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March 26, 2018by Calli CrowIn this two-part blog, Calli Crow, a first-time National Bike Summit attendee from Grand Rapids, MI, shares her experiences in DC at #NBS18.
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March 23, 2018by League StaffThe 2018 National Bike Summit featured a wide variety of sessions, including ones focused on Bicycle Friendly Businesses, Communities and Universities; diversity; events; tourism; organizational development; education and new developments.
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March 20, 2018by Caron WhitakerOn Sunday night, an autonomous vehicle operated by Uber hit and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, AZ, as she was walking her bicycle across the street. Tell your Senators to require automated vehicles to to prove they can detect and respond to bicyclists and pedestrians.
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March 19, 2018by League StaffYou can find all the #NBS18 photo albums at our Flickr site. Or just flip through the daily albums in this post!
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March 19, 2018by Caron WhitakerDuring the National Bike Summit Capitol Hill Lobby Day, several attendees were greeted by Congress members with good news about complete streets and trail projects coming to their district, courtesy of TIGER.
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March 13, 2018by Ken McLeodI attended the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Public Listening Summit on Automated Vehicle Policy. It was a good experience to hear so many leaders at U.S. DOT and from the public and private sectors discussing their principles for the development of automated vehicle policies.
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March 12, 2018by League StaffThanks to everyone who attended the 2018 National Bike Summit. We'd like to give a shout out to all the attendees who used the #NBS18 and #BikeLobbyDay hashtags in their social media posts.
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March 1, 2018by Caron WhitakerIn this webinar we walk through the asks for the National Bike Summit. The webinar will discuss the League's position on an infrastructure package and other legislation you will be discussing in your lobby day meetings.
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February 28, 2018by League StaffAt the 2018 National Bike Summit, the League will recognize advocates, educators and club leaders who made a difference in the past year.
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February 27, 2018by Island PressIn the 1980s, traffic engineer Hans Monderman conducted an experiment in Oudehaske, NL. He removed all road signs, signals and road markings and made all pedestrians, bikers and cars share roads and squares equally, creating a “shared space.” As a result, all travelers paid greater attention to each other equally to keep everyone safe.
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