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SCHOOL'S IN

As September comes to a close (how did that happen?), kids, parents, and advocates are back in school mode. Biking and walking advocates across North America are doing their part to educate kids about safe walking and biking as they work to make schools and their surrounding neighborhoods more bike- and walk-friendly. 

Bicycle Colorado shows why parents are so important in making schools more bikeable and walkable.

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association gives parents tips on how to bike with their kids this fall (featuring insight from the Alliance's own Megan Odett!). 

San Francisco advocates are getting excited for Walk & Roll to School Day. 

Schools could win big bucks if students bike or walk to work in Wisconsin as part of Fire Up Your Feet. 

INFRASTRUCTURE INLET

Infrastructure stories are slowing as the building season winds down in many states.

Following installation of a protected bike lane, ridership tripled on Seattle's Second Avenue.  

Transportation Alternatives is making a big push to fix dangerous arterial streets throughout the city, which make up just 15% of streets but see 50% of bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities. They're hosting a series of blog posts called "Broken Boulevards," focusing on specific corridors that local activists are working to fix. 

Chicago's North Branch Trail will be extended three miles south. 

Iowa advocates showed off new bright green bike lanes in Cedar Rapids. 

BIG PICTURE BOULEVARD

The most bikeable hospital in Portland. 

We saw three really tragic stories from our membership this week: 

• A ten-year-old bicyclist was killed in northeast Philadelphia. No charges have been filed. 
• A bicyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Washington, DC – the first time a bicyclist has been killed in the District since May of 2013.  
• A pedestrian died after being struck by a car while crossing the street in Sacramento. 

Monique Koll will be the new president of BikeLafayette in Louisiana. 

Sink your teeth into demographic data about who bikes and walks in the United States. 

Cascade Bicycle Club will open the Cascade Bicycling Center, a new HQ and community gathering space, in mid-November. 

ADVOCACY AVENUE

New report: how biking and walking initiatives can be funded as part of public-private partnerships. 

The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, a statewide organization, announces a new framework for local advocacy. 

A New York City attorney filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Motor Vehicles for systematically charging bicyclists who received moving violations with a surcharge that should only apply to motorists. 

Pittsburgh advocates are pumped that their city has seen a 408% jump in bike commuting since 2000.

Drawing inspiration from a recent piece in .Mic, Go Bike Buffalo compiles supporters' #IBikeBecause photos.

Metra, the Chicago area's commuter rail system, will increase onboard bicycle access.

Seattle's Pronto Cycle Share will open in mid October! 

Activists repped Transportation Alternatives at last weekend's People's Climate March. 

LEGISLATION LANE

The Florida Department of Transportation has approved a Complete Streets policy. 

Despite objections from Texans, the Texas DOT will transfer funds out of the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). 

California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bike-friendly bills last weekend. 

ELECTION ESPLANADE

Bike San Gabriel Valley released their candidate survey. 

This week, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition started a series of blogs on why the anti-bike, anti-transit Proposition L would be bad for the city. We can't link to it, but I'm sure that Google knows where it is. 

PROGRAMMING PROMENADE

Riders have logged over 750,000 miles in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's Bike Commute Challenge . . . and it's only halfway through. 

Tour de Fat in Fort Collins and Denver together raised more than $200,000 for bike advocacy organizations! 

WABA held their annual 50 States Ride, a circuitous 60-mile ramble around every single state avenue in Washington, DC. 

Great new video from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: the Top 10 Rules of the Road. Some of the laws are specific to California, but most are applicable everywhere:

GET A JOB

Cascade Bicycle Club is hiring a Field Programs Coordinator and a Principal Planner. 

Bicycle Transit Systems is hiring an Access Manager for the new Philadelphia bikeshare system. 

The state and local biking and walking advocacy movement is growing. Check out the Alliance for Biking & Walking job board for listings all over North America.

TRAILER

Now that's multimodal.