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Women’s Bicycling Forum Confronts Obstacles to Getting More Women Riding
This year marks the third time a Women’s Bicycling Forum has preceded the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, and, despite weather emergencies and an epidemic of flight cancellations, this is by far the best-attended one yet.
March 4, 2014
The Freezing NYC-DC Bike Ride to Support Women in Cycling
The 2014 National Bike Summit is underway in our nation's capital, starting with the Women's Bicycling Forum, with its focus on expanding the share of women on two wheels. You can follow along on Twitter at #womenbike. In 2009, according to the League of American Bicyclists, women accounted for just 24 percent of bike trips in the country.
March 3, 2014
SSTI to Transport Officials: Start Planning for a Future With Less Driving
For a long time in the United States, driving activity moved in step with the economy. Since economic growth was fairly steady, consistent growth in driving was built into all the traffic modeling the engineers used to plan and build streets and transportation infrastructure.
October 2, 2013
The National Push to Close the Cycling Gender Gap
Women have been called an "indicator species" of a bike-friendly city because they tend to pedal more in places that are safe and practical for biking. But on those counts, the United States has some work to do.
August 19, 2013