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The Alliance for Biking & Walking has over 140 member organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. We provide the following services to our members:
Our Online Resource Library provides over 750 resources to Alliance members. Resources include template bylaws, workplans, budgets, and fundraising letters. You'll also find sample PSAs, annual reports, membership brochures, and a wealth of research on biking and walking issues. Search by keyword or category to find what you need.
We host 2-6 trainings a year and a biannual Leadership Retreat in different North American cities. Our trainings are geared specifically for leaders of biking and walking advocacy organizations and are great opportunities for networking and resource sharing.
Our Mutual Aid series brings at least 12 free educational conference calls a year to advocacy leaders. Call topics include capacity building for bike/ped advocacy organizations and topics of specific interest to biking and walking groups. Calls are facilitated by an Alliance staff member, last one hour, and typically draw 6-20 Alliance leaders.
Alliance members have access to on-call coaching and consulting services from qualified Alliance staff. Need help with a campaign? Want advice on growing your organization's membership? Need help navigating a tricky board situation? Contact our staff for assistance. Special consulting services such as strategic planning and meeting facilitation are also available to members at special rates.
The Alliance Benchmarking Project collects, analyzes, and reports on bicycling and walking data for the 50 U.S. states and at least the 50 most-populous U.S. cities. The project provides vital data for advocates, planners, and researchers to evaluate progress and measure results of efforts to increase biking and walking.
Alliance members can post their job opportunities for free on the Alliance Job Board. We highlight our job board in our monthly e-newsletter, Streetside.
Alliance publications are geared towards helping grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations thrive. Alliance members receive discounts on all Alliance publications.
Advocacy Advance Grants are available to Alliance member organizations through a competitive application process twice a year. Grants fund start-up organizations, capacity building, and innovative programs to increase biking and walking.
Alliance members are kept plugged into national issues affecting bicycling and walking through our Action Center. From federal legislation like the Transportation Bill and Economic Stimulus Bill to Safe Routes to School, the Alliance plugs grassroots advocates into the national issues that matter most to them.
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Bike & Ped Advocacy Resource LibraryLooking for the recordings of Mutual Aid Calls or the materials from the recent training you attended? Find the latest resources for bicycle and pedestrian advocates. Over 500 resources in this library include sample documents and publications from Alliance member organizations, research and data on bicycling and walking issues, educational resources, public service announcements, models for organizing successful events, and more.PublicationsAlliance’s publications assist our members with their work including the newly released Fundraising Ride Guide and Benchmarking Report. Reduced prices are available for members. |
Starting An OrganizationTo help our organizations Just forming, we share some related resources that will help you on this new journey:HelpAlliance is working to develop a more comprehensive help system for our members and supporters. You will currently find details for using our Alliance listserve as well as general help information. |
The Alliance for Biking and Walking, formerly known as Thunderhead Alliance, is the coalition of grassroots advocacy organizations working together to promote bicycling and walking in North American communities. Alliance organizations come together to help each other grow their organizations and become more effective by sharing best practices and innovations.
Here you will find the latest resources for bicycle and pedestrian advocates. Over 500 resources in this library include sample documents and publications from Alliance member organizations, research and data on bicycling and walking issues, educational resources, public service announcements, models for organizing successful events, and more.
Feel free to browse the categories for resources of interest, or enter key words into the search tool to find exactly what you need. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Submit a request for a resource by clicking the button at the top of each page. You can also submit resources you would like to share with other bicycle and pedestrian advocacy leaders.
Most of these documents and resources are password protected for the benefit of our member organizations and supporters. If you would like your non-profit state or local bicycle and/pedestrian advocacy organization to become an Alliance member organization, or if you would like to become one of our valued supporters, please
Alliance for Biking and Walking has announced the 2010 winners of our Advocacy Awards.
Toronto Cyclists Union-Newcomer Cycling Project
Toronto Cyclists Union has been honored with the 2010 Innovation of the Year Award for their Newcomer Cycling Project in Toronto, Ontario. This award goes to the organization that has implemented the most creative and innovative campaign promoting bicycling and walking in their community. The Newcomer Cycling Project promotes bicycling in an inclusive and friendly manner by speaking to recent immigrants in their own language. In partnership with CultureLink, Toronto Cyclists Union has produced promotional posters in the 15 most commonly spoken languages, produced a bi-lingual bicycling handbook, and is providing mentorship to groups in various cities in hopes of delivering similar programs. Learn more about the Newcomer Cycling Project.
Active Transportation Alliance
Chicago-based Active Transportation Alliance has been honored with the 2010 Best Practices Award for their outstanding efforts and results in regards to program growth, policy, and advocacy. This Best Practice Award is given to an organization that exemplifies successful day-to-day operations and therefore serves as a model for other bicycling and walking organizations. As the largest biking and walking advocacy organization in the nation, Active Trans sets the bar high for other agencies to model. Active Trans holds transparency and good business practices at a premium demonstrating that through operating professionally and responsibly, you can more effectively build a movement around biking, walking and transit. Active Trans has been instrumental in establishing peer-to-peer relationships within the Alliance and providing mentoring to smaller organizations. Their leadership and sharing of best practices is helping other organizations grow and succeed and is building a more effective movement nationally Learn more about Active Transportation Alliance.
Paul LeFrancois
Paul LeFrancois, President and a founding board member of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition, has been honored with the 2010 Advocate of the Year Award. This award goes to an individual who has shown tireless commitment to promoting bicycling and walking in his community and serves as a role model for other advocates in the region and in North America. Paul has gone above and beyond the call of duty to transform South Carolina into a better place for biking and walking. Among his many accomplishments, Paul created and secured passage of a SC Share the Road license plate (one of the first in the U.S.), has coordinated bicycling legislative events in cities throughout South Carolina, and has assisted communities throughout the state in securing bicycle-friendly designation from the League of American Bicyclists. With his leadership the PCC had its most significant success passing major reforms to South Carolina’s bicycle traffic safety laws in 2008. Paul’s knowledge, creativity, and commitment are the highest standard of excellence making him a role model in the Palmetto State and for biking and walking advocates.
SRAM
SRAM has been honored with the 2010 Business Advocate of the Year Award for its dedication to promoting bicycling advocacy in the U.S. (as well as Europe and Taiwan). This award goes to a business or corporation that has constantly championed bicycling and walking advocacy by committing time, money, and energy. The new SRAM Cycling Fund has dedicated $10 million over five years to bicycle advocacy. In addition to making it fully possible for the Alliance for Biking & Walking to launch the new Advocacy Advance Grants program in 2009 SRAM’s commitment has boosted efforts of the League of American Bicyclists, IMBA, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and several other organizations. Learn more about the SRAM Cycling Fund.
Kate McCarthy
Kate McCarthy, of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), has been honored with the 2010 Susie Stephens Joyful Enthusiasm Award for her innovation and tireless enthusiasm to harness the powerful of individuals to better bicycling. This award goes to an individual who carries on Susie’s passion for advocating for bicycling as a fun and economical way of transport as well as creating a safe biking and walking environment for all. Kate directs the membership and volunteer program at SFBC which provides 60 percent of the organization’s budget and reduces administrative costs through valuable volunteer labor. SFBC volunteers contributed 16,000 hours in 2009, roughly equivalent to eight full time staff. Kate generously shares what she knows with peers across North America, In 2009 she volunteered as co-trainer of the Alliance’s Membership Development Training where she also conducted one-on-one coaching sessions with peer advocacy leaders. With so much love at the foundation of her work, Kate is an inspiration to all.
Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland- Bikes on Broadway Campaign
Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland (WOBO) has been honored with the 2010 Winning Campaign Award for its Bike Broadway campaign. This award goes to an organization for a successful campaign, in the last year, which has had the biggest impact for bicycling and walking in their community. With no safe, convenient, quick way for bicyclists to get downtown to or from North Oakland, WOBO launched a campaign to get bike lanes on Broadway, Franklin and Webster Streets. The campaign goal was to create a contiguous north-south bike route from Downtown to Northern Oakland. WOBO’s efforts led to over 80 small business owners along the Broadway/ Franklin/ Webster corridor endorsing the campaign with letters of support, nearly 200 Oakland residents signing a petition of support for the campaign, and the collection of bike trip data on Broadway. WOBO is celebrating a victory with the planned installation of Bike lanes on Franklin and Webster streets this summer. The Bike Broadway campaign is shifting the way that biking and walking are considered in Oakland. Learn more about the Bikes on Broadway Campaign. Learn more about the Bikes on Broadway Campaign.
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) has been honored with the 2010 Advocacy Organization of the Year for its outstanding contributions in creating a more bicycle-friendly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This award is given to an organization who, in the past year, has made significant progress in regards to the strength and stability of their organization, and efforts towards biking and walking issues in their community, state, or province. A small struggling organization just a few years ago, BCGP has successfully orchestrated a major positive shift of both attitude and policy favorable to bicyclists, culminating with the recent decision to permanently provide bicyclist-only travel lanes on two very busy cross town roads in downtown Philadelphia. The BCGP’s leaders have worked tirelessly together to grow and strengthen their organization and fulfill their mission. Since 2005, they have grown from 1.5 staff to over 14 and their income has increased 287% percent, from $155,000 to $600,000 last year.Some of their recent accomplishments include:
• “Bike the Strike” campaign during region’s bus and subway strike that significantly increasing bicyclist commuter riding.
• Launched a new coalition and campaign to Complete the Schuylkill River Trail in Greater Philadelphia, which now has over 3600 petition signers and unanimous support among all elected officials.
• Worked with the city to hire a full time bicycle-pedestrian coordinator
• Launched Philadelphia’s first Bicycle Ambassador program, reaching over 20,000 adults during its first season with bicycle education and safety tips
• Encouraged Philadelphia to retrofit 1,600 parking meter poles into bike racks
• Led the effort to get Philadelphia City Council to pass an ordinance requiring new construction to install bicycle parking
• Held its third Bike Philly, a family-friendly ride with 20 miles of closed streets, with over 3,000 smiling participants.
Learn more about the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.
For the first time, Bike Texas co-hosted the Texas Trail and Active Transportation Conference with the Texas Trails Network on February 3-6, 2010.
Attendees included renowned speakers, city and state bike/pedestrian and Safe Routes to School coordinators, trail builders and advocates, elected officials, engineers and planners, and bike shop owners from around the state.
Bike Texas made clear at the conference that many of the improvements they want to see for biking and walking will only come with policy changes, and the vision and leadership of elected officials. The combined attendance of speakers and attendees made the Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference a great success and is sure to positively influence the state’s future in increasing walking and biking.
For more information visit BikeTexas.org
The SF Bicycle Coalition recently celebrated the official opening of the “Showplace Triangle” street plaza (at 8th and 16th streets) where San Francisco’s mayor Gavin Newsom, announced that the City’s Pavement to Parks program will be completing 12 more trial street plazas and “parklets” by the end of 2010. This program takes car parking spots and other street spaces and transforms them into various gathering spots for the community.
Since the very first plaza opening in May 2009, the trial street reclamations have proven to be very successful and popular among the public. The new public spaces are built after the idea of PARK(ing) Day, where automobile parking spots are turned into mini public spaces for a day. These temporary spaces include mini-gardens, bike parking, plazas, etc.
The SF Bike Coalition will continue to work closely with the Pavement to Parks program through their own Great Streets Project in order to scout good locations and connect community groups and businesses with the city’s program.
For more information:
Great Streets Project: http://sfgreatstreets.org/
Pavement to Parks Program: http://sfpavementtoparks.sfplanning.org/
PARK(ing) Day: http://www.parkingday.org/
SF Bicycle Coalition: http://www.sfbike.org/
After reviewing numerous nominations and inspiring advocacy stories from across North America, the Alliance has selected the winners of the 2010 Alliance Advocacy Awards. These advocates, businesses, and organizations have taken great strides towards making their communities better places to bike and walk. Learn more about the winners and their stories | Read the press release.
Representative Earl Blumenauer(OR) just introduced the Active Community Transportation Act, H.R.4722, on March 2nd 2010. This groundbreaking bill creates a competitive grant program with $2 Billion to help communities build bicycling and walking networks. For the first time, communities would be able to compete for multi-year funding to build active transportation systems, just as they do for transit and road infrastructure.
“Too often we take for granted the value of being able to bike and walk to work,” said Blumenauer. “It’s unfortunate that many communities don’t have the infrastructure in place to make active and healthy forms of transportation more accessible. The ACT transportation grants will make it easier for people to get out of their vehicles and onto sidewalks or bikes, boosting both heart rates and community vitality.”
In conjunction with the National Bike Summit the Alliance is asking that you call your representative next Thursday, March 11th at the same time that over 700 Summit participants will have in-person meetings in congressional offices for a Virtual Lobby Day. For all the details, visit the Alliance action center.
Alliance > Member Services > Action Center
Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced the Active Community Transportation Act, H.R.4722, on 3/2/10. This groundbreaking bill creates a competitive grant program with $2 Billion to help communities build bicycling and walking networks. For the first time, communities would be able to compete for multi-year funding to build active transportation systems, just as they do for transit and road infrastructure.
Though many of you will be coming to DC next week for the National Bike Summit, this is a great opportunity for other leaders and members of your organization not traveling to DC to participate in an important way. Working with our America Bikes partners, we encourage your organization to participate in a Virtual Lobby Day next Thursday.
“Too often we take for granted the value of being able to bike and walk to work,” said Blumenauer. “It’s unfortunate that many communities don’t have the infrastructure in place to make active and healthy forms of transportation more accessible. The ACT transportation grants will make it easier for people to get out of their vehicles and onto sidewalks or bikes, boosting both heart rates and community vitality.”
We thank Representative Blumenauer and the other original sponsors - Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Jim Moran (D-VA) - for championing bicycling and walking.
TAKE ACTION
Given the timing of the bill’s release, we have a unique opportunity to conduct a Virtual Lobby Day and present a strong and unified voice on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 11th. In conjunction with the National Bike Summit we ask that you call your representative next Thursday at the same time that over 700 Summit participants will have in-person meetings in congressional offices.
NEXT STEPS
On Wednesday March 10th we’ll send a second alert with a link to the League of American Bicyclists on-line action center where people can easily contact their representatives. We encourage you to use the talking points below to send your own alert encouraging your members to participate.
TALKING POINTS
Please call your representatives on March 11th to ask them to co-sponsor H.R.4722: “The Active Community Transportation Act.”
Tell Them:
The Alliance announced the winners of the 2009 People Powered Movement Photo Contest. Over 2,000 photos were submitted and several thousands of votes were casted. Read the press release and see the winners here.
2009 was a year of growth for the Alliance and some amazing accomplishments for Alliance organizations. Download the 2009 Annual Report and read about last year in review.
Washington, DC - March 1, 2010 - The Alliance for Biking & Walking announced the winners of the 2009 People Powered Movement Photo Contest today. The contest ran from September through November 2009 with public voting during the month of December helping to narrow down the finalists. A panel of expert judges determined the final contest winners.
Todd Winters of Chicago, Illinois is the lucky grand prize winner for his photo “Walk, Ride, Run” depicting bicyclists and pedestrians on Chicago’s Lakeshore Path. Todd wins a 10-day all-expense-paid VBT bike tour of Tuscany and a year’s supply of CLIF BARs. In addition, Todd selected BikeWalk Virginia to receive a $1,000 Alliance Communications Grant in support of their work to advance bicycling and walking in Virginia.
Alan Young from Port Moody, British Columbia won second place overall with his photo “Biking is Cool.” Alan will take home a new Breezer Uptown 8 commuter bike. Third place overall winner Eduardo Green Short, from San Francisco, CA, wins a new Dahon Mµ™ P24 folding bike. Alan, Eduardo, and other contest winners also will take home gear from Rickshaw Bagworks, Planet Bike, and CLIF BAR and receive subscriptions to Momentum Magazine and Bicycle Times Magazine. Select winners’ photos are also featured in the March/April issue of Momentum Magazine.
Over 2,000 photos submitted to the seven contest categories are benefiting the Alliance for Biking & Walking’s new Online Photo Library, a valuable resource that provides free high quality images for grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.
WINNING PHOTOS:
Grand Prize: Walk, Ride, Run by Todd Winters, Chicago, IL
Second Place: Biking is Cool, by Alan Young, Port Moody, BC
Third Place: Zig-Zag by Eduardo Green Short, San Francisco, CA
BIKING Category:
First Place: Woman Commuting by Pamela Palma, Oakland, CA
Second Place: Reid Family on Tour by Carlton Reid, Tyne and Wear, UK
Third Place: Grand Army Plaza by Lois Bielefeld, Brooklyn, NY
WALKING Category:
First Place: Leash by Jason Lam, Australia
Second Place: Walking the Rails at Dusk Del Mar, Kimball Andrew Schmidt, San Diego, CA
Third Place: Walking Together, Liv Ames, San Jose, CA
BIKING AND WALKING Category:
First Place: Critical Mass @ Gas Work Park-Seattle WA by Joseph Schell, San Francisco, CA
Second Place: A Ride in the Park by Pamela Palma, Oakland, CA
Third Place: Mission Family by Kate McCarthy, San Francisco, CA
INSPIRATIONAL Category:
First Place: by Joel Koontz, Greenville, SC
Second Place: Tour de Brooklyn 2009 by Lois Bielefeld, Brooklyn, NY
Third Place: Chilly Hilly Participants Arrival by Ferry 2, Kimball Andrew Schmidt, San Diego, CA
COMPLETE STREETS Category:
First Place: Staalstr by Rachel Wiersma, Vancouver, BC
Second Place: by Gabriella Salary, Toronto, ON
Third Place: You Choose by Eduardo Green Short, San Francisco, CA
ADVOCATES IN ACTION Category:
First Place: We are here to stay by Gabriella Salary, Toronto, ON
Second Place: Ignacio teaches bike safety by Kathleen Dreier, Tuscon, AZ
Third Place: One Less Car by Lois Bielefeld, Brooklyn, NY
YOUTH Category:
First Place: Keeping it Going by Elizabeth Brauer, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Second Place: Action Shot by Christian E, Oakland, CA
Third Place: LikeABike in the snow by Carlton Reid, United Kingdom
The People Powered Movement Photo Contest was made possible by 42BELOW, Momentum Magazine, CLIF BAR, VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations, Planet Bike, Rickshaw Bagworks, Bicycle Times, Breezer, Dahon, Cycle California! Magazine, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Funes Design, and JPG Magazine.
About the Alliance:
Alliance for Biking & Walking is the North American coalition of over 160 grassroots biking and walking advocacy organizations. The Alliance works to strengthen grassroots organizations through grants, training, sharing best practices and resources. For more information about our work, or to find a local organization you can work with, visit www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org.
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The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) worked with six counties and agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to secure $23 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program.
This multi-jurisdictional project, called Generating Recovery by Enhancing Active Transportation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (GREAT-PA/NJ), will help complete a network of biking and walking trails throughout the region, focused on connections to urban hubs in Philadelphia and Camden. The Bicycle Coalition and PEC assembled the proposal along with Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities and Mayor Nutter’s Metropolitan Caucus. The proposal received letters of support from more than 52 elected officials, institutions and non-profit organizations, including all four senators and eight members of congress in the region.
For more info visit the BCGP blog.
The Alliance for Biking & Walking will honor seven organizations and individuals with its 2010 Advocacy Awards at a special reception and awards presentation March 9th, 2010 in Washington, DC. The following award recipients not only show dedication and success in advancing biking and walking, but also demonstrate exceptional work ethic to their peers and communities.
Toronto Cyclists Union is being honored with the 2010 Innovation of the Year Award for their Newcomer Cycling Project in Toronto, Ontario. This innovative new program promotes bicycling in an inclusive and friendly manner by speaking to recent immigrants in their own language. In partnership with CultureLink, Toronto Cyclists Union has produced promotional posters in the 15 most commonly spoken languages, produced a bi-lingual bicycling handbook, and is providing mentorship to groups in various cities in hopes of delivering similar programs.
Chicago-based Active Transportation Alliance is being honored with the 2010 Best Practices Award for their outstanding efforts and results in regards to program growth, policy, and advocacy. As the largest biking and walking advocacy organization in the nation, Active Trans sets the bar high for other agencies to model. Active Trans holds transparency and good business practices at a premium demonstrating that through operating professionally and responsibly, you can more effectively build a movement around biking, walking and transit. Their leadership and sharing of best practices is helping other organizations grow and succeed and is building a more effective movement nationally.
Paul LeFrancois, president and a founding board member of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition, is being honored with the 2010 Advocate of the Year Award. Paul has gone above and beyond the call of duty to transform South Carolina into a better place for biking and walking. Among his many accomplishments, Paul created and secured passage of a SC Share the Road license plate (one of the first in the U.S.), has coordinated bicycling legislative events in cities throughout South Carolina, and has assisted communities throughout the state in securing bicycle-friendly designation from the League of American Bicyclists. With his leadership the PCC had its most significant success passing major reforms to South Carolina’s bicycle traffic safety laws in 2008.Paul’s knowledge, creativity, and commitment are the highest standard of excellence making him a role model in the Palmetto State and for biking and walking advocates across North America.
SRAM is being honored with the 2010 Business Advocate of the Year Award for its dedication to promoting bicycling advocacy in the U.S. (as well as Europe and Taiwan). The new SRAM Cycling Fund has dedicated $10 million over five years to bicycle advocacy. In addition to making it fully possible for the Alliance for Biking & Walking to launch the new Advocacy Advance Grants program in 2009 SRAM’s commitment has boosted efforts of the League of American Bicyclists, IMBA, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and several other organizations
Kate McCarthy, of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), is being honored with the 2010 Susie Stephens Joyful Enthusiasm Award for her innovation and tireless enthusiasm to harness the power of individuals to better bicycling.. Kate directs the membership and volunteer program of the SFBC which provides 60 percent of the organization’s budget and reduces administrative costs through valuable volunteer labor. Kate generously shares what she knows with peers across North America, including co-facilitating the Alliance’s Membership Development Training in 2009 where she worked one-on-one to help peer advocates develop their membership plans. With so much love at the foundation of her work, Kate is an inspiration to all.
Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland (WOBO) is being honored with the 2010 Winning Campaign Award for its Bike Broadway campaign. With no safe, convenient, quick way for bicyclists to get downtown to or from North Oakland, WOBO launched a campaign to create a contiguous north-south bike route from Downtown to Northern Oakland. WOBO’s efforts led to over 80 small business owners along the Broadway/ Franklin/ Webster corridor endorsing the campaign with letters of support, nearly 200 Oakland residents signing a petition of support for the campaign, and a collection of bike trip data on Broadway. WOBO is celebrating a victory with the planned installation of Bike lanes on Franklin and Webster streets this summer. The Bike Broadway campaign is shifting the way that biking and walking are considered in Oakland.
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) is being honored with the 2010 Advocacy Organization of the Year for its outstanding contributions in creating a more bicycle-friendly Philadelphia. A small struggling organization just a few years ago, BCGP has successfully orchestrated a major positive shift of both attitude and policy favorable to bicyclists, culminating with the recent decision to permanently provide bicyclist-only travel lanes on two very busy cross town roads in downtown Philadelphia. BCGP’s leaders have worked tirelessly together to grow and strengthen their organization and fulfill their mission. Since 2005, they have grown from 1.5 staff to over 14 and their annual income has increased 287% percent. Recent accomplishments include the hiring of Philadelphia’s first full time bicycle-pedestrian coordinator, working with the city to retrofit 1,600 parking meters into bike racks, and launching a Bicycle Ambassador program that reached 20,000 adults during its first season
The awards will be presented at Harriet’s at Hotel Harrington, 432 11th Street N.W. (corner of 11th and E Street), Washington, DC on Tuesday, March 9th at 8:30pm. The reception is open to current and prospective members and supporters of the Alliance.
About the Alliance:
The Alliance for Biking & Walking is the coalition of over 160 grassroots advocacy organizations working together to promote bicycling and walking in North American communities. To learn more about the Alliance’s Advocacy Awards and 2010 award winners visit http://www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/awards.
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Transportation Alternatives is competing for a $250,000 grant that will enable cyclists from all over the country to connect with fellow bike commuters nearby—but they need your vote to win it!
Streets all across the country are getting safer for cycling, but until the roads catch up, riding with a friend is one of the best ways to stay safe. Using Pepsi’s Refresh Everything grant, T.A. will develop a new generation of mobile and web applications to connect cyclists who share the same roads every day. The goal: 500,000 new cyclists on the road, encouraged by the ability to ride with a buddy. It’s called “Bike Buddy.”
Transportation Alternatives Director of Bicycle Advocacy, Caroline SamponaroIf, says “If we win this online voting competition, we would be able to collectively develop a new generation of mobile and web applications to connect cyclists who share the same roads every day. We would be linking newbies and seasoned riders—the sort of one-rider-at-a-time interaction that makes for a strong cycling community. We would pilot the program in five American cities, and with enough funding, many more thereafter.”
By voting for T.A., you’ll help usher in a new wave of green, urban-friendly bike commutes. You can vote once per day, so come back over and over! To vote, visit http://www.refresheverything.com/BikeBuddy.
For more information on Transportation Alternatives and the Bike Buddy Program visit www.refresheverything.com/BikeBuddy and www.transalt.org.
MCBC’s goal of steadily improving biking and walking facilities within Marin County is gaining momentum with a newly completed multi-use pathway in the city of Larkspur connecting neighborhoods to local schools and parks.
The new ADA-compliant pathway replaces what used to be a dirt path that was primarily being used by local schoolchildren. Measure A Safe Routes to School funded the new multi-use trail which also included 54 trees planted along the pathway, a soon-to-be installed bench with a great view of Mount Tamalpais, and a fence to delineate the pathway from the High School property.
The path is increasing the amount of children walking and biking to school and is attracting many other members of the community to walk or bike along the path. MCBC will continue to support the city of Larkspur for their continued commitment to improving the non-motorized transportation system within the City.
Visit www.marinbike.org/Index.shtml for more information.
Consider Biking has convened a Cycling Corporate Caucus representing more than twenty of Columbus’ largest employers. Since the formation of the caucus in 2009, Consider Biking has held meetings, and in partnership with Leadership Columbus, developed a “Two-Wheel Toolkit”. Consider Biking introduced the toolkit in a meeting with many of Columbus’ largest organizations’ CEOs, presenting information on encouraging employees to bicycle more and providing targeted resources for each specific audience within a business.
ConsiderBiking activated the caucus in late December in order to speak in unified support of a funding request on behalf of the city of Columbus to implement the Columbus Bike Plan. The caucus drafted a “case for support” that demonstrated why investment in bicycling is good for Columbus’ community’s health and economic efforts, but also for a business’s bottom line.
Consider Biking states “We had over 20 of our community’s most prominent business leaders & CEOs, sign our letter of support. No doubt - our business leaders “get it” We believe major organizations and workforces have the ability to affect behavior change quickly. That’s why we’re placing a significant effort on our worksite intervention Mode Shift program. (Bike to Work and Bike Away from Work).”
For more information about the “Two Wheel Toolkit” and to learn more about how the caucus is affecting its community, visit http://www.considerbiking.org/activities/consulting/
According to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), “SFBC is celebrating another new bike lane on Otis Street which has created an important one block link between South Van Ness and Gough Street.
Otis Street is the ninth new bike lane to be striped since December. These bike lanes are the direct result of years of hard work by SFBC staff and countless hours of grassroots organizing by committed Bicycle Coalition members. The Coalition is pleased to see these new improvements for bicycling being added all across San Francisco and creating important links in the bike network.”
To find out more about the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and its efforts, visit sfbike.org.
Alliance > Member Services > Job Board
The League of American Bicyclists is hiring a membership manager. This is a hands-on job in a small organization that requires great attention to detail, a strong emphasis on customer service; and a love of bicycling. The job includes: prospect-to-member research, new and renewal member engagement, managing membership categories, implementation of campaigns and other various responsibilities that work to support the goals and objectives of League’s membership. We are at the beginning of an exciting (and long-awaited!) database transition, and this person would work closely with the transition team.
The manager supervises a membership assistant.
We are seeking a person with 2-5 years experience in membership, a college degree and the creativity to build an effective and engaged membership for the future.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. We offer competitive benefits, a fun working environment, and the opportunity to work for a cause in which you believe.
Apply to Elizabeth Kiker at elizabeth@bikeleague.org or fax your resume to 202-822-1334.
While public voting helped narrow down the finalists, our panel of expert judges ultimately selected the winning photos. The judges include:
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Lily Bernheimer, Community Producer
Livable Streets Initiative (New York, NY) |
J Cookson, Creative Director
Smart Meme Studios (Union, WA) |
Matt Djokovic, Brand Director
42BELOW Vodka (FL) |
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Clarence Eckerson Jr., Director of Video Production
StreetFilms, (New York, NY) |
Jay Ferm, Advocacy Director
Planet Bike (Madison, Wisconsin) |
Eric Gilliland, Executive Director
Washington Area Bicyclist Association, photographer (Washington, DC) |
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Joan Harrold, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Bikes Belong (Boulder, CO) |
Dustin Jensen, Photographer
Momentum Magazine and San Francisco Bicycle Coalition creator sfwiggle.com (San Francisco, CA) |
Ryan Mayo,Brand Experience Manager
Clif Bar & Company |
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David Niddrie, Photo Editor
Momentum Magazine (Vancouver, BC) |
Margo O’Hara, Director of Communications
Active Transportation Alliance (Chicago, IL) |
The following annual reports reflect the growth and accomplishments of the Alliance for Biking & Walking (formerly known as Thunderhead Alliance) over the years.
Twenty-six new citizen evaluators joined Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawai’s (PATH) HOALA project as trained Safe Routes to School evaluators on Thursday, Feb. 4th. HOALA – Hawaii’s Opportunity for Active Living Advancement – aims to help 12 Hawaii Island schools reduce childhood obesity by improving the ability for children to get to and from school by walking or bicycling.
According to PATH, the new evaluators, “will help to assess the walkability and bikeability of school zones in 12 elementary schools across the island of Hawaii. Evaluators were trained in the PEDS assessment tool and on how to conduct traffic counts and safety observations.
The HOALA project is made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research Program. Elementary schools across the island with at least 35% of students on free or reduced-cost lunch are eligible to apply. To find out more, visit the HOALA page on the PATH Web site or contact PATH at laura@pathhawaii.org.”
According to Walk + Roll Cleveland, “ Kaiser Permanente has provided seed funding for six Walk+Roll programs in neighborhoods all over the greater Cleveland area!
Saturday, May 15 in Cleveland’s Kamm’s Corners neighborhood will kick off the 2010 Summer of walking and rolling! Walk+Roll is partnering with Taste of Kamms which is a new event to celebrate this family-friendly neighborhood and it’s streetscaped Lorain Avenue.
Other neighborhoods and dates will be revealed soon. Always free and always fun for everyone, this year’s Walk+Roll initiative will include our signature street-closings plus also free guided bicycle rides and walks to secret places you’ve probably never experienced. With six events spread over the summer and throughout the city, you will be continually reminded and encouraged to walk and bike more in your daily life which will make your world cleaner, greener, wealthier and healthier.”
Walk + Roll is a ciclovia-type event that temporarily closes streets to cars and opens them to people on bike, foot, and skates. Learn more by visiting http://www.walkroll.com.
Invest in biking and walking advocacy where it matters most... on the ground!
Put the Benchmarking Report to Use for You --Call on March 18
Engaging Members in Your Work --Call on April 08
Winning Campaigns Training: New Orleans, LA
April 16 through April 18, 2010
02/03/2010 - Bicycling and Walking in the U.S., 2010 Benchmarking Report (Members Only)
12/16/2009 - Chattanooga Regional Bicycle Summit Agenda (Bike Chattanooga)
12/16/2009 - Baltimore Bike Summit Press Release
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