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September 6, 2013by Liz
Our new Women Bike "Women on a Roll" report is doing exactly what we'd hoped: It's getting people talking. Blogger Lady Fleur recently wrote a five-part series breaking down the report's "Five Cs", noting her own personal experiences as they related to the facts and figures. We loved the series, "Five Things I Knew About Women & Bikes... But was afraid to write about before I had data to... -
September 5, 2013by Liz
The League has two job openings in our Bicycle Friendly America℠ program. The Bicycle Friendly Community Specialist will provide direct, hands-on assessments and assistance to 100 communities nationwide annually. The Bicycle Friendly Community program provides a roadmap to improve conditions for bicycling and has recognized 259 communities in 47 states as BFCs. The Specialist's main... -
September 5, 2013by Darren
The moment many transportation watchers have been waiting for arrived today as the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the recipients of $474 million in the fifth round of federal TIGER grants. Among the notable winners for bicycling and walking are a 2.5 mile expansion of Atlanta's Beltline Corridor Trail; a regional pedestrian infrastructure project in Foley, AL; a complete streets... -
September 4, 2013by Carolyn Szczepanski
Continuing our investigation of the 5 Cs of Women's Bicycling highlighted in our Women on a Roll report, we explore the importance of convenience. With kids, cargo and time constraints, making bicycling practical and convenient is a critical component to getting more women out riding. -
September 3, 2013by LizWhile bike laws can vary widely from state to state, there are some foundational rules that all bicyclists should follow when they are on the road. Our next bike education video focuses on just that: Traffic Laws. Here are the basics of riding your bike in the road...
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September 3, 2013by Carolyn Szczepanski
In our recent Women on a Roll report, we highlighted data from the National Sporting Goods Association that shows a rise in the number of female riders and slight decline in the number of men. Today, the Gluskin Townley Group put out a release highlighting the shift in cycling demographics reflected in both the NSGA numbers and the GTG's American Bicyclist Survey. -
August 30, 2013by Liz
Rob Erbeau has been riding bikes for most of his life. But the power of the bicycle became clear in the early 2000s when he was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Anders, one of our top National Bike Challenge riders, now sees bicycling as his means to living a healthy life -- "it sets me free," he says. We caught up with Anders about his Challenge story. -
August 30, 2013by Andy
On Tuesday, August 27th the U.S. Department of Transportation released a draft strategic plan for public comment. The 94-page document lays out how the U.S. Department of Transportation proposes to manage our transportation system for the next five years -- guiding the work of some 57,000 federal employees and heavily influencing some $205 billion of annual spending on highways in this country. -
August 30, 2013by Liz
Comfort and convenience are two major factors in getting more women on bikes. In our latest Women Bike report, "Women on a Roll," we can see how important these two elements are to bridging the gender gap in bicycling. Yesterday, we took a closer look at "comfort" and "convenience," hosting a webinar with two expert researchers in the field: Jennifer Dill of Portland State University and Susan... -
August 29, 2013by Liz
This post comes from Adonia E. Lugo, a member of the League's Equity Advisory Council and a Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Yesterday, on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, wrote a blog post on transportation and opportunity, in light of this special commemoration. In the post below, Lugo...
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