American Bicyclist Update January 04, 2010


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National News
Advocacy Advance Helps you Find Federal Funding
As part of the continuing partnership between the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Bicycling & Walking, the Advocacy Advance Team has created a series of reports to help Alliance member organizations access Federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects including: Section 402 - Highway Safety Grants, Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Plan (CMAQ). For a brief description of each report, a request for more of your stories, and links to other Advocacy Advance resources, visit our blog or the Advocacy Advance section of bikeleague.org.

NHTSA Comments
Recently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published Federal Register notices requesting public comment on several issues important to bicycling. Comments are due today but late entries might be considered. Review the League's comments here.

Other News

Bumper Issue of Active Living Research Published
No fewer than 20 papers on Active Living topics are now available in a special issue of Preventive Medicine - thanks to the Active Living Research program at San Diego State University. This incredible body of work includes another epic paper by John Pucher, Susan Handy and Jennifer Dill titled "Infrastructure, Programs and Policies to Increase Bicycling:  An International Review," as well as numerous studies of youth health issues and strategies for promoting more active lifestyles.

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by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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