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THE BIG IDEAS ISSUE: PLACES

BICYCLE
FRIENDLY
AMERICA

THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS

The League of American Bicyclists' mission is to lead
the movement to create a Bicycle Friendly America for
everyone. As leaders, our commitment is to listen and
learn, define standards and share best practices to engage
diverse communities and build a powerful, unified voice
for change. Contact League officers, directors or staff
at League of American Bicyclists, 1612 K Street, NW,
Suite 308, Washington, DC 20006-2850, 202-822-1333;
bikeleague@bikeleague.org, fax: 202-822-1334.

CONTENTS
Summer 2017

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karen Jenkins, Chair, karenjenkins@bikeleague.org
Gail Spann, Vice Chair, gailspann@bikeleague.org
Harry Brull, Secretary, harrybrull@bikeleague.org
Ken Podziba, Treasurer, kenpodziba@bikeleague.org
Sam Adams, samadams@bikeleague.org
Diane Albert, dianealbert@bikeleague.org
Maria Boustead, mariaboustead@bikeleague.org
Steve Durrant, stevedurrant@bikeleague.org
Rob Gusky, robgusky@bikeleague.org
Max Hepp-Buchanan, maxheppbuchanan@bikeleague.org
Fernando Martinez, fernandomartinez@bikeleague.org
Ralph Monti, ralphmonti@bikeleague.org
Nicole Preston, nicolepreston@bikeleague.org
Torrance Strong, torrancestrong@bikeleague.org
Eric Swanson, ericswanson@bikeleague.org

STAFF
Bill Nesper, Interim Executive Director
Amelia Neptune, Bicycle Friendly America Director
Ken McLeod, Policy Director
Alison Dewey, National Bike Summit Director
Kevin Dekkinga, Membership Director
Lorna Green, Operations Director
Steve Taylor, Communications Manager

BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA MAGAZINE
Designed and printed by Mercury Publishing
Editor: Steve Taylor
Photo Editor: James Copes
Bicycle Friendly America magazine (ISSN 0747-0371)
is published by the League of American Bicyclists, Inc.
to help the organization achieve its mission to educate
the public and promote awareness of bicycling issues.
©2017 League of American Bicyclists. Reproduction in
whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Article queries should be addressed to communications@
bikeleague.org. Your submission of manuscripts, photographs, or artwork, is your warranty that the material
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Opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not
necessarily reflect the policies of the League.

2017 NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT ISSUE
Viewpoint

2

Meet Our New Board Members

4

Partnership Produces Benchmarking Report Website

6

Active Transportation Leadership Institute Launches

7

NBS17 Mobile Workshop Highlights Gold Bicycle Friendly University

8

Bicycle Friendly Lees-McRae College

10

Lessons On Building The Bike (Advocacy) Community

12

Amtrak: Welcoming Bikes On Trains

14

Summer By Rail ... and Bike!

16

Introducing Bike Walk Action

18

Around The Summit

20

Summit Scholarship Recipients Share What They Learned

26

Advocacy Awards

28

Rumble Strips Got You Grumbling & Tools for Road Advocacy

30

Media Mentions

33

ON THE COVER: ALL PHOTOS IN THIS ISSUE THAT ARE NOT OTHERWISE CREDITED ARE BY BRIAN PALMER, WHOM WE WERE
THRILLED TO WELCOME BACK AS NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT PHOTOGRAPHER.



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