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September 14, 2010by Darren FluscheThe Advocacy Advance Team, a partnership between the League and the Alliance for Biking & Walking, has released a new report on how bicycling advocates can work with state, city, and university officials to strengthen bicycling-promotion language in Climate Action Plans.
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September 10, 2010by supportThanks to all who responded to our action alert on rumble strips- you have helped get the attention of state transportation agencies across the country. We’ve had some great results:
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September 9, 2010by Darren FluscheThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) National Center for Statistics and Analysis has released new fatality data for 2009. While it's still hard to fathom that more than 33,000 people were killed in our streets last year, the trend is in the right direction.
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September 7, 2010by Andy ClarkeEvery round of Bicycle Friendly Community applications seems to have its own story. The last couple of rounds, for example, have seen some really encouraging applications from a whole bunch of larger mid-western cities who are getting with the program – rather than the plethora of smaller western college-towns that dominated some of the earlier rounds.
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September 1, 2010by Darren FluscheOne constant in policymaking, from the Progressive Era through the New Deal up to today, is the need to support policy proposals with data. Policymakers are expected to quantify the extent of a problem and measure the impacts of policy interventions. Just look at the curriculum of a public policy graduate program today and you will see that it is heavily weighted toward quantitative analysis.
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August 31, 2010by Andy ClarkeImagine my surprise to get an e-mail solicitation yesterday from a casino in Black Hawk, Colo., asking me to bring our business to their facility….
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August 25, 2010by supportA ten-day traffic jam stretching more than 60 miles outside of Beijing, China is a nightmare - a nightmare for those in their cars, for the Chinese government, and for its citizens.
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August 25, 2010by supportThe League is proud to be a Gold Level sponsor of this year’s Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference taking place September 13-17. Bronze Level BFC Chattanooga, TN will be hosting the biennial conference.
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August 24, 2010by supportAs bicycling continues to grow across the country, so does the need for increased understanding of how to safely ride a bike. There’s much more to learn beyond the basic balance, braking and shifting. Luckily, with proper training and a bit of practice, it’s not that hard.
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August 20, 2010by supportThere's been a lot said and written about the decline of Detroit, Mich after its deindustrialization. Long ago dubbed the Motor City, locals tell us that many streets are void of auto-traffic making them great for bikes. There's lots of people and organizations trying to turn the city around.
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