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December 16, 2015by Carolyn Szczepanski
In Cudahy, Calif., more than 90% of the population is Latino and 30% live below the poverty line. In addition to rent-controlled housing and accountable government, one way Councilmember Baru Sanchez wants to uplift his community is through better biking. And he's working with the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition to authentically engage his fellow residents in that effort. -
May 21, 2015by Liz Murphy
Last week, Advocacy Advance released a new resource, “Active Transportation Equity: A Scan of Existing Master Plans.” While the report is not a comprehensive list, it cites 38 examples of active transportation master plans that include definitions of equity, equity goals, and — in some cases — performance measures for equity. But why this equity resource? What’s its purpose? -
May 14, 2015by Liz Murphy
In partnership with Advocacy Advance, Investing in Place and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) were thrilled to engage over 30 community based organizations and leaders throughout Los Angeles County (list of organizations that attended at the bottom of the post) to discuss the pending expenditure plan as the region considers its fourth transportation sales tax for the ballot in... -
April 6, 2015by Liz Murphy
On St. Patrick’s Day, residents of the city of Atlanta approved a $250 million bond package to fund transportation projects. The referendum came two and a half years after the defeat of an initiative known as T-SPLOST that would have implemented a one-cent sales tax for a huge array of transportation projects throughout the state. T-SPLOST was rejected by nine of the state’s 12 regions. -
February 6, 2015by Liz Murphy
Things didn’t go exactly as planned in BikeWalkKC’s campaign to include complete streets treatments in plans for a new streetcar expansion. But no one can say it wasn't a terrific success. Knowing that a proposed streetcar expansion wouldn’t be of much use if people couldn’t walk or bike safely to it, BikeWalkKC mobilized neighborhood advocates to lobby the city to include complete streets in the...
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February 3, 2015by Liz Murphy
Calling all advocates! It's legislative season. If your organization is working under a tight timeframe to unlock public dollars to plan, build, maintain, or promote safe walking and biking facilities, we can help. We're delighted to announced that REI just contributed another $20,000 for Advocacy Advance Rapid Response grants, and that money is available as fast as you need it. -
December 19, 2014by Liz Murphy
If you need a healthy helping of bicycle and pedestrian policy insight to get through the holiday season, you've come to the right place. Advocacy Advance, our partnership with the League of American Bicyclists, released a series of reports and webinars this year to help advocates and public officials in the U.S. maximize investment in bicycling and walking. Missed a few sessions or reports? We'... -
December 17, 2014by Liz Murphy
The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition (ABC) is a model for organizations working in cities that are not traditionally known as bikeable or bike-friendly and are working to kick-start a cultural shift in order to effect city-wide transportation system change. “Our approach has been to make latent demand visible to agencies and elected officials through community-building, inclusive events like open... -
December 17, 2014by Christy Kwan
“We need a mayor like that!” That’s the sentiment heard from many people after Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto concluded his remarks at the 2014 National Bike Summit. Moments earlier, Mayor Peduto had announced to the 800 bicycling advocates in attendance that he was appointing Bike Pittsburgh (BikePGH) Executive Director Scott Bricker to his region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization. (You can see... -
December 12, 2014by Darren Flusche
As part of the Advocacy Advance partnership between the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking and Walking, we travel around the country and talk to people about how to fund bicycling and walking projects. We get to see what happening all over and pick up on the exciting trends and common challenges. Sometimes the challenges are technical in nature; just as often, they are...
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