Recent Streetsblog USA posts about League of American Bicyclists

An active transportation administration may sound like an innovative idea, but it's really a dead end, this article argues. Image: Tina Hester via Pixy

Op-Ed: 'Active Transportation Administration'? No, Thanks

By Marisa Jones, Beth Osborne and Caron Whitaker | Feb 8, 2021 | No Comments

Editor’s note This article was written in response to an article on Streetsblog USA about a proposal to create an active transportation administration or czar at the U.S. Department of Transportation. We’re pleased to publish multiple perspectives on this important issue. A shift in messaging about how America gets from one place to another is […]

The 10 States With the Best Bike Policy Tend to Have One Thing in Common

By Angie Schmitt | May 11, 2015 | 6 Comments

How does your state measure up on bike policy? The League of American Bicyclists is out with its 2015 state rankings, highlighting the states that are doing the most — and the least — to make bicycling a safe and convenient way to get around. Washington tops the list for the eighth year in a row, with Alabama […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Dear Bike People

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 23, 2014 | 3 Comments

Do people of color and low-income people ride bikes? Not as much as they could, given all the great benefits biking offers, particularly to people without a lot of disposable cash. But yes, non-white and non-rich people ride bikes — in high numbers compared to the general population, by some measures. Even though they’re biking […]

8 Takeaways From the Bike League’s Study of Cyclist Fatalities

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2014 | 61 Comments

When someone is killed while riding a bike in the United States, the most follow-up you’ll usually see is a newspaper article or two. There’s rarely a trial or a detailed examination of what went wrong. The federal government tracks bike fatalities, but only to a limited extent. We don’t have great data about the […]

Bill Peduto: If Pittsburgh Can Make Streets Bikeable, You Can Do It Anywhere

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 7, 2014 | 6 Comments

Bike advocates from places like Portland, New York, and Boulder got a little Rust Belt envy this week when Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto spoke to the National Bike Summit Tuesday morning. Peduto took office in January with big plans for bike lanes, express bus service, and eventually an expanded light rail network. (He got sworn […]

“Really, Dude? Opposition Is So 70s”: Local Officials Talk Bike Policy

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Mar 7, 2014 | 3 Comments

Carolyn Szczepanski is the Bike League’s communications director. A version of this post was originally published on the Bike League Blog. Last year, at the National Bike Summit, Douglas Meyer from Bernuth & Williamson unveiled new research on the perceptions of bicycling on Capitol Hill. Tuesday morning, at the 2014 Summit, Meyer was back with intel from […]

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