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State DOTs call for expansion of highway system: Could bikes benefit?

Wider, smoother shoulders would be nice.(Photo © J. Maus) On Monday, the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) — an influential group of state DOT directors — announced a report calling on Congress to prioritize funding for expanded rural highway capacity in the forthcoming re-write of the transportation bill. Spending hundreds of billions … Read more


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Tomorrow! Up close and personal with the U.S. Bike Route System

Ginny Sullivan and the USBRS, live onstage and online tomorrow night!(Photo © J. Maus) I hope you’re planning to join us tomorrow night (2/3) for an evening with Ginny Sullivan from the Adventure Cycling Association. Ms. Sullivan is leading ACA’s efforts to develop a U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) that would blanket our country with … Read more


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Join us for an evening with Adventure Cycling’s Ginny Sullivan

Ginny Sullivan at Pro Walk/Pro Bike last year. (Photo © J. Maus) We’re excited to announce the latest event in our “An Evening With…” series of live interviews. On Wednesday, February 3rd, I’ll sit down for an in-depth conversation with Ginny Sullivan from the Adventure Cycling Association. Ms. Sullivan is the coordinator of Adventure Cycling’s … Read more


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Oberstar’s $500B T-bill would establish livability office, U.S. bike route system

Rep. Jim Oberstar speaking at the 2007 National Bike Summit.(Photos © J. Maus) Today — the man who just two years ago stood in front of 2,000 Cycle Oregon riders in lycra shorts (after he himself battled the day’s grueling climb) and told them he would “thread the language of bicycles into the federal transportation … Read more


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AASHTO approves framework for U.S. Bike Route System

“We know this route network will not materialize overnight. But then again, neither did the Interstate Highway System.”— Adventure Cycling’s Ginny Sullivan Calling it a “very big milestone”, backers of the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) are celebrating a key decision that sets a course for creating the largest official bicycle route network in the … Read more


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In Seattle: An update on the U.S. Bicycle Route System

Ginny Sullivan, routes coordinator for the Adventure Cycling Association.(Photo © J. Maus) During a morning poster session (where bike and ped professionals offer up their latest research in science-fair style) here at Pro Walk/Pro Bike, I ran into Ginny Sullivan, the new routes coordinator for the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA). Sullivan stood in front of … Read more