The League of National Bike 2020 Summit

Updates on our progress towards creating a more Bicycle Friendly America.  Tom,   How did League board member Beth St. John go from "a cycling advocate in waiting" to wanting to "motivate and mobilize an army of cycling advocates"? Meeting the hundreds of advocates plus "founders and representatives from Black Girls Do Bike, the American Women’s Cycling Network, and Cycling Without Age" at the National Bike Summit inspired her to get more involved with the League to have a bigger impact on making biking better. Read more about Beth's Summit story here » Get inspired, get fired up, and lend your voice to our movement at the 2020 National Bike Summit. Register for the Summit today »   The National Bike Summit is one month away. That means we're one month from the biggest gathering of bike advocates, the best opportunity to lobby Congress on bike-focused policy, and the bike-iest three days of conference programming around. Explore the online agenda » Join the League and hundreds of your bike friends in Arlington, Virginia, on March 15-17, 2020, and register today! Here's a taste of what we have on tap:   » a keynote address by Keya Chatterjee, executive director of the US Climate Action Network and a Washington Area Bicyclist Association board member » plenary speakers like Amy Cohen, co-founder of Families for Safe Streets, who will talk about turning the tragedy of traffic violence into action; Kea Wilson and Norman Garrick, who will discuss how our culture came to accept car-centered design; and Robbie Miller, who raised the alarm about AV safety » a live podcast taping with The War on Cars » the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will demonstrate how it tests cars' automatic emergency braking » sessions presented by bike advocates like you covering topics ranging from engineering better streets to encouraging more women to bike » an interactive outdoor Secret Traffic Garden with activities and speakers throughout the Summit » a number of bike ride options presented by the DC Cycling Concierge » it's cliche, but so much more! We hope you can join us there for the planned (and unplanned!) fun   Register for the Summit and take part in not just our campaign for Safe Streets for Everyone, but also a celebration of bicycling and the people who make #BikeJoy happen.  Register Today Don't forget to book your room in our room block at the Hyatt Regency. Three lucky people who book a room will win one of these prizes: half-price registration for the 2021 National Bike Summit, a night at the hotel on us, or a grab bag of bike-y swag. Businesses: the deadline for the next Bicycle Friendly Business application is Thursday, February 20. That means get started now! The application can be completed in a matter of hours, in many. cases. Get started here » Communities: applications for the next round are now open. Awards are recognized for four years, so communities that last received an award in Fall 2016 must apply in this round. See the application process here » 2020 Bicycle Friendly America deadlines: » Bicycle Friendly Business: Feb. 20 » Just opened! Bicycle Friendly Community: Aug. 12 » Bicycle Friendly University: Aug. 25 Our first cohort of new League Cycling Instructors is hitting the streets around Sunnyvale, California. These instructors can now teach Smart Cycling classes, among other curricula, to empower bicyclists of all abilities with skills like the Avoidance Weave and Quick Stop. While we hope to design communities where these will be rarely needed, in the meantime they are important skills for people of all abilities who bike! Learn more about becoming an LCI, discover upcoming seminars in your area, or find local advocacy groups hosting Smart Cycling classes on on our website » Upcoming LCI certification seminars:​​​​ » March 20-22, Houston, TX. Registration closes 2/28. » March 26-28, Raleigh, NC. Registration closes 3/5. » April 17-19, Madison, WI. Registration closes 3/27. » Future dates in Ohio, Texas, New Mexico, and elsewhere are on the calendar. What are the steps to becoming an LCI? Learn more on our website.   The League works every day at the federal level to make bicycling safer and more accessible for people of all ages and abilities. The National Bike Summit in March is when you can have your voice heard by your representatives in Congress! At the state level, League member organizations mobilize around local issues directly impacting your daily bike rides. Attend an upcoming state summit to get involved in enacting statewide change:  Bike Maryland Symposium (February 19) New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit (March 7) Bicycle South Central PA Regional Bike Summit (March 21)  Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference (March 25-27) Arizona Bicycling Summit (April 3) » Want your state summit on this list? Reply to this email with details! Psst, also get in touch with us about your local action alerts! We can host them for you! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn