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The League has a proud and rich history of working for better bicycling. Founded in 1880 as the League of American Wheelmen, the organization launched the Good Roads Movement that…
Read More →The US Department of Transportation has announced the 73 winners in 40 states who will share the $600 million dollars from the second round of TIGER grants. Of the total,…
Read More →If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere, or so the saying goes. We’ve been excitedly watching NYC for some time now, and the city…
Read More →Last week, our friends the Alliance for Biking & Walking’s PeoplePoweredBlog reported on an achievement in Missouri: After years of work by the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, the Missouri DOT put…
Read More →The context that framed our Advocacy Advance report on bicycling and Climate Action Plans (PDF) was that strong federal action on climate change was not forthcoming and, as a result,…
Read More →In front of the office of the Honorable Ron Wyden, Senator from Oregon On Tuesday myself and Walter Finch made the trek up to Capitol Hill to deliver hundreds of…
Read More →This isn’t how I wanted to spend International Walk and Bike to School Day. True, I was able to ride with my daughter to school this morning, but then had…
Read More →With nearly 34,000 traffic fatalities in 2009 — 630 of them of bicyclists — there is a huge need to spend safety funds quickly and strategically. However, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has…
Read More →The League is offering its second club leadership webinar this evening, focusing on all aspects of running your club’s membership campaign. Our panel includes Dan Ehrmann of ClubExpress, Mary Derks,…
Read More →At the Pro-walk/Pro-bike conference in Chattanooga last month, we announced the official launch of the Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) program. Like the Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC), the Bicycle Friendly State…
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