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June 18, 2012by Darren FluscheWe are close to a milestone. Eight days from now will mark the 1,000th day since the federal transportation authorization bill, SAFETEA-LU expired. You can track the progress at Transportation for America's website.
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June 15, 2012by KatieSo, I spent most of last night on Design Milk. If you haven't been on it, it's a beautiful site — basically a tumblr for design freaks who want to binge their eyeballs on architecture, interior design, and other gorgeous items.
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June 15, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiIn bicycle advocacy, we often cite the troubling statistic that, while women make up 51 percent of the American population, we accounted for just 24 percent of U.S. bike trips in 2009.
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June 14, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiBy Lindsay Plante, BFA Communications Intern
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June 14, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiTonight at a Gala event in Portland, Ore., local residents will say thank you to one of the nation's most important champions of bicycling: Congressman Earl Blumenauer. Since he arrived on Capitol Hill in 1996, Blumenauer has been one of the strongest congressional leaders on cyclists' rights and bicycle funding. But his 40 years of public service — and visionary support of bicycling — started...
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June 13, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiIf you read the League blog, you got to know Heather Towers last week. When the Maryland resident started commuting by bike last year, she just hoped to save a few dollars in transportation costs.
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June 13, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiThere's no question that John Pucher (Rutgers) and Ralph Buehler (Virginia Tech) are two of the most prominent researchers on bicycle issues here in the U.S.
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June 12, 2012by Darren FluscheWashington, D.C., is a Silver Bicycle Friendly Community, with great local advocacy groups (WABA, F.A.B.B.), several top notch bicycling-related blogs (Greater Greater Washingto
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June 12, 2012by supportBill Nesper and I were recently invited to host separate Bicycle Friendly Community workshops in Rockhill, S.C. and Salisbury, Md. If you live and cycle on the east coast, both of these cities should be on your radar.
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June 11, 2012by Carolyn SzczepanskiThe U.S. House and Senate are negotiating right now to produce a final federal transportation bill and 20 years of progress on biking, walking and Safe Routes to School could be eliminated.
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