Better Biking In Your Backyard

Whether you have five minutes or an entire afternoon, PeopleForBikes developed some simple steps you can take to improve biking in your backyard.

By Martina Haggerty, vice president of infrastructure

The first-of-its-kind Recreational Bicycling Access Tool measures and quantifies access to recreational bicycling facilities across the U.S. to guide investment in more and better places to ride.

By Grace Stoneciper, infrastructure analytics and research manager

Projects like Apache County's pump and skills track in Arizona, Los Angeles Bicycle Academy’s youth programs, and the Lodestone XC mountain bike park in Kearns, Utah, are creating safe and inclusive spaces for the next generation of riders.

By Dave Snyder, senior director for infrastructure

With amazing new bike infrastructure being built across the U.S., PeopleForBikes collected some of the best bike projects built in the last year to celebrate how all kinds of communities are benefiting from safe, fun, and connected places to bike.

By Dave Snyder, senior director of infrastructure

As communities work to improve the quality and design of bike infrastructure, two new resources provide state-of-the-art strategies for creating safer, more connected, and user-friendly bikeways that meet the needs of riders in diverse environments.

By Martina Haggerty, vice president of infrastructure

PeopleForBikes is supporting the nonprofit advocacy organization’s efforts to transform Chicago streets by making biking safer and more accessible for everyone.

By Martina Haggerty, vice president of infrastructure

$75,000 in grants will help fund projects that support our focus on building infrastructure that makes communities great places to ride a bike.

Leveraging the upcoming Olympic Games and a local desire to improve bike networks, PeopleForBikes has an ambitious vision for biking in LA for 2028 and beyond.

By Dave Snyder, senior director for infrastructure

Reducing traffic speeds is one of the most effective strategies to make our streets safer for all road users, not just bicyclists.

By Dave Snyder, senior director for infrastructure

We’re celebrating a few of our favorite recent bike projects along with the many benefits that better places to ride can offer communities of all shapes and sizes.

By Dave Snyder, senior director for infrastructure

Through our VoteForBikes campaign, we're tracking and advocating for ballot measures that make it safer and easier to ride a bike in communities across the country.

By Maddie Godby, policy + communications coordinator

Discover how your business can help get more people on bikes more often.

By Martina Haggerty, Senior Director of Local Innovation + Dave Snyder, Senior Director for Infrastructure

While billions of dollars in federal funding is available for bike infrastructure, local and state funding still plays the biggest role in financing better bike networks.

By Dave Snyder, senior director for infrastructure

Our new guide offers key strategies to ensure your advocacy efforts have a lasting impact.

The Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund looks to provide a dedicated stream of resources to invest in the state’s public lands and waters.

By Maddie Godby, policy + communications coordinator

PeopleForBikes tracked 17 bike-related measures on local and state ballots across the country through our VoteForBikes campaign.

By Maddie Godby, policy and communications coordinator

With U.S. cyclist injuries and deaths at an all-time high, now is the moment to demand the protected bike lanes, road diets, and intersection treatments that make our communities safer.

By Kiran Herbert, content manager

Designed to aid policymakers and advocates in expanding local bike infrastructure, this comprehensive guide outlines four highly effective legislative strategies.

By PeopleForBikes Staff

PeopleForBikes launched a first-of-its-kind campaign to transform communities across the United States by advancing thousands of bike projects and policies.

By Martina Haggerty, PeopleForBikes’ Senior Director of Local Innovation

Want to help make your city a better place to bike? We developed a 15-point, research-based fact sheet to help you push for change.

By Kiran Herbert, PeopleForBikes’ content manager and Martina Haggerty, PeopleForBikes’ senior director of local innovation