Connect Locally
Find local events, classes, bike shops and more.
Stay Up to Date
Receive Bicycle Friendly America news delivered straight to your inbox every other week.
Subscribe by RSS
Displaying news topic:
Advocacy
-
March 16, 2020by Bill NesperToday, the League and Uber announced a new safety partnership towards building healthier, sustainable, vibrant communities.
-
February 3, 2020by Ken McLeodJoin the League in telling NHTSA to update their car safety testing to emphasize upgrades that would reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.
-
January 30, 2020by Caron WhitakerWhen the Senate released their transportation bill last Summer, the League was relieved to see it included a number of items we had been pushing for: funding and policy improvements to Transportation Alternatives, a focus on bicycling and walking fatalities, as well as better planning tools. It also included the first ever climate title in a transportation bill.
-
January 16, 2020by Lauren Jenkins
It’s a foundational belief at the League: when more people ride bikes, life is better for everyone. -
January 13, 2020by Ken McLeodMost days, you can find the League doing meetings on Capitol Hill.
-
January 6, 2020by Ken McLeod
This New Year, encourage the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to resolve to build more separated bike lanes by telling them that this game-changing, proven, effective, simple, and yet under-utilized innovation should be part of the next Every Day Counts deployment. -
December 9, 2019by Caron WhitakerThe Transportation Alternatives program accounts for almost half of all federal funding for bicycling and walking infrastructure, and it's currently capped at $850 million per year - for the entire country. In March, attendees at the 2019 National Bike Summit asked Congress for improvements to the TA program that would make biking better...
-
November 25, 2019by Ken McLeodWhile every article the League found discussed the mandatory helmet use recommendation, only about half mentioned any other recommendations. The other recommendations? Build more bike infrastructure and build safer cars, among other things.
-
November 8, 2019by Lauren JenkinsThe League opposes mandatory helmet laws, which were among the recommendations in the new NTSB report on bicyclist safety.
-
August 26, 2019by Caron WhitakerWhether it’s on our bread and butter issues like funding for bike infrastructure, or on larger issues like automated vehicles, the League engages coalitions of likeminded organizations to get things done on behalf of people who bike. Here is how our coalitions on those two issues are making progress to protect and promote bicycling.
Pages
Subscribe
Sign up to receive our e-news in your inbox
Copyright 2000-2019, League of American Wheelmen, Inc. dba League of American Bicyclists, 1612 K Street NW, Suite 1102, Washington, DC 20006, 202-822-1333. The League is a 501(c)(3) organization.
League of American Bicyclists®, National Bike Summit,® Bike League℠, Bicycle Friendly℠ , Bicycle Friendly America℠, Bicycle Friendly State℠, Bicycle Friendly Community℠, Bicycle Friendly Business℠, Bicycle Friendly University℠, and BF℠, BFA℠, BFS℠, BFC℠, BFB℠ and BFB℠ are service marks of League of American Wheelmen, Inc.dba League of American Bicyclists. All Rights Reserved. See our privacy policy.
Site design by Language Dept. Development by radicalDESIGNS.
