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Distance: 36 miles

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New Mexico Considers $350 Million in Funding for Conservation and Recreation

February 7th, 2024

A historic piece of legislation is currently being considered in New Mexico. Signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in 2023, the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund is the embodiment of years-long, bipartisan collaboration to invest in New Mexico’s public lands and waters. This fund will pro ...

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This Bike Program Is Empowering Indigenous and Latino Youth

November 7th, 2023

Bikes are magical, not only because they efficiently get us where we need to go but because they also allow us to better interact with our surroundings. While a car quickly transports people from one place to another, traveling by bike allows the rider to take in the world around them, helping to gr ...

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There’s $1.86 Billion on the Table for Bikes

October 13th, 2023

This November, a substantial $1.86 billion is on the table for bicycle projects aimed at enhancing paved and off-road infrastructure across 17 different ballot measures throughout the United States. Through our VoteForBikes campaign, we track and advocate for local, pro-bike ballot measures across t ...

Cambridge, Massachusetts, established a clear vision for the future of bike infrastructure through its 2020 bicycle plan. (Image credit: Cambridge Bicycle Plan)

How Great Bike Plans Transform Communities

July 19th, 2023

Even great biking cities need to constantly improve to ensure they remain at the forefront of creating better communities for bicycling. Just ask Munich, Germany, which, even with a City Ratings score of 83, strives to make its city even better for bicycling with the 2022 announcement of a new plan ...

Girls in Gear is one of this year's 11 grantees.

PeopleForBikes Announces 2022 Industry Community Grant Recipients

December 14th, 2022

PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization, and the U.S. bicycle industry’s trade association announced its latest round of community grants totaling $92,000. The 11 projects funded in 2022 will support bicycle infrastructure and advocacy projects across the U.S.  ...

Mechanics Lorenzo Manuelito (left) and Frank Cook (center) with founder Scott Nydam (right) in front of the Silver Stallion mobile shop. (All photos courtesy of Silver Stallion’s Shaun Price.)

Ride for Gratitude and the Navajo Nation

November 12th, 2021

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, our November Ride Spot Challenges are raising money for Silver Stallion, a bike nonprofit serving Dinétah. ...

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Riding on BLM lands? What you need to know

December 18th, 2019

On Oct. 22, 2019, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) implemented the Department of Interior’s Secretarial Order 3376 with its interim electric bicycle (e-bike) policy. ...

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Keeping Momentum Alive for Recreation 2.0

July 19th, 2019

Across most of America, the snow has melted, the sun is shining, and here at PeopleForBikes, we can’t get enough rides out on our public lands to soak in it all. We’re on two wheels celebrating and enjoying the success of the public lands package (the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, an ...

Mother, daughter and grandmother take in the scenery at Capitol Reef National Park. Source: Ian D. Keating; Flickr.

Every Kid Outdoors Act Passes House of Representatives

September 13th, 2018

Our public lands are some of the best venues for children to experience the outdoors and outdoor recreation. A new program may soon be available to help more kids visit and experience our public lands — including exploration by bike. ...