Posts Tagged ‘politics’

From Rob D’Amico of the League of Bicycling Voters:
League of Bicycling Voters Early Voting Rally (Chris Riley will be in attendance)
Sunday, May 3
3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Woolridge Square (9th and Guadalupe)
(Early Vote polls are across the street at the Courthouse….closes at 6 p.m.)
I believe they plan on pulling out the giant chess board and pieces [...]

Bicycle Sport Shop and the Texas Bicycle Coalition are teaming up to help increase memberships and get cyclists more power! Leslie Luciano at Bicycle Sport Shop sent in this announcement about a pilot program between the shop and TBC.
At Bicycle Sport Shop you can get a Texas Bicycle Coalition premium membership for half price, $30 [...]

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 cycling’s [...]

In an article by Adam Voiland via the Streetsblog Network, there are some choice quotes from Rush Limbaugh about cyclists. Somehow I get the feeling  he doesn’t like us.
Frankly, if the door opens into a bicycle rider I won’t care. I think they ought to be off the streets and on the sidewalk.
Pedestrians don’t fare [...]

Just received at A2W headquarters is our very own copy of Pedaling Revolution, by former Oregonian reporter Jeff Mapes.  Bike Portland is where I learned about this book first, and decided to order my own copy from their initial review. There’s a bit more on the OregonLive site. This book is a broad, but detailed [...]