Taking Sides (or Not)

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Published Aug. 3, 2010 at 3:38 p.m.
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On the National Journal's Transportation blog, Tom Madigan posed the following question to a panel of policy experts: "Is it still possible to promote new bicycling and walking options in harmony with vehicular traffic? Or as city space gets more limited, will planners have to take sides?" More → ... Related posts: QBP Goes Platinum National Bike Summit 2009 National Physical Activity Plan May is National Bike Month LAB Bike Friendly States ...

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Toronto Bike Cops

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Published June 26, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

Bikes as transportation and shields during the G20 Summit Meeting in Toronto yesterday. Hover over the photos for captions and attribution.Lloyd at Treehugger, of all people, mocks the idea of using bicycles to intimidate protesters. I suppose he wants them to go back to good old fashioned armored riot vehicles with water cannons.Related posts:Toronto: [ ... ]Related posts: Toronto: Private cops for bike lane enforcement? National Bike Summit 2010 roundup Water bicycle ...

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NYC Bike Culture Summit THURSDAY

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Published May 5, 2010 at 4:38 p.m.

This is tomorrow, folks! Get your tickets here. Sorry for the late notice.As urban cycling expands by leaps and bounds, how is bicycle culture changing? The image and ethos of commuters, racers proponents of “cycle chic” and outlaw cycling vie with each other to define what it means to be an urban cyclist. Transportation Alternatives [ ... ]Related posts: National Bike Summit 2010 roundup National BIke Summit highlights so far Trips for Kids conference at IMBA National Summit ...

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May is National Bike Month : We Want Your Events

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Published April 26, 2010 at 7:31 a.m.

In less than a week the 2010 Bike Month will be starting up for what looks to be the best year ever.  With such a great vibe and high from the National Bike Summit in March, many organizations are pushing for larger and stronger events.Tell us about your local efforts on getting people on bikes [ ... ] ...

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thank you... thank you for factoring the full equation

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Published April 15, 2010 at 6:35 a.m.
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Ray LaHood The Secretary of Transportation at The 2010 National Bike Summit ... "People Want Out of their Cars" ... www.matternetwork.com ... I love this sentiment ... The Secretary of Transportation is not the Secretary of Automobiles ... YES! ... Ray LaHood's Blog: FAST LANE ... http://fastlane.dot.gov/ ... and ... a short video of La Hood at the 2010 National Bike Summit ...

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Encore: LaHood at the Bike Summit

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Published April 14, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
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This video from the National Bike Summit has been out there for a while, but I keep running into people who haven't seen it. What a positive change to have Ray LaHood at DOT! ... Related posts: National Bike Summit 2009 Streetfilms: Voices From The National Bike Summit Policy Statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation CNU Transportation Summit Portland Police Bureau Training Video ...

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conversations with Gary Fisher

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Published April 8, 2010 at 6:36 a.m.
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conversations with Gary Fisher ... www.fisherbikes.com ... at the National Bike Summit I met Gary Fisher ... okay ... most anybody who attended the 2010 National Bike Summit in Washington DC walked away saying that they had met Gary Fisher ... most of us getting our photo taken with him ... most of us boasting about how approachable he was and how personable he was ... I approached Gary Fisher twice ... on the first approach my new and unfamiliar camera was not working as it should ... thus

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Agenda set, registration open for Oregon Bike Summit

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Published April 1, 2010 at 10:45 a.m.

Oregon’s official state bike rack (as seen in Sisters at the 2007 summit).(Photo © J. Maus)If you followed my National Bike Summit coverage, you know that these are exciting times for bike advocacy in Oregon ... We’ve got the advocates, planners, partners, and politicians — from small communities to Capitol Hill — to make Oregon [ ... ] ...

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Are you one of the People for Bikes?

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Published March 30, 2010 at 4:46 p.m.

A lot of news came out of the National Bike Summit in Washington DC earlier this month, such as the Google maps route finder for bicycles. It also marked the unveiling of a public awareness campaign entitled People for Bikes ... The idea of the mobilization effort by Bikes Belong and the SRAM Cycling Fund is to sign up 1 million people in support of bicycling so we can speak with one powerful voice and get the attention of policy makers, newspaper and television, and the general public ...

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I had words... the words are gone... but I still have images

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Published March 25, 2010 at 9:43 p.m.
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yes ... more photos from the somewhat rainy ride for the 2010 Congressional Bike Ride at The National Bike Summit ... I hope everyone had as much fun as me ... it is really fun to share the city of Washington DC with its visitors ... yes ... I hate tourists ... but these are not tourists ... these are visitors ...

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