American Bicyclist Update January 04, 2010
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news: advocacy, industry, education and current events! The easiest way to follow the blog is to subscribe to our blog's rss feed. You can also follow our blog through NetworkedBlogs on Facebook. | 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. |
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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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