League of American Bicyclists mounts e-mail campaign “I Bike, I Vote.” Since they were elected into power on Capitol Hill last fall, Congressional Republicans have been on a war path to eliminate government spending they consider wasteful. The latest project on the chopping block is the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program which creates safe space on [...]
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Bike Boulevards: Everything old is new again
Attend this Wednesday’s Bike Boulevard Open House to bring back bikeable streets If you pay much attention to rail history in this country, you’ll know the current move to build light rail and street cars system in the many American cities is a movement to restore rail that was widespread until the 1950s. Most American [...]
City of Austin, Bicycle Sport Shop get top honors from League of American Bicyclists
The League of American Bicyclists has released its Fall 2009 Bicycle Friendly Communities list and Austin made the list on two separate occasions. Bicycle Sport Shop was awarded a Platinum designation, the highest awarded, and the City of Austin received a Silver Award, being only one of 2 governmental entities recognized in this year’s list. [...]
Matthew Modine and League of American Bicyclists not at odds over helmets
New York Magazine helmet controversy is non-existent Last week, I wrote an opinion piece in response to an interview in New York Magazine with actor and cycling advocate Matthew Modine about bicycle advocacy and the issue of bike helmets. I was critical of Modine based on some of the contradictory statements he made in the [...]
Bicycle Sport Shop awarded by LAB
Leslie Luciano at Bicycle Sport Shop announced today that the League of American Bicyclists has named their local store a 2008 Shop of the Year for this region of the country. From their press release: The League’s Shops of the Year award recognizes outstanding shops for their commitment to customer service and dedication to encouraging [...]
Bike advocates ride on D.C., torches ablaze
Cycling organizers are meeting at the nation’s Capitol for a week of advocacy and education known as the National Bike Summit. Put on every year by the League of American Bicyclists, the Summit is likely the biggest political bike advocacy event of the year. They’ve got some lofty goals too – the fight to increase [...]
