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Earlier this week on my ride home I stopped at a red light, waiting to make a left turn, when I heard a woman’s voice say, “excuse me.” I ignored…

Every Department of Transportation should have at least one car like this. This was from the DOT in New Mexico. Photo by Preston Tyree UPDATE: Arizona DOT gets in on…

While the Twighlight series  New Moon is shattering records at the box office,  I was reminded of the teen-vampire film of my youth, The Lost Boys. Beyond being one of…

As part of our three part series, “Getting Federal Funding,” the Advocacy Advance partnership continues with a report on the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).  The series is designed to…

The League receives a lot of calls and emails about cyclists being killed while riding – too many of them actually. Each and every one makes us on staff take…

Great news!! – The Federal Transit Administration has published a federal registry notice describing the eligibility of pedestrian and bicycle improvements for FTA funding and proposes a formal policy on…

While most of League staff can be found in our Washington, D.C. office, we’re often on the road working one on one with communities across the country. Last week Education…

Last month Reuters reported on a study of bicycle injuries that found an increase in serious bicycling injuries in a Denver hospital from 1996 to 2006. The report, which carried…

File under: one day this will not be news. Despite the growth in bicycle commuting, it still strikes many people as unusual. In fact, judging by this report in the…

USA Today’s Drive On Blog recently had a provocative piece asking whether motorists have let cyclists rights go too far – apparently missing the irony that it was cyclists in…