Ride Boldly!

Speakers:

Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Governor Jack Markell (D-DE)
Peter Rogoff, Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration
Peter Birch and Shannon Guyman, Google

League of American Bicyclists Director Andy Clarke kicked off the proceedings bright and early at 8 AM, clearly freshly caffeinated and excited by having over 700 bicycle advocates and friends of the cycling movement in the house [...]

Been pretty busy lately, but as the (first) thaw gets underway, there are goings on here in the tundra and elsewhere.

The Winona Bridge, about which I have written a billion times following its brief closure in Summer 2008, is now scheduled for ‘rehabilitation’ in 2014. Everyone gets to take their chances on this fracture-critical structure [...]

Winter is a good time to clean out the buckets of bike stuff and attend… swap meets!

Twin Cities Bike Swap Meet – February 14, at the National Sports Center. $5 admission to a really giant event. Tables $40 to sell.
TCBC Swap Meet – March 27, at the Hopkins VFW. Free entry, free to sell for [...]

Upgrades are planned for St. Paul’s Lilydale Regional Park, which is excellent news for local bikers. Beyond providing a scenic connection between downtown and the Big Rivers Trail, it’s been the site of popular time trial events over the years.
Per the MinnPost, a number of improvements are planned. Those that will best impact cyclists include:
A [...]

Busting 10 Bike Commuting Myths – from Alan Snel
Upcoming track racing schedule at the Minnesota Velodrome in Blaine. Always fun to attend!
Minnesota Bike Festival schedule for 2009, including the new Uptown Minneapolis Crit. They’re also looking for volunteer host housing for racers.
Ray LaHood, the US Secretary of Transportation, posts that “cyclists are important users of [...]

Tell your Senator to vote NO for prohibiting stimulus funding for projects that help cyclists!