Virginia Bicycling Federation

This cycling awareness video uses some basketball players to illustrate how we don’t see what we’re not looking for, but we do see what we are looking for, so we do need to watch for cyclists.

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Fed up after taking 2 hours to drive 4 miles through northern Virginia, Allen Muchnik rides his bike to meetings of the Virginia Transportation Safety Board, on which he serves. Bloomberg reports on the nothern Virginia transportation crisis, and Virginians’ failure to raise money to solve the problems.

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On March 17, 2008, the Roanoke City Council adopted their new regional Greenways and Bikeways plans, a Complete Streets policy, and plans to apply for a Bicycle Friendly Community Award from the League of American Bicyclists.

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Visiting Italian ex-pro cyclist Fred Morini is touring Wytheville area schools to get kids turned on to cycling. He hopes to start after school cycling programs to get kids (and adults) involved in the sport, for fun, exercise, and transportation.

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[ April 28, 2008; 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] The Virginia LTAP (Local Technical Assistance Program) will conduct a one-day workshop on Designing for Bicycles in Charlottesville on Monday, April 28, 2008. Though geared toward transportation engineers and planning professionals, all are welcome. VBF encourages all bike advocates to attend, and to urge local governments and engineering and planning entities to send [...]

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A report from Bud Vye on the trip to the 2008 Bike Summit in Washington, DC. Includes some notes about Congressman Jim Oberstar, this year’s National Bike Leadership Award recipient, the Virginia Capital Trail and Cap2Cap ride, the BikeMS ride, BikeWalk, and the 2008 Bike Virginia.

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There’s a petition going around to get Google to add a “bike there” option to the “directions” in Google Maps, similar to the “take public transit” option available for a few places already. The Google Maps Bike There website has a link to sign the petition, plus some other neat stuff.

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VBF’s board meeting and work session at James River State Park last weekend was very productive! We missed Bill, Chris, and James, but we still got a lot done.
James River State Park was a new venue for all of us. We were pleasantly surprised by its quality, and what it has to offer. Our [...]

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[ May 16, 2008 to May 18, 2008. ] Enjoy riding quiet, flat back roads through the scenic salt marsh country of Mathews County. 5 different length organized rides Saturday. Explore on Sunday by bike, or bring a kayak or canoe for a pedal and paddle weekend. A great way to ease back onto the bike for the season.

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