Summit FAQ

The 2025 National Bike Summit will take place Tuesday, March 11, through Thursday, March 13, 2025. The Summit will be hosted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G Street NW, in Washington, DC.

There are in-person and online-only access tickets available.

We will use the conference platform Whova for all attendees. Keynote and plenaries can be attended in-person while online-only attendees can watch and ask questions via live stream. Select breakout sessions and the annual advocacy & education awards ceremony will also be streamed with recordings of this content being made available to registrants on-demand after the Summit has concluded.

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Yes, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has outdoor bike parking. Bike parking will be unattended — remember to bring a bike lock!

Yes! Individual and Family League members may choose the 'Individual Member' ticket type; while staff and board of member organizations, if not already individual members, may claim the 'Organizational Member' ticket type. Visit www.bikeleague.org/renew to see if your individual or organizational membership is in good standing and retrieve your member number, or to renew your membership to receive the member discount. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

The best pricing for Summit registration is always with an individual League membership, even when the price of purchasing a new membership is considered. As such, individual member pricing is available only to individual and family members. 

Staff and board of member organizations, if not already individual members, may claim the 'Organizational Member' ticket type. We encourage all Summit attendees to become members before registering for the Summit by visiting bikeleague.org/join-now.

Look up your membership number at bikeleague.org/join-now by entering your email address and zip code. We are happy to answer any question regarding your membership number and status, please email us at [email protected] or call us at (202) 822-1333, and we will be glad to assist you.

Discounts are also available for the following groups:

State Coordinators receive discounted registration for their work scheduling congressional meetings and organizing Summit attendees at the state level. Email [email protected] for more information.

In taking actions that align with our values and our equity goals and in partnership with our friends at SRAM, BIPOC-led and focused bike clubs/groups are eligible for discounted registration to the National Bike Summit. Email [email protected] for more information. 

The League is offering a discount to the National Bike Summit for public health professionals who work on increasing physical activity through community design efforts. If you are working on state or local-level policies and activities to improve pedestrian, bicycle, or transit transportation networks to everyday destinations we would love to have you attend! Email [email protected] for more information.

The scholarship application for the 2025 National Bike Summit is available here.

The League is committed to ensuring that people from all economic backgrounds have access to our events through scholarships. Each year we offer scholarships to those who, without financial assistance, would not be able to attend the conference.

Priority will be given to applicants that have not received a Summit scholarship in the past. Any scholarship applicant that is not awarded will be offered the early bird discount.

Fill out an application to apply for financial assistance to attend the 2025 National Bike Summit. This application will close on Friday, January 17 at 11:59pm PT.

Absolutely! We have justification letter templates for public employees, educational professionals, public health employees, and general audiences. You can adapt the content as you see fit to illustrate the numerous professional development opportunities of attending the National Bike Summit.

Everyone who purchases a ticket to the National Bike Summit will have access to the recordings of all of the keynote presentations, main stage breakout sessions, and the annual advocacy and education awards ceremony. This content may not be made available until several days after the Summit has concluded. Each presenter has the choice whether to distribute slides or other information presented during the National Bike Summit through the Whova conference platform.

Attendees are more than welcome to bring their own bikes to the ride, but Capital Bikeshare bikes will also be available. Participants MUST bring their own helmet.

Yes, there will be at least two separate tracks for public employees who attend the Summit but can't participate in Lobby Day on Wednesday, March 12th. One track will be for city, state, and federal transportation employees, and a second track will be for public university employees, with content focused around the Bicycle Friendly University program. A third track may be added for public health employees at the state or local level if there is sufficient demand. All Lobby Day Alternative programming will be offered in-person only (no virtual or hybrid options, and the sessions will not be recorded) at the 2025 National Bike Summit.

When you register for the Summit, you will be given the chance to say whether you plan to participate in Lobby Day, in a Lobby Day alternative session for public employees, or neither.

Online registration for ONLINE ONLY attendance closes on March 13, 2025.

Online registration for IN-PERSON attendance closes March 3, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.

Walk-up registration will be available at the Summit on March 11th.

You may edit your registration information within 24 hours of your purchase. Click on the link in your confirmation email from [email protected], located beneath your payment information. If it has been over 24 hours since your registration email [email protected] and we can assist you.

Each registrant will have access to the National Bike Summit virtual platform and will only be able to enter the conference on one device (Computer, laptop, tablet) at a time. Online-only ticket holders are asked not to share their login.

If you register and then realize you can no longer attend, you may transfer your registration to another individual until March 3, 2025. After that, we reserve the right to transfer the registration to a scholarship recipient. All you need to do to make this change is email [email protected] or call our office and we will be happy to take care of it for you: 202-822-1333.

Once we receive your paid registration, you will receive a confirmation email from [email protected]. If you do not receive an email, please do not hesitate to contact us at 202-822-1333 or email [email protected].

In-person and Online-Only ticket registration is fully refundable (minus a $25 administrative fee) through January 31, 2025. In-Person and Online-Only ticket registration is 50% refundable from February 1 until February 23, 2025. There will be no refunds granted starting on or after February 24, 2025. You may transfer your In-Person or Online-Only ticket registration without penalty until March 3, 2025.

Anyone who registers to attend in person and falls sick in the days prior to the event will be offered an Online-Only registration and a 50% percent refund or a free transfer to next year’s National Bike Summit.

Failure to use a discount code upon registering does not entitle registrants to partial refunds for the difference in cost at a later time. Before you register, please email [email protected] if you believe you are eligible for a discount (Summit Sponsor, State Coordinator, etc.)

In the event that you need to update, cancel, or transfer your registration, please email us at [email protected] or call 202-822-1333 and we'll be happy to assist you.

Online registration for ONLINE-ONLY tickets closes on March 13, 2025. 

Online registration for IN-PERSON attendance closes March 3, 2025.

The League welcomes Summit sponsorship from businesses and organizations of all shapes and sizes. Sponsors enjoy wide exposure throughout the event, and are invited to engage directly with our in-person audience of advocates, educators, leaders and professionals.

Interested? Contact our Director of Membership & Development Kevin Dekkinga at [email protected] to get started.

Yes, the League of American Bicyclists is committed to moving from the halls of Congress to the streets of your community and we want you to do the same. Lobby Day at the Summit will be exclusively for in-person attendees.

You can find your congressional district by entering your zip code here.

You are encouraged to share your profile as an attendee to the National Bike Summit so that other attendees can contact you through the event platform. The registration form asks for your permission to share your profile before making it available to other attendees.

If you are participating in Lobby Day, your email, phone number, and congressional district will be shared with your State Coordinator and other Lobby Day participants from your state.

The League reserves the right to provide a list of attendees to sponsors by request. To opt out, contact [email protected].

Attendees are encouraged to find their own lodging in Washington, DC, that meets their needs and budget. The in-person events will be located in and around the MLK Jr. Memorial Library located at 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20004. Here are a few hotels in the area (the League does not have a room block at any hotel):

Riggs Washington DC
Embassy Suites by Hilton
Grand Hyatt Washington D.C.
CitizenM Capital
Sonder Dupont
Generator DC

The MLK Jr. Memorial Library is Metro-accessible, across the street from the Gallery Pl-Chinatown WMATA station, which is served by the Red, Green, and Yellow Metro lines, if you’d like to explore other neighborhoods for your Summit lodging.

Please contact [email protected] for more information on Pop-Up shop opportunities at the National Bike Summit.

Contact [email protected] with any questions regarding the National Bike Summit.

For the 2025 Summit, the League invites individuals and organizations to submit proposals on a range of topics related to making biking better. Topics should be relevant to the bicycling movement and support enhancing Summit attendees’ collective understanding of how to make biking better through expanding cycling education, increasing the inclusivity of and access to bicycling through meaningful engagement, and building bike infrastructure for all ages and abilities that connects communities.

Preference will be given to proposals submitted on or before October 1, 2024 at 11:59pm PT. However, the RFP will remain open through December and additional proposals will be considered if there are additional openings in the Summit agenda or webinar series. Submit a Proposal »

On Friday, March 14, directly following the Summit, the League is hosting a full day of in-person programming for  local and state advocacy organizations, called the Active Transportation Leadership Institute (ATLI). The day will consist of networking with peers, building skills, sharing knowledge, and combining efforts in a shared national strategy to create a truly Bicycle Friendly America for Everyone. Registration is limited to staff (paid or volunteer) and board members of state and local advocacy organizations that are Organizational Members of the League. ATLI registration includes access to the online content of the National Bike Summit (see Online-Only Ticket), a Thursday evening reception, and breakfast and lunch on Friday. If you are purchasing an In-Person ticket, you have the option to include ATLI as an add-on to your ticket at a discounted rate. The separate ticket type is only for those who will not be attending the rest of the 2025 National Bike Summit in-person.

Yes, ATLI-only tickets are available. However, the price of ATLI registration is discounted when purchased as an add-on with an in-person Summit registration. 

Yes, there are two ways to add registration for ATLI after you’ve already registered for the Summit. On your confirmation email, scroll down and click "Add to your Order." This will allow you to add ATLI registration to your existing order. You can also login to your Whova account,  click on "Manage my Order," and then click "Purchase Additional Tickets or Add-Ons."

There are three ways to add a donation to the Summit Scholarship fund. You can do so when purchasing your Summit ticket by adding a “Summit Scholarship Donation Add-on” to your order. You can also do so via your confirmation email, by scrolling down and clicking "Add to your Order." This will allow you to access the option of donating to the fund. You can also login to your Whova account, click on "Manage my Order," then click on "Scholarship Donation," and select your intended amount. Thank you!