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The Health Benefits of Biking for Youth

March 17, 2022

Learn how kids in Outride’s Riding for Focus program are pedaling for social, emotional, and cognitive well-being. ...

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What Makes a Good Electric Bike Incentive Program?

March 7, 2022

Researchers created a table tracking every e-bike incentive program in North America, providing a point of reference for new policies and future research. ...

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Electric Mountain Bikes Reconnect Riders With Disabilities With the Outdoors

March 2, 2022

Nonprofit Move United is dedicated to improving the off-road experience for riders with disabilities, both with a library of adaptive bikes and improved trail resources. ...

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Safe Trails Are Happy Trails

March 2, 2022

The ongoing bike boom underscores the need for more and better places to ride. ...

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Centering Youth Voices in Bike Advocacy

February 28, 2022

The National Youth Bike Council, a network of high school-aged advocates from around the U.S., is speaking up on behalf of young bicyclists everywhere. ...

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PeopleForBikes Pushes for Trade Policy Relief

February 25, 2022

As Congress works towards a final, sweeping trade policy package, PeopleForBikes urges for the inclusion of tariff relief and other key programs for the bike industry. ...

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RAISE Grants Present Big Funding for Better Bike Infrastructure

February 25, 2022

U.S. DOT Announces 2022 RAISE Grant Cycle to fund infrastructure projects nationwide. ...

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A Pro-Recreation Policy Package Is on the Horizon

February 25, 2022

New legislation in Congress could help identify 10 long-distance bike trails and invest in rural communities’ recreation potential. ...

U.C.L.A. professors are working on a user-friendly app that will allow local commuters to join ‘bike-to-work flows,’ charting routes that will be digitally translated into public art pieces.
L.A. Researchers Hope to Make ‘Bikepooling’ a Thing

February 24, 2022

A $1 million National Science Foundation grantee aims to bring safety in numbers to underserved bike commuters, creating communal art in the process. ...

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A Call to End Support for Pretextual Policing

February 22, 2022

PeopleForBikes and 70 other organizations signed a letter asking the DOT and DOJ to reconsider policies that undermine public safety and racial equity. ...

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The History of the Bicycle Leadership Conference

February 11, 2022

For more than two decades, the BLC has gathered bicycling leaders to shape the future of the industry.  ...

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U.S. DOT Doubles Down on Road Safety

February 2, 2022

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg calls for zero road deaths with new National Road Safety Strategy. ...

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Lessons From London’s Bike Surge

January 31, 2022

Pandemic-era changes to the built environment dramatically shifted the urban bike landscape. But if equity had been centered, would the numbers be higher? ...

A Laramie Middle School student takes part in an afterschool bike program.
The Wyoming City Centering Kids on Bikes

January 28, 2022

In Laramie, kids learn to ride bikes in middle school, and a combination of research and advocacy work ensures they remain engaged cyclists into adulthood. ...

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BLC — Dana Point Has Something for Everyone

January 24, 2022

Come early, stay late — Dana Point has it all. ...

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Electric Bicycles and Safety Technology Could Shift the Future of U.S. Transportation

January 20, 2022

PeopleForBikes recently presented on the vast potential of electric bicycles at the 2022 CES trade show. ...

The Longhorn Dam Shared Use Path in Austin, Texas. (Photo courtesy of the Austin Department of Transportation)
Five of the Best New Bikeways

January 14, 2022

These 2021 builds are all more than just bike lanes — they represent political wins, Complete Streets projects and crucial connections that make up comprehensive bike networks. ...

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PeopleForBikes’ 2021 Must-Reads

January 6, 2022

In case you missed them, here are 12 of our most important stories from last year. ...

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Exciting Times To Go Even Bigger for Bikes

January 3, 2022

This op-ed was originally published in the January 2022 issue of BRAIN. ...

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Five Ways PeopleForBikes Is Working to Boost Recreational Bike Riding

December 17, 2021

Recreational bicycling is an increasingly popular activity and an area in which PeopleForBikes works to grow everyday. ...

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