(Level 3 Activism)

• Leading Bike-Friendly Cities/Towns "Find out how well the bike network in your community connects people with the places they want to go"

• The Benefits of Street-Scale Features for Walking & Biking (PDF) "This analysis provides background information and supportive data for planners, transportation professionals, advocates, and policy makers working to encourage community design that promotes active transportation. Through this report, individuals working locally will be able to highlight the co-benefits of street-scale interventions that support walking and biking."

• NACTO: Urban Street Design Guide "A blueprint for designing 21st century streets, the Guide unveils the toolbox and the tactics cities use to make streets safer, more livable, and more economically vibrant. The Guide outlines both a clear vision for complete streets and a basic road map for how to bring them to fruition."

The Gender Gap

Bike advocacy should focus on education about the benefits of riding, as well as reducing dangers to female riders. When mothers, grandmas, and other women in our communities start to ride, entire families are much more likely to realize it is a fun, safe way to travel, then want to join in!

One way to accomplish this, is to ensure that walkability or likeability audits and planning committees are diverse and include women. That studies or surveys get input from female participants. Organizations that provide aid designed to get more people riding need to ensure girls get at least equal benefit as boys and men, to avoid creating further gender inequality.

• Cycling’s Gender Gap: Breaking The Cycle of Inequality

The article 'A rolling walking stick': why do so many disabled people cycle in Cambridge? explains that "Riding a bike may be easier than walking for two-thirds of disabled cyclists, but they often remain invisible to society. Many don’t realize that more than a quarter of disabled commutes in this university city are made by bike"

• Recycled Tires as Bike Lane Barriers - Broad Ave. Demonstration Project | $10,000

• "The Binghampton Development Corporation (BDC), in partnership with the City of Memphis, will use this grant to pilot a 1.2-mile demonstration project using upcycled car tires as bike lane barriers. If successful, the BDC will help launch an employee-owned business to produce the barriers as part of its new Business Hub." Click to read about the other great projects funded by People of Bikes- https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/peopleforbikes-spring-2021-bike-industry-community-grants-recipients

• Mobilize Frontline Health Workers - "We are working to mobilize rural frontline health workers. Every CA$197 donated provides a life-changing bicycle."

• Recycled Tires as Bike Lane Barriers - Broad Ave. Demonstration Project | $10,000 "The Binghampton Development Corporation (BDC), in partnership with the City of Memphis, will use this grant to pilot a 1.2-mile demonstration project using upcycled car tires as bike lane barriers. If successful, the BDC will help launch an employee-owned business to produce the barriers as part of its new Business Hub." Click to read about the other great projects funded by People of Bikes

UK

• GovUK Collection: Cycling and walking "Cycling and walking investment, grant funding, research and infrastructure case studies."

• Electric bikes and UK law: what you need to know "Do you need a licence to ride an electric bike? What's the maximum permissable power output for an ebike? Read on to find out more..."

• An updated guide to cycle lighting regulations "Want to know the law when it comes to cycling in the dark?"

USA

• The League of American Bicyclists: Modal Legislation "The League’s legal affairs committee — made up of bicycle lawyers from across the country — is working to create model legislation that can be used to improve bicyclists’ safety and comfort in your community.
  
  Model legislation builds off of the best practices seen in current state legislation and looks to the future for improvements to existing laws. Each model law found on this page is a starting point for advocacy efforts, legislative negotiation, and future enforcement. As we work to create a Bicycle Friendly America℠ these models can guide states in the right direction."

Texas

• BikeTexas: Advocacy "represents you before our federal and state legislatures. We meet with the offices of our Senators and Congressional Representatives twice in March, participate in the League of American Bicyclists National Bike Summit, and the International Mountain Bike Association 24 Hours of IMBA. Typically on our BikeTexas Cyclists in Suits day dozens of advocates visit all 181 state legislators’ offices in Austin. BikeTexas testifies before several Texas Senate and House Committees and our members and volunteers place thousands of calls to the offices of legislators advocating important bicycling bills. Thanks to these efforts the voice of Texas cyclists are resounding in the ears of our legislators."