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July 27, 2011by Alison DeweyAccording to a new survey and report, platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB)
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July 26, 2011by supportMore people are commuting by bicycle every year, thanks to Bicycle Friendly Communities and other motivators like high gas prices.
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July 21, 2011by Darren FluscheSenator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) held a full Senate Transportation Committee hearing today on their proposed transportation re-authorization bill. The committee heard testimony from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R.
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July 19, 2011by Darren FluscheIn advance of a hearing on Thursday called "Legislative Issues for Transportation Reauthorization,” the U.S.
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July 18, 2011by Darren FluscheDoes your local transportation agency have a strong project that is multi-modal, non-traditional, and hard to fund through traditional channels? If so, federal TIGER 3 funds might be the right source for it. Secretary LaHood has announced $527 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) funds. This is the third round of these merit-based grants, hence the short-hand...
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July 7, 2011by Darren FluscheIn a press conference this morning, John Mica (R-FL), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the House, announced his proposal for the next surface transportation re-authorization bill.
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July 6, 2011by Darren FluscheBike Delaware has scored a major victory. On Friday, the Delaware General Assembly voted to dedicate $5 million in new funding for bicycling in Delaware. That’s “more money than the state has ever allocated before,” according to Bike Delaware’s announcement.
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July 1, 2011by Andy ClarkeYesterday, the Federal Highway Administration informed state Departments of Transportation of another rescission of funds, this time totaling $2.5 billion. A “rescission”, you may recall, is a mechanism by which states return to Washington various unspent amounts of money that they could have spent but haven’t yet done so.
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June 30, 2011by Andy ClarkeJust when you think things are going well and US cities are making great progress towards being more bike-friendly (which they are…), somewhere like Copenhagen comes along and reminds you just how far we have to go!
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June 28, 2011by support
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