Recent Streetsblog USA posts about League of American Bicyclists

Strike Three: Another Senator Takes Another Swipe At Bike-Ped Funding

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 27, 2011 | 8 Comments

Last month, the Senate’s notorious vote-blocker, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, tried to obstruct Senate process until they voted on his measure to take bike/ped funding out of the transportation bill. He failed. Then last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested keeping bike/ped money but stripping out lots of other budget items that serve cyclists and […]

GM to College Students: Stop Pedaling, Start Driving

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 12, 2011 | 11 Comments

Car ads that try to appeal to the desire for social status are nothing new, but here’s one that just gets it wrong: GM is trying to convince college students that driving a Buick is hipper than riding a fixie. Nice try, GM. Unfortunately for you, college kids aren’t falling for it. People between the […]

New Survey Numbers Show Surprising, But Slight, Dip in Bike Commuting

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 26, 2011 | 8 Comments

Bicycling advocates say that the American Community Survey has never accurately measured bike commuting, because they don’t ask the right questions. That may be true, but the upshot is that a year that appeared to be a banner year for cycling ended up being kind of a dud, according to the ACS. The ACS recorded a […]

Bike League: “Eligibility” for Bike-Ped Isn’t the Same As “Dedicated Funding”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 27, 2011 | 2 Comments

At this point, we’re not expecting any movement on a transportation bill, in either house, before the August recess. (After that, get ready for a panicked frenzy of activity ahead of the September 30 deadline.) From what we hear from Sen. Barbara Boxer’s staff, the EPW bill includes dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects. […]

A Bicycling Health Checkup For Your City

By Tanya Snyder | May 19, 2011 | No Comments

Nice, right? This table of bike data from Albuquerque is one of 244 handy info charts compiled by the League of American Bicyclists using census information in the 2009 American Community Survey. You can check out your town’s bicycle vital signs at the League of American Bicyclists’ website. Combine this data with the amazing state- […]

Bike Month Begins, Minneapolis Brings Home Cycling Gold

By Tanya Snyder | May 2, 2011 | 4 Comments

Despite having the coldest winter weather of any major U.S. city, Minneapolis has the second highest rate of bike commuting in the country, after Portland. Ridership throughout the city is up 21 percent since 2007 and in some neighborhoods, it’s up as much as 132 percent. Clearly, chilly Minneapolis has become a hot place to […]

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