Though some may of thought there was a bike summit going on here in Austin, the tenth annual National Bike Summit was held this last weekend in DC. Here’s an overview from StreetsFilm. Also, if you are attending SXSW Interactive, there will be a session today at 11 AM called Change the World, Lives, with [...]
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Bikes Belong Coalition launches People for Bikes campaign with goal of 1 million
This week is the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, a meeting of all the major bicycle advocacy organizations to push for more resources for bikes as a valid form of transportation. At the summit, the Bikes Belong Coalition has rolled out their new People for Bikes initiative with a goal of getting the signed [...]
Texas Advocates Attend National Bike Summit
Thanks to Bicycle Sport Shop‘s Leslie Luciano for sending over this revised, texas-focused release about the 2009 National Bike Summit! Record Number Attended 2009 Bike Summit! In total, 580 registrants from 47 states and four countries (Canada, Denmark, Czech Republic and the USA) visited more than 350 Congressional offices on Thursday, March 12. More than [...]
Coverage of the 2009 National Bike Summit at Bike Portland
A key theme of LaHood’s remarks was that he and President Obama will work hard help make communities nicer places to walk and bike. LaHood said that he and Obama, “Will work toward an America where bikes are recognized to coexist with other modes and to safely share our roads and bridges.” Just a tidbit [...]
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 [...]
