in Transportation: Volume 1
Transportation Research Board (2004)