From an editorial in the Topeka Capital-Journal: The Federal Highway Administration plans to recommend next year that states increase the time pedestrians have to finish crossing the street once they see the flashing orange signal in the box that tells them when it’s safe, supposedly, to walk. Reports are the highway administration wants states to [...]

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has a vision of KC becoming a platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Community, and he has announced an action plan to make KC more bike-friendly, and to achieve the coveted designation, by 2020. The Bicycle Friendly Community program is an awards program administered by the League of American Bicyclists that recognizes municipalities [...]

What single silver bullet can simultaneously reduce air pollution and oil dependency, roll back urban congestion, and fight obesity? It’s not a pill, nor a complicated formula concocted by the World Bank. People around the world are turning to bicycles by the millions, as governments rush to create incentives for the low-tech transport alternative to [...]

The Iowa Bicycle Coalition‘s Mark Wyatt has put together a presentation that he uses when talking with bike clubs, civic meetings, and special events. The presentation is titled “More Iowans Biking”, and is used to promote bicycling as a safe and enjoyable recreation and transportation alternative, and to encourage improvements such as Complete Streets, Safe [...]

The month of May is the official National Bike Month as designated by the League of American Bicyclists. As part of National Bike Month, communities around the country sponsor activities and events to celebrate bicycling and get people riding. A focus of the month is Bike-to-Work Week from May 12-16, and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, [...]