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THE BIG IDEAS ISSUE: PLACES
BICYCLE
FRIENDLY
AMERICA
THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS
The League of American Bicyclists' mission is to lead
the movement to create a Bicycle Friendly America for
everyone. As leaders, our commitment is to listen and
learn, define standards and share best practices to engage
diverse communities and build a powerful, unified voice
for change. Contact League officers, directors or staff
at League of American Bicyclists, 1612 K Street, NW,
Suite 308, Washington, DC 20006-2850, 202-822-1333;
bikeleague@bikeleague.org, fax: 202-822-1334.
CONTENTS
Summer 2017
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karen Jenkins, Chair, karenjenkins@bikeleague.org
Gail Spann, Vice Chair, gailspann@bikeleague.org
Harry Brull, Secretary, harrybrull@bikeleague.org
Ken Podziba, Treasurer, kenpodziba@bikeleague.org
Sam Adams, samadams@bikeleague.org
Diane Albert, dianealbert@bikeleague.org
Maria Boustead, mariaboustead@bikeleague.org
Steve Durrant, stevedurrant@bikeleague.org
Rob Gusky, robgusky@bikeleague.org
Max Hepp-Buchanan, maxheppbuchanan@bikeleague.org
Fernando Martinez, fernandomartinez@bikeleague.org
Ralph Monti, ralphmonti@bikeleague.org
Nicole Preston, nicolepreston@bikeleague.org
Torrance Strong, torrancestrong@bikeleague.org
Eric Swanson, ericswanson@bikeleague.org
STAFF
Bill Nesper, Interim Executive Director
Amelia Neptune, Bicycle Friendly America Director
Ken McLeod, Policy Director
Alison Dewey, National Bike Summit Director
Kevin Dekkinga, Membership Director
Lorna Green, Operations Director
Steve Taylor, Communications Manager
BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA MAGAZINE
Designed and printed by Mercury Publishing
Editor: Steve Taylor
Photo Editor: James Copes
Bicycle Friendly America magazine (ISSN 0747-0371)
is published by the League of American Bicyclists, Inc.
to help the organization achieve its mission to educate
the public and promote awareness of bicycling issues.
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Opinions expressed by writers are their own and do not
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2017 NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT ISSUE
Viewpoint
2
Meet Our New Board Members
4
Partnership Produces Benchmarking Report Website
6
Active Transportation Leadership Institute Launches
7
NBS17 Mobile Workshop Highlights Gold Bicycle Friendly University
8
Bicycle Friendly Lees-McRae College
10
Lessons On Building The Bike (Advocacy) Community
12
Amtrak: Welcoming Bikes On Trains
14
Summer By Rail ... and Bike!
16
Introducing Bike Walk Action
18
Around The Summit
20
Summit Scholarship Recipients Share What They Learned
26
Advocacy Awards
28
Rumble Strips Got You Grumbling & Tools for Road Advocacy
30
Media Mentions
33
ON THE COVER: ALL PHOTOS IN THIS ISSUE THAT ARE NOT OTHERWISE CREDITED ARE BY BRIAN PALMER, WHOM WE WERE
THRILLED TO WELCOME BACK AS NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT PHOTOGRAPHER.
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