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Welcome to the Alliance's weekly roundup of state & local biking & walking advocacy news. Every week, we crawl the blogs of our member organizations and bring you the most interesting tidbits.  

The Leadership Retreat is the best and most in-depth networking opportunity for local and state biking and walking advocates – and it only comes around once every two years. Advocates pour in from all over to connect with peers. We are now accepting applications for sessions at the 2014 Alliance Leadership Retreat.

Congratulations to Todd Consentino and Chris Chaney, winners of the Ortlieb Showers & Snow photo contest by the Alliance for Biking & Walking and Streetsblog. 

Welcome to the Alliance's weekly roundup of state & local biking & walking advocacy news. Every week, we crawl the blogs of our member organizations and bring you the most interesting tidbits.  

The weather is getting springy, but showers keep coming. And it wasn’t long ago that folks in colder climates were tackling snowy commutes. To celebrate a drizzly, wet spring, dozens of photographers sent us photos of people biking and walking in the snow and rain. The photos were submitted as a part of our Showers & Snow photo contest, sponsored by Ortlieb and presented by Streetsblog and the Alliance for Biking & Walking. We want to know which shots you like best!

Walking, and for some, rolling, is an integral part of our everyday lives. On this Alliance Mutual Aid Call, advocates discussed how to incorporate walking advocacy into bike advocacy organizations. 

As the federal funding landscape changes, more states, regions and cities are looking for local sources of critical transportation dollars. As a result, there has been a recent surge of transportation ballot measures across the United States. Here's how your advocacy organization can win one. 

When it comes to teaching kids how to ride bikes, nearly every advocacy organization offers programming like bike rodeos, skills classes or helmet fittings. But there are more innovative other ways to engage children—and their parents—in cycling safely and confidently even before kids reach school age.

Susie Stephens, the first director of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, was known throughout the bicycle and pedestrian advocacy world for her joy and enthusiasm. In 2002, while preparing to lead a pedestrian safety training, Susie was killed by a bus in a crosswalk. To honor her legacy, Susie's family now supports scholarships to help bicycle & pedestrian advocates attend Alliance trainings.

Welcome to the Alliance's weekly roundup of state & local biking & walking advocacy news. Every week, we crawl the blogs of our member organizations and bring you the most interesting tidbits.