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SUMMERTIME SUMMERTIME
It's officially biking and walking programming season, y'all. All around North America, riders are tallying more miles with the extra daylight, families are strolling to the nearest gelato joint, and the taps are flowing at beery bikey events. Here's how some of our member organizations are marking the season.
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia will organize a Summer Solstice ride.
Meanwhile, Bike & Walk Montclair calls their Friday ride the "Almost Longest Day Friday Night Bike Ride."
MassBike teams up with a craft brewery that will donate a percentage of profits to bike advocacy.
As the school year wraps up, Washington Bikes recaps a sweet moment at an elementary school poster award session.
INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS
Mayor Ed Garcetti has chosen 15 Los Angeles streets to improve as part of his Great Streets initiative.
Here are San Francisco advocates' 6 secrets to winning complete, crosstown bikeways.
Whoa! San Diego added 39.1 miles of buffered bike lanes this year.
The Active Transportation Alliance's new Family-Friendly Bikeways campaign will help suburbs build comfortable bike infrastructure.
Oregon's Bicycle Transportation Alliance explains their vision for protected bike lanes in the Portland Metro region.
THE BIG PICTURE
Congrats to Los Angeles Walks Steering Committee members Alissa Walker and Jessica Meaney for winning LA Streetsblog Streetsie awards.
Divvy bike share is growing! The system announced a list of new stations in Chicago.
ADVOCACY AVENUE
San Francisco Walks pushes for a dedicated traffic crimes team at the District Attourney's office to address legal barries to filing cases against people who kill others through acts of negligence while driving.
Meanwhile the San Francisco Planning Commission has endorsed Vision Zero goals!
Missouri voters will decide on a 1 cent transportation tax this August, but it's unclear whether the proposed revenue would include bike/ped funding.
Boston has released new interactive crash map and the associated raw data. Mappy:
LEGISLATION LANE
Delware's budget committee is wrestling with a $12 million funding gap. Oof.
New York Senator Jeff Klein introduced a bill in the State Assembly to to set New York City's default speed at 25 MPH. Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets see this as a crucial step to implementing Vision Zero. Believe it or not, New York City does not have the autonomy to set its own speed limit.
Klein's bill comes after advocacy efforts to mobilize New Yorkers to support the introduction of such a bill.
PROGRAMMING
The Washington Area Bicyclist Association's Women & Bicycles program held a workshop on biking and street harassment.
What makes an awesome Open Streets intiative tick? Check out advice from Atlanta Streets Alive, Tucson's Cyclovia, and Open Streets Oklahoma City.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has expanded their education program to tech companies' shuttle bus drivers.
GET A JOB
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland is hiring a membership and outreach fellow.
TRAILER
Paris launched the world's first bike share for kids. It's every bit as cute as you would think. (h/t @ Megan Odett)
