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April 1, 2014by Carolyn Szczepanski
Year in and year out, it's consistently the most popular and most requested issues of American Bicyclist: our annual spotlight on the Bicycle Friendly America program. And, the 2013 edition once again showcases the hundreds of communities, businesses and universities that are using the League's blueprint to make biking better nationwide. -
February 14, 2014by Amelia Neptune
Great things are happening for bicycles on college campuses across the country. According to a new study released by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, colleges and universities are working to reduce driving on campuses by promoting biking, walking, transit, car sharing, and even online distance learning as alternatives to personal vehicles. -
February 6, 2014by Steve Clark
Steve Clark On the Road: I’m mostly focusing on infrastructure, but as any good materialist will tell you, ideas too can become a material force! So here are not only the Top 10 treatments I’ve witnessed, but stay tuned tomorrow for 10 city superlatives that might ultimately be a bigger factor in long term success than the infrastructure! -
January 24, 2014by Darren Flusche
Right now, there is an important opportunity to speak up for safe bicycle access in Grand Teton National Park. The Park Service is accepting public comments on the Moose-Wilson Road project, a precedent-setting project that has the potential to improve safe access throughout the park system.
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January 21, 2014by Steve Clark
If you're as passionate about bicycling as I am, my gig will sound like a dream: I get to travel the country, visiting cities to help them become more bike-friendly as part of the new expanded Bicycle Friendly Community program. And you can thank Trek and Trek’s retailers throughout the nation for making this possible. -
December 5, 2013by Liz Murphy
The League is excited to announce a new member of our staff: Stephen Clark. A longtime bike advocate, Steve is our new Bicycle Friendly Community Specialist, and he'll be traveling across the country visiting communities to help them become more bike friendly. So what's Steve's story? Here's a quick Q&A on Steve's biking background... -
October 15, 2013by Liz Murphy
The national boom in biking has officially found a pedal-hold in a previously unlikely place: the suburbs. The League of American Bicyclists today announced its latest round of Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) -- and suburban towns, like Menlo Park, Calif.; Elmhurst, Ill.,; and Ferguson, Mo. are showing large urban centers aren't the only areas making biking better for millions of Americans. -
September 18, 2013by Bill Nesper
We created the Diamond Bicycle Friendly Community challenge to keep setting a high bar for the leading BFCs, one that takes into account safety and levels of ridership. In doing so, we looked to our friends in the city of Copenhagen for examples. No, we're not expecting every city and town in America to adopt the Copenhagen model, but these communities at the top are doing really well and we need...
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