Virginia Bicycling Federation

America Bikes, the coalition of national bicycling and trail advocacy groups working to boost federal government investment in cycling, is seeking a well-organized, experienced professional to serve as our Campaign Director. The Campaign Director will manage America Bikes’ efforts in the upcoming reauthorization of the federal transportation bill, which sets policy and overall funding [...]

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Senator Ticer’s SB644 passed the Senate today by a 22-16 vote and now goes over to the House, where it will be heard by the House Transportation committee (unless the House Bill 1270 , which is identical, passes the House, in which event both bills will be “conformed” into one, whereupon I’m not exactly [...]

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by Bud Vye
HB1270 — motorists to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks — was narrowly reported out of the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday by an 11-8 vote. A close look at the vote shows that all of the 8 opposing votes were by Republicans, and that three Republicans were not present.
All of the [...]

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We are deeply saddened to hear that Sheldon Brown has passed away.  The Harris Cyclery website confirms the sad news.
Sheldon probably got more people excited about bicycling than anyone in the last 15 years.  Thank you Sheldon, for your passion, wisdom, humor, and kindness.

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Delegate Ebbin’s bill (which is identical to Sen. Ticer’s bill on the Senate side) was reported out of House Transportation SubCommittee 2 to the full House Transportation Committee this morning by a 5 - 2 vote. Del. Fralin of Roanoke led the opposition as he has done to similar bills over the past [...]

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SB644 (motorists to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks), was reported out of the Senate Transportation Committee yesterday afternoon by a 9 - 6 vote. (The first time such a bill has ever gotten out of committee in at least 6 years.)The bad news is that all of the Republicans on the Committee voted against [...]

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