Sign up here to get the weekly roundup in your inbox each and every Friday.

Giddyup! Please share this to spread the word about biking and walking advocacy.  

BICYCLE TERRORISTS SOUND OFF

The active transportation Internet lit up this week with news of Washington Post columnist Courtlant Milloy's rant against bicyclists in the DC area. Milloy used his column to call people on bikes "bullies" and "terrorists," came scarily close to condoning striking bicyclists with a car, and maligned the work of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, the Alliance's biggest member in the DC metro area. 

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association responded with a well-reasoned and unapologetic blog post, earning praise from journalists in the Twitterverse. 

We think that WABA's moves were a great example of rapid response communications. Here's our analysis of their response.  

Advocates from across the country tuned in:

• Some shared a response from Milloy's colleague Ashley Halsey urging an end to hateful rhetoric about bikes.
• Others also shared an extensive piece about why bicycles on city streets make smart people say silly things. (Editor's note: it's well worth the read.) 
• We particularly loved this little token of west coast Twitter love from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. 

INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS

Could North Philadelphia soon boast neighborhood bikeways?

A  new pedestrian bridge in University Park, outside Chicago, will make it easier for kids to walk to school.  

Minneapolis decisionmakers reached a tentative agreement on the Southwest Light Rail, which will include pedestrian and bicycle improvements. 

Los Angeles announced new parklets in several neighborhoods. 

Coming soon to a Pittsburgh near you: this protected bike lane! 

THE BIG PICTURE

BikeTexas is fundraising through Amazon Smile. 

Let's not ruin it by saying it too too loud, but so far 2014 has been one of the safest years for bicycling in Wisconsin. 

DuPage County, Illinois has introduced a smartphone app to pinpoint their location on county trails. 

USA Today declared San Diego one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country. BikeSD begs to differ. 

Electric assist cargo bikes are the new minivan. 

ADVOCACY AVENUE

The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition will ask the city that 15% of a $250 million infrastructure bond be allocated for bike projects. 

Pittsburgh advocates are gearing up to push the mayor for a bike-friendly police chief. 

BikeWalkKC isn't taking an official position on a proposed constitutional amendment for a 3/4 cent sales tax for transportation funding. On the one hand, the measure includes dedicated funding for biking and walking and would help finance a streetcar extension. On the other hand, the amendment would prohibit future gas tax increases and continue a statewide ban on toll roads.  

Congrats to advocates working on the Napa Valley Vine Trail – CalTrans announced that the trail passed environmental snuff under NEPA and CEQA.   

PROGRAMMING

The Major Taylor Ride Club in Reno, NV teaches teenage students how to ride road and mountain bikes, rules of the road, mechanical skills, and benefits of riding a bicycle.

Red Rover Bicycle Collective is holding a ladies' mountain bike and bike mechanic skills clinic. 

In perhaps the most tropical ride within the Alliance's membership this week, PATH Hawaii worked with a local cycling club on the annual three-day Tour Da Big Island.  

Brownsville, Texas held CycloBia, and Open Streets event. 

And Oaklavia is coming back to Oakland! Huzzah. 

GET A JOB

Livable Memphis is hiring a program coordinator. 

MassBike is hiring a part-time communications coordinator. (We're sad to learn that today is Nathaniel Fink's last day in communications at MassBike. Good look in grad school, Nathaniel!)

See all available positions within the Alliance membership on our job board.

TRAILER

The Bibliocycle is Boston's new library on a bike.