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Bike Projects Are Benefiting Communities Nationwide
October 10th, 2024
Officials and advocates enjoy the new Pershing Bikeway on its opening day. PHOTO CREDIT: San Diego County Bicycle Coalition ...
Great Biking Isn’t Just for Big Cities
July 10th, 2024
Photo Credit: Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau ...
Investments in Infrastructure and Community Make Salt Lake City a Great Place to Bike
June 21st, 2024
Bicyclists enjoy Salt Lake City's Jordan River Trail where the newly completed Parley's Trail provides a safe freeway crossing for the east and west side of the city. Photo Credit: Sweet Streets ...
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 ...
PeopleForBikes' 2023 Industry Community Grants Recipients
December 13th, 2023
On December 12, the PeopleForBikes Coalition Board of Directors approved our 2023 Industry Community Grants recipients, totaling $100,000 in funding across 13 grants. The grants will help fund projects that support our focus on building infrastructure that makes communities great places to ride a bi ...
Lessons From the First State Office of Outdoor Recreation
March 27th, 2023
Offices of outdoor recreation have become increasingly important in the last few years for promoting and supporting outdoor activities, as well as preserving natural areas and boosting local economies. These offices play a crucial role in encouraging outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, fishin ...
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. ...
Top Up-and-Coming Cities for Biking
June 2nd, 2022
As big cities across the U.S. continue to grow in size with inner-city congestion, many folks are looking to ditch the increasing crowds in favor of more up-and-coming locales. The following cities are great places to look to settle down because they are not only hubs of population growth, new emplo ...
PeopleForBikes’ 2021 Mid-Year Legislative Recap
June 23rd, 2021
A quick update on pro-bike policies from across the U.S. ...
Our Top Vacation Spots for Biking
June 1st, 2021
From world-class mountain biking to wine tasting tours on two wheels, don’t forget to bring your helmet the next time you pack your bags. ...
Electric Mountain Bike Access in State Parks is Improving
December 3rd, 2020
Every day, individuals are discovering the many benefits of electric mountain bikes (eMTBs) — they allow more individuals to get out and ride, regardless of their age or physical or cognitive abilities. Electric mountain bikes provide a needed boost to make climbing hills easier and going longer dis ...
E-Bikes an Asset for Recreational Trail Programs
July 16th, 2020
David (Blake) Baker, an Outdoor Recreation Planner at the Bureau of Land Management’s Price Field Office in Utah, recently received e-bike loans, coordinated by PeopleForBikes, for him and his colleagues to see how their day to day jobs may be different with the use of e-bikes as a tool for daily tr ...
Pedaling Through The Pandemic: Staff Rides
April 15th, 2020
While we’re working from home, PeopleForBikes staff members have found a multitude of ways to stay mentally and physically active. We’ve done puzzles, walked our dogs, walked our dogs again, started doing at-home yoga classes, learned new recipes — did we mention puzzles? Despite all of the day-to-d ...
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. ...
Bike Businesses Roll Out the Welcome Mat for Congressional Leaders
September 13th, 2019
Taking advantage of the annual summer recess in D.C., PeopleForBikes arranged five August in-district meetings between bike business leaders and members of Congress (and their staffers) to talk infrastructure funding, public lands policies and tariff relief. Members of the House and Senate were invi ...
A Dozen (Plus One) Bucket List Rides for 2019
January 10th, 2019
Great bike rides can start anywhere, but sometimes it’s worth the extra travel to race to a backdrop of breathtaking coastal landscapes, glorious mountain peaks or rugged desert terrain. We’ve highlighted 13 bike events that we think are worth the trip in 2019 — including some old favorites. ...
New Proclamations Dramatically Shrink Two National Monuments in Utah
December 4th, 2017
On Monday, December 4, President Trump visited Salt Lake City to make an unprecedented announcement regarding two National Monuments in Utah. The president signed new proclamations that will dramatically reduce the area of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This announc ...
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act and What It Means for bikes
October 17th, 2017
The bipartisan Recreation Not Red-Tape (RNR) Act was introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate in late July by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). It provides a plan for improving and enhancing recreation opportunities on public lands by creating a unified system of National Recreat ...