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Tour de Frank Lloyd Wright Madison

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The Paoli Loop

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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 ...

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These Midwest College Towns Are Making Big Strides for Better Biking

July 11th, 2024

Photo Credit: Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority ...

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2024’s Best Places to Bike

June 21st, 2024

Photo Credit: Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau ...

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2022's Top-Ranking U.S. Cities for Bicycling

June 3rd, 2022

For the sixth consecutive year, PeopleForBikes is proud to release our annual City Ratings, a data-driven program to evaluate, identify and compare the best cities and towns for bicycling. For 2022, more than 1,000 cities were rated in the U.S. and Canada, the largest number in program history. ...

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2022’s Best College Towns for Biking

May 30th, 2022

Whether it’s to reduce their carbon footprint, for exercise, to save money or just for fun, more and more college students across the United States are choosing to get around by bike. As a result, many colleges and universities are putting in extensive time and resources to make biking more accessib ...

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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. ...

People for Mobility Justice, one of the grantees, will host classes on electric bicycling and bike maintenance, as well as provide safety equipment such as helmets and lights. (Courtesy Photo)

Better Bike Share Partnership Awards $89,970 in Grants

June 15th, 2021

The 12 projects utilize everything from community art to electric bikes and span the country from New York to Hawaii. ...

Bikers at Jackson Square in Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.

2020 City Ratings: Top 5 U.S. Cities for Bikes

June 9th, 2020

Due to the constantly changing dimensions of the COVID-19 crisis, we encourage you to follow all current CDC guidelines as well as local travel advisories and recommendations. Take care of yourselves and loved ones. We’re all in this together. ...

Together We Rise quickly responded to the COVID crisis to help solve problems for displaced youth.

How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Foster Care Community and What Bikes Can Do to Help

April 30th, 2020

In a time of crisis, the bicycle shines bright as a potential solution. For the large group of individuals living within the foster care community, the bike can mean the difference between personal independence and feeling trapped within the pressures of our current situation. ...

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America’s Best Large Cities for Biking

September 14th, 2018

What does it take to stand out as one of the nation’s best biking cities? We looked at our top-scoring large cities in the PlacesForBikes City Ratings — Portland, Oregon; Tucson, Arizona; San Diego, California; Madison, Wisconsin; and Washington, D.C. — to find out. ...

Crested Butte, Colo., population 1,604, got the nation’s No. 5 score for cities under 100,000 in the new PlacesForBikes City Ratings.

America’s Five Best Small Cities for Biking

May 3rd, 2018

Could a bunch of the country’s best cities for biking be towns that most Americans have never heard of? ...