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Tennessee is Using Bicycling to Support Rural Tourism
August 28th, 2024
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The Best New U.S. Bike Lanes of 2023
January 12th, 2024
From bustling cities to small towns, communities from coast to coast amplified their commitment to better biking with an unprecedented surge in safer, more comfortable places to ride in 2023. And, with thousands of additional projects planned across the country and more federal funding for bikes ava ...
This Annual Bike Ride Connects Cherokee Youth to Their History
June 1st, 2023
In 1984, when Will Chavez was 17, he signed on to participate in a month-long, multi-state, 950-mile bike ride. A member of the Cherokee Nation, Chavez grew up in Eastern Oklahoma where he’d spend summer days riding a one-speed motocross bike with his cousins, exploring nearby Marble City and the lo ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Announces Finding of No Significant Impact for New Trail System
January 26th, 2023
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Park Service (NPS) recently prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to examine alternatives and environmental impacts associated with a proposed new mountain bike trail system within the Wears Valley portion of the Great ...
Transforming Old Tires Into Bike Lane Barriers
October 11th, 2022
In 2020, traffic fatalities in the Memphis area were up 50% compared to the year prior and they’ve only continued to climb, echoing national trends. To choose to bike or walk in such an environment can be dangerous and sometimes life-threatening, a fact not lost on the city’s transportation planners ...
The Urban Wilderness Transforming Knoxville
August 15th, 2022
The Wilderness Act of 1964 immediately protected 9.1 million acres of land in the U.S., including the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana, Linville Gorge in North Carolina and Mount Hood in Oregon, among many others. The act is most known for its definition of wilderness: ...
Better Bike Share Partnership Awards $75,000 in Grants
June 7th, 2022
The Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) awarded $75,040 in grants to 10 projects that will reach and engage traditionally underserved populations through shared micromobility. This is the seventh round of mini-grant funding the national bicycle advocacy organization PeopleForBikes will administer t ...
Introducing Our Spring 2021 Community Grants Recipients
July 2nd, 2021
We recently awarded $50,000 to eight projects across eight states through our spring Industry Community Grants Program. ...
Biking Is (Not Just) for Boys
April 22nd, 2021
Through the personal bicycle history of Roshun Austin, we highlight the physical, cultural and societal barriers that exist for women in the U.S. ...
“Where America Fails, So Have We in Bicycling.”
March 4th, 2021
A candid conversation with Charles T. Brown, the lead investigator of a new, groundbreaking report on barriers to biking in the U.S. ...
America's Best New Bikeways of 2020
December 18th, 2020
We can all agree, 2020 was tougher than anyone anticipated. As the year began, planning for a pandemic could only be described as a fantastical thought exercise, but by March the realities of COVID-19 reached all corners of America, dramatically changing nearly every aspect of people’s lives. ...
How Can We Reach Underserved Communities?
June 10th, 2019
Making Changes Takes Support
December 27th, 2018
PFB’s Big Jump Project continues to provide resources for cities pushing boundaries to accelerate the rate of change. This year, our collaboration with local governments and non-profit organizations yielded big results in a handful of cities. ...
America’s 10 Best New Bikeways of 2018
December 18th, 2018
Since we first started our annual look back at great new bikeways five years ago, we’ve noticed an evolution in progress. First, bike infrastructure has continued to make its way from the big cities to smaller towns and communities. Next, networks have become better connected — more complete. Also, ...
European Strategies on Rural Memphis Streets
November 21st, 2018
Going to the Netherlands on a study tour to learn about bike infrastructure is exciting and inspiring. At times, it’s also overwhelming — especially when the infrastructure at home seems far from ideal. How do you even start making improvements? ...
Cities on the Rise
October 23rd, 2018
A handful of U.S. cities consistently top the bike-friendly rankings, but some unexpected places are also rising through the ranks. A pack of upstart cities — including Memphis, Tennessee; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Ferndale, Michigan — are speeding toward better biking futures and could challenge bette ...
How Memphis created a rolling festival of street redesigns
March 31st, 2016
In substance, Memphis’ MEMFix program is similar to other cities delivering quick-build street improvements. But its grassroots origin and abiding participatory nature supports the idea that any city that can mark its streets can complete a quick-build project. ...
Memphis is about to build the country's first crowdfunded bike lane
October 15th, 2013
The most interesting bike project in the country just keeps getting more creative. ...