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Oberstar Unveils Bike-Friendly $450 Billion Transportation Bill

Joan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:02:40 -0500

It was just the first stage of what could be a long race to finalize the next transportation bill, but the June 22 unveiling of the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 by Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) was a promising start for the future of federal bike project funding.

Alliance for Biking and Walking awards $125,000 for advocacy

Joan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:15:10 -0500

The Alliance for Biking & Walking (formerly the Thunderhead Alliance) is awarding seven grants totaling over $125,000 to grassroots biking and walking advocacy organizations. The Advocacy Advance Grants will be used to jump-start emerging advocacy organizations and to fund innovative campaigns with the potential to dramatically increase biking and walking. These grants are a key part of the Advocacy Advance Partnership with the League of American Bicyclists.

Bikes Belong Awards $49,500 in Grants

Joan — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:02:42 -0500

Bikes Belong is pleased to announce our spring grant awards. Funding in this round will help launch programs, build facilities, and measure success in six U.S. communities—improving conditions for bicycling and putting more people on bicycles more often across the country.

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Industry Leader Bruno Maier Joins Bikes Belong Staff

Joan — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:27:34 -0500

BOULDER, CO – Bruno Maier, one of the bike industry's most respected sales and marketing professionals, will join the Bikes Belong staff on June 1 as the organization's fulltime membership and development director.

Maier, who will work from Bikes Belong's Colorado headquarters, will lead the non-profit's membership recruitment and retention programs. He will also help develop new non-endemic corporate and foundation support for the Bikes Belong Coalition and the Bikes Belong Foundation.

Bikes Belong Research Symposium Achieves Goals

Joan — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:11:52 -0500

Bringing together bicycling’s top academic professionals, Bikes Belong held an unprecedented Bicycling Research Symposium in Boulder, CO., on May 1, 2009. With 11 researchers in attendance from such diverse fields as urban planning, architecture, public health, civil engineering, environmental science, and public policy, the symposium provided a rare meeting of the minds to share ideas about the relationship between bike advocacy and research.