| Sneak Peek: 2014 Leadership Retreat Sessions |  The Alliance's biennial retreat for biking and walking advocates is filling up fast. Advocates: secure your spot now for the 2014 Leadership Retreat, September 5 - 8, just an hour outside Pittsburgh. Here's a peek at several Retreat sessions by and for Alliance leaders: The Bicycle Equity Toolkit Learn how bike advocates and partners have successfully developed solutions to incorporate equity, diversity, and inclusion into policy priorities, organizational operations, and programs. Uncapping the Private Sector's Potential Advocates will share lessons on harnessing partnerships with the private sector for stable, diverse funding streams. Leveraging Volunteers to Expand your Scope Accomplished organizers will share surefire methods for utilizing volunteers to train, recruit, and manage other volunteers - and how to scale volunteer management to harness 300 volunteers in one day. Lessons from the Green Lane Project Using the lens of Innovation Diffusion Theory, we'll explore the spread of protected bike lanes throughout United States cities - and discuss how top advocates helped speed adoption. Advocacy in Suburban Communities Learn about other advocates' experiences advocating for Complete Streets in suburban and rural communities - and best practices for taking a regional network approach to bike/ped advocacy. |
| Big Dogs, Small Dogs, All Dogs in Between: How the Leadership Retreat Fits Your Work |  At this year's Leadership Retreat, advocates will have the opportunity to grow more mighty thanks to hard-earned wisdom from differently sized organizations. Attendees will have the chance to attend sessions by organization type: State? Local? Large? Small? Pedestrian-focused? Community bike shop? We've got it all. We'll also offer sessions tailored to the type of work you do. Are you an Executive Director of a large organization? Director of a single-staff organization? Board member? Communications staff? Step right up. Finally, we'll open up space for an unconference where advocates can lead a session on whatever topic is nearest and dearest to your heart. |
10 Things (Not) To Do When Redesigning Your Organization's Website
|  Several Alliance member organizations recently completed website redesigns and rebuilds - as did the Alliance. In three cases, the process went off smoothly and provided a much-needed revamp. In one case, things didn't go so well. In true Alliance form, we decided to host a Mutual Aid Webinar to share advocates' experiences - good and bad - so that leaders in our network can be better equipped when approaching a web project. See advocates' top 10 tips for website projects » |
| San Francisco's 6 Secrets for Winning Complete Crosstown Bikeways | 
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has a bold vision: a city fully connected by bike networks that anyone - from an eight-year-old kid to an eighty-year-old grandparent - would feel comfortable riding. Their vision is the focus of Connecting the City, a multi-year campaign to connect San Francisco neighborhoods and iconic landmarks. In June, the Alliance teamed up with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and PeopleForBikes' Green Lane Project to train 22 advocates from 20 cities around the U.S. on this innovative initiative. Advocates learned the secrets of San Francisco's successes and considered how their lessons could be adapted in their own communities. See 6 San Francisco secrets » |
| How to Organize an Open Streets Initiative in Your Community | | |
| How Communities are Paying for Innovative Bicycle Facilities |  How are cities and towns paying for separated bicycle infrastructure? A new Advocacy Advance report shows how cities use a combination of federal, state, local, regional, and private funds for innovative facilities. In conjunction with the report's release, Advocacy Advance held a webinar to share local examples from Memphis, TN. See the webinar recap and learn 3 tips from Memphis » |
| Brighid O'Keane Named Deputy Director |  Brighid O'Keane has been indispensable part of the Alliance's advocacy and training work for the past three years as the advocacy lead within Advocacy Advance. Now, Brighid will take on new leadership roles as the Alliance's Deputy Director. Read the announcement from Jeffrey Miller » |
| Upcoming Webinars and Mutual Aid Calls
| Our Mutual Aid webinars and conference calls are great forums to gain insight from peers and colleagues on the most important issues in biking and walking advocacy today. -
- Tune in for a briefing on the latest developments in US federal transportation policy and legislation. This webinar is jointly presented by the League of American Bicyclists, the Alliance for Biking & Walking, and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.
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- Running, walking and cycling groups can be a powerful voice for safer streets - or they can be excluded from active transportation conversations because of their focus on recreation. Join this call to learn what other advocacy groups are doing to engage these tight-knit communities of athletes and advocate for safer facilities for all road users.
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- As the federal funding landscape changes for active transportation funding, more and more states are turning to local public revenue sources to raise the local match or fully fund bicycling and walking projects. Join this webinar to hear about the revenue sources that states are using to fund active transportation projects, and how advocates are working with State Legislatures to pass statutes that ensure bicycling and walking projects have access to dedicated state funds.
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- San Francisco's Connecting the City campaign has been a big success for both the city and for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. This multi-year initiative to envision and build neighborhoods greenways and protected bikeways all across the city has resulted in huge, visionary projects - and has helped SFBC majorly boost its budget and capacity.
| What would you like to discuss on a Mutual Aid Call or Webinar? Does your organization have expertise to share? Email Megan with your ideas! |
| | New York Advocates Win Federal Safety Funding Advocates in New York state just won a major pool of federal safety dollars to install crosswalks, sidewalks, signals, and shoulders to make streets better for walking and biking. Here's how you can do the same » Dallas Advocates Celebrate Four Ribbon Cuttings Congratulations to BikeDFW and BikeTexas for winning four new walking and biking projects: the Continental Bike/Ped Bridge, Trinity Skyline Trail, Sylvan Avenue Bridge, and the West Dallas Gateway Plaza. Elected officials in attendance at the ribbon cutting ceremonies included Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. See BikeTexas' recap » Daily Bike Trips in Chicago Exceed Expectations The Active Transportation Alliance released an analysis with the first estimate for total daily bike trips in the city of Chicago. And the number is large: 125,000. That's three times the number of cars that travel on the 23-mile-long busy Western Avenue all day. More » NY Lawmakers Pass Lower Speed Legislation for NYC On the final day of the legislative session, the New York State Assembly passed a bill that will allow New York City to set its default speed limit to 25 mph. The bill is a victory for Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets. Read the press release » Oregon Awards $8.8 Million for Walking & Biking Projects Advocates pushed for and won a significant portion of funding in ConnectOregon, a multimodal state funding program. More » | PeopleForBikes Community Grants Now Available The PeopleForBikes Community Grant Program provides funding for bicycle infrastructure projects like bike lanes, parks, paths, and trails, and for advocacy projects that increase local investments in that infrastructure. Cities and non-profit organizations can submit an online letter of interest through August 1. Learn more »
Join Us at Pro Walk / Pro Bike / Pro Place Registration is now open for the largest walking, bicycling, and Placemaking conference in the United States. The conference program has just been released and the early summer registration deadline is July 11th. Act now for the best rate » League's Women Bike & Equity Initiative to Convene Future Bike Registration is now open for the League of American Bicyclists' Future Bike, a half-day forum on how to involve and be led by new and previously overlooked stakeholders. Learn more & register » Report: Walkable Cities Benefit the Economy Walkable cities attract a more highly-educated population and generate one-third higher Gross Domestic Product per capita, according to a recent report by LOCUS and George Washington University. Learn more from America Walks »
5 Tips for Prioritizing Pedestrian Safety The American Public Health Association compiles five ways that communities can take steps to make streets and sidewalks safer. Read » |
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