League of American Bicyclists aka #BikeLeague
2026 NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT March 24 - 26
Registration is now open
Early Bird available until January 30
In-Person, Online-Only, and Wednesday in Washington tickets available
Advocacy Organization Day (Friday, March 27) available as Add-On or separate ticket
Details: https://bikeleague.org/events/summit/

WEBINARS FROM BIKE LEAGUE
https://bikeleague.org/events/webinars/, including:

UPCOMING Webinar
New Report—Lime Mobility Insights from Baltimore, Nashville, and Phoenix
Tuesday, Dec 9, 3 PM Eastern TiME

PAST Webinar Recordings
Ready to Ride: Lessons from the Field
All Aboard the Bike Bus
Welcoming All Wheels: Organizing Inclusive Bike Events
Educating Drivers on Sharing the Road: What Works and How to Make it Happen
And more

Reminder about past webinars (or anything) on YouTube: The Duck Player “lets you watch videos on YouTube without privacy-invading ads, and keeps what you watch from impacting your recommendations.‌” Details: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duck-player/

#cycling #biking #BikeTooter

In #BikeLeague Cycling Education Peer Learning Call, just completed, Bike Cleveland’s Education Director, Diana ‘DevahD’ Hildebrand, was the other presenter. https://www.bikecleveland.org/about/staff-board/ / https://www.bikecleveland.org/education-2/

#YouthBike #YouthEducation #youth #education #transportation #PublicHealth #schools

Do youth want bicycling education at school? In #BikeLeague Cycling Education Peer Learning Call happening now, Hawai‘i Bicycling League’s Director of Education, Malia Harunaga, indicated that school absenteeism is reported to be lowest in weeks when bike education is scheduled. https://hbl.org/learn/youth-bikeed/

#YouthBike #YouthEducation #youth #education #transportation #PublicHealth #schools #SchoolAbsenteeism #SchoolAttendance

The Radwagon on that bike rack is the daily transportation of a local veteran and member of Veterans for Peace.

We’ve met him before and enjoyed catching up a bit yesterday. We were very sorry to hear his wife had been doored!

SHARE WITH DRIVERS: Seven short #BikeLeague videos for motorists— including (#5) how to avoid “dooring” people who bike! —https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEunXMVRYA7SvZsgu-YYeUJbo0rdgmRIF; also available in Spanish https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEunXMVRYA7TRPpFiT_C14G_EBgDf2r_f

As for YouTube, you may want to do as we do: make use of DuckDuckGo’s Duck Player. The Duck Player “lets you watch videos on YouTube without privacy-invading ads, and keeps what you watch from impacting your recommendations.‌” Details: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duck-player

#DriversEducation #TrafficSafety #DutchReach #dooring #BikeFriendlyDriver

Many #BikeLeague webinars—including “All Aboard the Bike Bus”—are available and can be viewed via Duck Player (instead of viewing on YouTube).

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duck-player
https://bikeleague.org/events/webinars/

#cycling #biking #BikeTooter #transportation

In our “Resources on Riding Skills, Bike Laws, and Safety” section https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety is a list of resources we have created, as well as resources from others.

Among the latter is #BikeLeague’s new video series — Camiones Grandes y Bicicletas / Big Trucks and Bikes. https://bikeleague.org/new-video-series-big-trucks-and-bikes-educating-truck-drivers-to-save-lives/ It is dedicated to the memory of Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, a U.S. diplomat who had been safely evacuated from Ukraine in summer 2022, then killed weeks later while biking home in Bethesda, Maryland. https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137817706/she-was-a-diplomat-in-ukraine-when-war-came-in-a-u-s-suburb-a-truck-took-her-lif

#Trucks #TruckDrivers #Drivers #BikeFriendlyDriving #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransport #Transport #BikeMonterey

ROUNDUP OF BIKE PARKING RESOURCES, updated May 2025, from League of American Bicyclists / #BikeLeague

https://bikeleague.org/bike-parking-resources/

#BikeTooter #BikeParking #BicycleParking #BikeCommuting

Reminder: Aug 1-3, 2025 in Santa Cruz, League of American Bicyclists League Cycling Instructor (LCI) seminar.

Scholarships applications due July 9th. Other deadlines:
Early Bird registration fee $550 (until July 3)
Regular registration fee $625 (starting July 4)
Deadline to register: July 11, 2025

Details and the various links are included in:
https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2025-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-santa-cruz.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyBay #SantaCruz #BikeLeague #BikeLeagueLCI #SmartCycling #BikersEd #cycling #biking #bicycling #transportation #ActiveTransportation #SFBA

Free webinar from League of American Bicyclists aka #BikeLeague

WELCOMING ALL WHEELS: ORGANIZING INCLUSIVE BIKE EVENTS
June 24, 2025, 12-1pm Pacific time

Panel includes Anna Zivarts of Disability Rights Washington, Rachel Olzer of All Bikes Welcome, and Marley Blonsky of All Bodies on Bikes.

Details and registration link: https://bikeleague.org/calendar/welcoming-all-wheels-organizing-inclusive-bike-events/

#AllBikesWelcome #AllBodiesOnBikes #DisabilityRightsWashingtono #DisabilityRights #inclusivity #community #BikeCommunity #MarleyBlonsky #cycling #bicycling #BikeTooter

Aug 1-3, 2025 in Santa Cruz: League of American Bicyclists League Cycling Instructor (LCI) seminar. https://bikeleague.org/calendar/august-1-august-3-in-santa-cruz-ca-registration-closes-7-11-25/

Instructor is Dan Hernandez https://bikeleague.org/?coaches=dan-hernandez, an affiliate of @BikeEastBay.

#BikeTooter #MontereyBay #SantaCruz #BikeLeague #BikeLeagueLCI #SmartCycling #BikersEd #cycling #biking #bicycling #transportation #ActiveTransportation #SFBA

Free webinar from League of American Bicyclists aka #BikeLeague

EDUCATING DRIVERS ON SHARING THE ROAD: WHAT WORKS AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 3-4 pm Eastern Time

Details and registration link: https://bikeleague.org/calendar/driver-education-on-sharing-the-road-what-works-and-how-to-make-it-happen/

#BikeTooter #TrafficSafety #transportation #DriverEducation #BikeFriendlyDriver #driving #cycling #drivers #cyclists #RoadSafety #VisionZero

ICYMI

Take to the streets—to audit the needs for bike/walk infrastructure improvements. Free AARP / League of American Bicyclists "Bike Audit Tool Kit,” in Spanish and English—and “Walk Audit Tool Kit” too. https://bikemonterey.org/bike-audit-tool-kit-in-spanish-and-english.html

We reminded #MontereyCountyNow readers , via "Footwork” ⬇️ and encourage you to watch for similar opportunities to share news of those tool kits with your communities. https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-01-30-25/article_ed745ca6-de8e-11ef-bdcf-f3e6288a46c5.html

#ClimateAction #PublicHealth #CommunityBuilding #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #walk #bike #BikeLeague #AARP

Thanks to Pam Marino @pammarino for bringing to our attention “Walk Every Street PG” https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/a-new-group-in-pacific-grove-seeks-to-walk-every-street-while-building-community/article_07c5a2d4-d919-11ef-9725-2f8835902fbe.html (January 23, 2025), and kudos to founders Ashley Edge and Amy Burkman. As Edge said, “You can drive all you want but to really know a place, you need to walk it.” (And that’s similarly true for people who bike vs drive.)
We encourage walking groups to consider including “walk audits” to identify for cities where infrastructure improvements are needed. As highlighted in the Resources / Los Recursos section on bikemonterey.org https://bikemonterey.org/resources, AARP teamed up with the League of American Bicyclists to create Bike Audit Tool Kits, in English and Spanish, and AARP has Walk Audit Tool Kits too. Print copies or downloads are available free. Anyone can do a walk or bike audit. In fact, the best are done by people with varying perspectives and mobility needs.

#Bike #Walk #MontereyCounty #USA #PacificGrove #MontereyCountyNow #BikeAuditToolKit #WalkAuditToolKit #AARP #BikeLeague

After a sunny weekend, the weather shifted on Veterans Day, November 11. Rain is welcome in Monterey County and most of California. We refreshed our compilation of Tips for People Who Bike in Rainy Weather by adding @BarbChamberlain’s Nov 11 post. Also included are links to tips from Cascade Bicycle Club, Bike Portland, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, @BikeEastBay, and Bike League. https://bikemonterey.org/rainy-weather-tips-for-people-who-bike.html

#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #CascadeBicycleClub #BikePortland #SFBike #BikeEastBay #BikeLeague
#RainyDay #CaliforniaWeather #wx #weather #rain #BikingInTheRain

Survey time! Provincetown’s Bicycle Friendly community award is up for renewal & they’d like your feedback on what it’s like to ride a bike here: https://bikept.org/survey2024 #BFC #Provincetown #CapeCod #BikeLeague #Massachusetts #MassBike #bicycle #bike #BikeTooter

Bike survey time! https://bikept.org/survey2024 Provincetown is up for its Bicycle Friendly Community renewal through the League of American Bicyclists. The survey helps the League provide feedback to the town. #Provincetown #BikeTooter #bicycle #bike #BikeLeague #BFC #CapeCod

We miss Bike Portland and others on the bird site—but not enough to make us return to that platform.

ICYMI, it was thanks to #BikePortland that we are aware of the following #ProtectedBikeLane design guide from City of Portland, Oregon: https://www.portland.gov/transportation/engineering/documents/portland-protected-bicycle-lane-design-guide/download

When Jonathan Maus / Bike Portland wrote about that guide 10/15/21 (https://bikeportland.org/2021/10/15/lets-build-it-portlands-protected-bike-lane-design-guide-is-finally-out-339994) he said: "According to League of American Bicyclists / #BikeLeague Policy Director Ken McLeod, guides like this one are ‘rare.’ He says none of the other top cycling cities in America like Madison, Boulder, or Davis have such detailed operating instructions for protected bike lanes. Their plans usually just reference national guidebooks like #NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide."

#BikeTooter #ActiveTransportation #transportation #bike #infrastructure #UrbanPlanning #PlanningEngineers #UrbanDesign #TransportationEngineers

Note DATE CHANGE for Smart Cycling class!

Register by July 12, 3pm (Pac time) for SATURDAY, JULY 13 Smart Cycling class in #Monterey Peninsula city of #Marina.
Adults AND ages 14-17 welcome.
Excellent instructor: Frank Henderson, a #BikeLeague certified instructor.
Details: https://bikemonterey.org/smart-cycling-class-july-13-in-marina.html

Also scheduled is Aug 2-4 Bike League Cycling Instructor seminar in Salinas, for ages 18+. https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

Note date change for Smart Cycling class!
REGISTER BY JULY 12TH for July 13 Smart Cycling class in #Monterey Peninsula city of #Marina.
Ages 14-17 welcome, as well as adults.
Excellent instructor: Frank Henderson, a #BikeLeague certified instructor.
Details: https://bikemonterey.org/smart-cycling-class-july-13-in-marina.html

Also scheduled is Aug 2-4 Bike League Cycling Instructor seminar in Salinas, for ages 18+. https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

#BikeTooter
#MontereyCounty #BikeEd #SmartCycling #BikersEducation #BicyclingEducation #BikeCommuter #VehicularCycling #BicycleDriving #BikeSafety #ActiveTransportation #YouthBike #BikeSkills #BikeCommuting #BikeCalifornia #BikeMonterey #MontereyBay

Are you a Monterey County resident who is experienced and knowledgeable in biking—and have the desire to make cycling safer and more accessible for others? ICYMI, this is a rare op for a League of American Bicyclists / #BikeLeague instructor training in our own county, Aug 2-4. Reg deadline, July 12. Scholarship ap deadline, July 8. Details: https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #Salinas #Monterey #SalinasValley #CondadoDeMonterey