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March 22, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiMaybe you're here with us in Washington, D.C., at the 2012 National Bike Summit. Maybe you weren't able to make it — but you still want to be involved. Either way, make sure Congress hears bicyclists' voices loud and clear today.
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March 22, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiThe National Bike Summit is certainly centered around the ask. We gather in Washington, D.C., so we can meet our members of Congress face-to-face and tell them how important bicycling is to us and our communities. But the Summit is also a chance to meet and connect with bike advocates, enthusiasts and officials of all stripes.
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March 21, 2012by Darren FluscheStanding-room only crowds attended three National Bike Summit panel sessions called, “I Bike, I Vote: Here’s My Ask,” to hear about the official Summit request of Congress and learn how to build relationships with Congressional staffers.
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March 21, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiOur partners at the International Mountain Bicycling Association posted a great blog summarizing the insight from last night's keynote speaker, Mark McKinnon. Check it out!
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March 21, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiWill Generation Y be known as the Bicycle Boomers? If you ride the streets of Washington, D.C., where young professionals socialize at stoplights on their Capital Bikeshare commute home, you might think so. If you read the studies that suggest the upcoming generation is driving less than their parents — as a proactive lifestyle choice — you'd certainly think so.
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March 21, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiStart your pedals, America- The Get Up & Ride National Bike Challenge is on!
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March 21, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiIf you think your calls and emails to members of Congress fall on deaf ears, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) would like to set the record straight.
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March 21, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiThe 2012 National Bike Summit got off to an energizing start this morning with an opening session featuring high-powered members of Congress and the man Representative Earl Blumenauer called the best Transportation Secretary we've ever had: Ray LaHood.
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March 20, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiShe had to wait almost an entire year, but a very excited Oklahoma student got her moment of glory on the stage of the 2012 National Bike Summit tonight.
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March 20, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiIn his first book, the notorious Bike Snob "systematically and mercilessly realigned the world of cycling." One of the bike world's most popular, prolific and profoundly humorous blog personalities, the Bike Snob (Eben Weiss) lampooned the "missteps, pretensions, and absurdities of bike culture while maintaining a contagious enthusiasm for cycling
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