Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Mapping Bicycle Mode Share Where You Live

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

All right dataheads, this is what you’ve been waiting for. Wondering about bicycle mode share in your state? Of course you are. Dying to find numbers on the ratio of male to female cyclists, government spending on bike infrastructure, and traffic fatalities? We knew you were. And so, apparently, was Kory Northrop, a master’s student […]

Congressional Listening Tour Draws to an End in the Philadelphia Suburbs

By Sarah Stuart | Mar 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

Cross-posted with permission from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) wrapped up his nationwide tour of more than a dozen congressional districts Friday in King of Prussia, PA by listening to selected speakers from around the Greater Philadelphia region. Mica was joined by host Congressman Pat Meehan (PA-07) […]

Why a Republican Congress is Good For Bike Advocates

By Kathryn Reid Moore | Mar 17, 2011 | 50 Comments

I am one of the nearly 800 bike advocates from around the country who went to Washington, D.C. last week for the National Bike Summit. I took away an important lesson: The Republican Congress is good for bicycling. A Republican Congress forces bicycling advocates to improve their message, it empowers Republicans who bicycle to take a […]

Cyclists Descend on Capitol Hill, Ask Lawmakers to Preserve Bike Funding

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 11, 2011 | 4 Comments

Every year, the cyclists that gather in Washington for the National Bike Summit meet with hundreds of Congressional offices to ask for expanded bike funding. This year, they’re just asking lawmakers not to cut it. With an anti-spending mood prevailing inside the Beltway, bicycling advocates are trying to be realistic. “We haven’t forgotten that there’s […]

New Bikeway Design Guide Could Bring Safer Cycling to More American Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 9, 2011 | 17 Comments

Better bicycling infrastructure could be coming to a city near you thanks to an initiative of the National Association of City Transportation Officials. NACTO’s Cities for Cycling committee today released its anticipated Urban Bikeway Design Guide, a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in bicycle infrastructure that is intended to advance state and national policy. […]

Cyclists Gathered at Bike Summit Are Told Not to “Wait for Washington”

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

“How many people are stuck in traffic on their way to ride a stationary bike in a health club?” If you’ve never heard this line before, you’ve never been in a room with Congressman Earl Blumenauer. It’s the Oregon Democrat’s signature line. He opened his speech at the National Bike Summit by inviting participants to […]

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