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Alliance releases 2010 Benchmarking Report

Joan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:44:52 -0600

Through funding from Bikes Belong, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Planet Bike, a new Benchmarking Report was released January 28, 2010 by the Alliance for Biking & Walking. The report explores the success of bicycle advocacy groups in securing federal funding for bicycling projects and driving spending of that funding on the local level.

The Benchmarking Project is also an on-going effort to collect and analyze data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities.

Cities for Cycling receives nationwide attention

Joan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:13:32 -0600

The Cities for Cycling initiatve, launched in December 2009, works to share best practices and lessons learned in the rapidly evolving field of urban bicycling infrastructure. Officials from more than 15 cities, including New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, are currently supporitng the project. Bikes Belong is one of the primary backers of the iniative.

Big cities unite to promote bicycling

Joan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:48:43 -0600

Cities for Cycling will focus on best practices

Bikes Belong awards $50,000 in fall grants

Joan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:29:35 -0600

Bikes Belong is pleased to announce six fall grant awards that will help put more people on bicycles more often in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Our contributions will leverage federal funding, build momentum for bicycling, and make communities better places to ride. These grants are made possible by the Bikes Belong Employee Pro Purchase Program.

Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia—Schuylkill River Trail Campaign (Philadelphia, PA)

Bikes Belong study quantifies benefits of recreational road rides in America

Joan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:41:55 -0600

A new study by Bikes Belong found that more than 1 million Americans participated in recreational road ride events in 2008. The total revenue from these approximately 1,700 events topped $240 million, with riders spending nearly $140 million on food, lodging, and other purchases. These results show that recreational rides are important to the communities that host them, the causes they support, and the bike industry nationwide.