Dispatch from Capitol Hill
Oregon bike advocates pose for a photo in the office of House Representative Suzanne Bonamici.
National Bike Summit
This National Bike Summit is the annual gathering of America’s cycling advocates. BikePortland has traveled to Washington D.C. to cover it nearly every year of our existence since 2006. Browse all our photos and stories below.
Not white and not wealthy: Taking biking beyond the usual suspects
This morning the National Bike Summit welcomed a new face to the usual litany of bike-supportive lawmakers that come here to fire up the crowd: House Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD).
A meeting of two transportation titans
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (L) and US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood had an informal chat before this morning’s opening plenary.
Scenes from the Summit: Day One
Here’s a little photo essay from my first day here at the National Bike Summit… With spring temps in the high 70s, biking is in bloom here on the streets of D.C.:
The ‘Bike Snob’ crashes League’s annual meeting
Eben Weiss, known to many as simply the Bike Snob, stopped into the National Bike Summit today
‘Ride on Washington’ lends its support to Summit; spandex and all
A diverse group of riders joined the last leg of the Ride on Washington and stopped for a group photo in front of the Capitol Building.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
MAMILs, ‘Biker Chicks’, and the rise of women on bikes
The panel at today’s first-ever National Women Cycling Forum.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Game on: The 2012 National Bike Summit begins today
The 2012 National Bike Summit is just a few hours from its official start (the National Women’s Cycling Forum begins at 2:00 pm today). I’m here to capture the stories and images so you can follow along at home.
‘National Women Cycling Forum’ coming to Bike Summit
Why don’t we see more of this?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The gender gap in bicycling will get its first national stage when the 2012 National Bike Summit begins in Washington DC next month. The Alliance of Walking and Biking and the Association for Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals have announced the inaugural National Women Cycling Forum, … Read more
Watch Blumenauer’s speech at Bike Summit congressional reception
Blumenauer at the congressional reception last night.(Photo: Still from video by Ted Sweeney) University of Oregon student Ted Sweeney attended his first National Bike Summit this year. Sweeney, an active advocate for bicycling on campus and in Eugene was standing just a few feet away from Congressman Earl Blumenauer at last night’s big reception following … Read more
Sadik-Khan at National Bike Summit: The movement is “unstoppable”
[Publisher’s note: The report below was written by Carolyn Szczepanski, communications coordinator at the Alliance for Biking and Walking. It was published on their blog this morning and we’ve re-posted it below with Ms. Szczepanski’s permission. The story has been edited for brevity. — JM] NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Congressman Earl Blumenauer at … Read more