If you have a few minutes and feel like commiting an act of bicycle advocacy this weekend, consider sending an email to your state's governor.
The League of American Bicyclists has a form letter that you can easily send word-for-word, or in your own words, that asks your governor to share the upcoming federal funding cutbacks among all transportation programs.
Based on past experiences, the League is concerned that programs that traditionally support pedestrian and bicycle projects will be singled out for the cutbacks …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/21/protect-bicycle-projects-in-upcoming-funding-cuts/
There hasn't been much news lately about Frank Marshall's (“Indiana Jones”, “Bourne” series) plans to make a movie about Lance Armstrong's life.
But there's another bicycling movie in the works. Filmmaker and retired bicycle adventurer Kevin Foster says he has a commitment from the Chinese government for funds to produce a film about his own life.
Why make a movie about Kevin Foster, you ask?
Twenty years ago Foster made headlines by becoming the first person, and an American at that, to ride his bicycle over a thousand miles of what was left of the Great Wall of China ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/20/great-wall-of-china-bicycle-ride-might-become-a-future-movie/
Kevin Foster rides his bike on the Great Wall of China in 1990. Soon to be a major motion picture?
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/19/kevin-foster/
A high school junior is organizing a charity bicycle ride for this Saturday up in Blaine on the Canadian border to raise funds for a family whose daughter is undergoing treatment for leukemia.
Olivia Sellinger pitched in to help when she heard that Jessica Walters, her 3-year-old neighbor, had been diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the blood or bone marrow. Sellinger used to babysit for Jessica.
When she heard that Jessica was undergoing chemotherapy at Children's Hospital in Seattle, Sellinger began raising money to help offset the family's medical bills and launched plans for the “Ride for the Warrior Princess” bike ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/19/charity-bike-ride-in-blaine-wa-raises-funds-for-leukemia-victim/
Cancer victim in Blaine, Washington
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/19/jessica-walters/
One of the biggest misconceptions held by members of the motoring public — especially when they relate to bicyclists — is that they own the road because they pay for it.
Not true. Road construction and maintenance is paid for by a myriad of taxes, of which gasoline taxes are only one part. In fact, most cyclists also own cars, so they pay their fair share of gas taxes as well.
One place where motorists won't be making that argument, however, is Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society raised funds to help pay for a road repaving on a popular bicycling road ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/18/michigan-bicycle-touring-club-raises-money-to-repave-road/
Ann Arbor, Michigan, roadway will be repaired with help of bicycle club's funds.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/18/huron-river-drive/
Ranks Seattle's neighbors for bicycle friendliness.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/17/cover-of-cascade-bicycle-club-report/
We all know that Seattle is one of the top bicycling cities in the US, usually ranked near the top with the likes of Portland, Boulder and Minneapolis on the lists for “best 10 cities for bicyclists.”
But how do Seattle's neighboring cities rank?
The Cascade Bicycle Club set out to determine that and published its results in a six-page publication — Puget Sound Bicycle Scorecard — released this week.
The top city was Kirkland, followed closely by Redmond and Renton. Bringing up the bottom of the list were Federal Way and Shoreline. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/17/scorecard-evaluates-bicycle-friendliness-of-seattles-neighbors/
Bellevue helped staff this station at the base of the Bellevue-Mercer Island I-90 bridge for Bike to Work Day.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/08/17/bellevue-bike-to-work-day/
Adventure Cycling Association Trail biking Rails to Trails Conservancy League of American Bicyclists
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