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Bike Advocacy

America Bikes
Lobbies the federal government to support cycling. Also, see how your elected officials voted on bicycling & transportation-related issues.

Bikes Belong's Guide to Advocacy
This national coalition group has published an online guide for doing bike advocacy work in your community, with an emphasis on using federal money for bike-friendly transportation projects.

Bike Summer 2003 (New York City)
Bike Summer is an annual bike festival with rides, activist workshops, and fun events. (Earlier events were: 2002 Portland OR; 2001 Vancouver, Canada; 2000 Chicago IL, 1999 San Francisco, CA.) Activists are encouraged to hold Bike Summers in their own cities.

Bust Media Bias against Bicycles
This site exposes media bias against alternative transportation modes, especially the bicycle, and to address such bias with action, facts, constructive criticism and humor.

Chainguard Online
Lots of info but poorly organized.

girlBike.com
Resources for women cyclists.

International Bike Fund
Huge advocacy site/organization, with resources about urban planning, bike to work programs, safety and more. The group is oddly named, since it has nothing to do with money or grants.

League of American Bicyclists (LAB)
Very large group which supports all types of cyclists (sports, rec, commuting, advocacy).

National Bicycle Greenway
These folks are pushing for a national (U.S.) network of bike paths for both recreation and transportation. They also held a BIG ride across the U.S. in the Summer of 2000 to promote the idea.

National Center for Bicycling & Walking
Site includes detailed PDF reports on implementing facilities improvements like bike lanes and bike boulevards.

National Cycle Network  (U.K.)
5000 miles (with more to come) of continuous routes, running right through urban centres and reaching all parts of the UK (eventually passing within 2 miles of half the population). Almost half the Network will be entirely traffic-free, built along old railway lines, canal towpaths, forestry tracks riversides and urban space.

White bike memorials for killed cyclists
A group is painting entire bikes solid white and leaving them in places where cyclists have been killed by cars.

Regional Bike Advocacy Groups/Sites
   USA: Colorado: Boulder
   USA: Georgia: Athens
   USA: Texas: Austin
   Africa: Johannesburg
   Australia: Cairns
   Canada: Ontario: Toronto: ARC, CBN
   England: Croydon
   Ireland: Dublin

Another site by Michael Bluejay...

Framed Wedding Invitations. Wedding invitations beautifully mounted in frames with real, pressed flowers.