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health and fitness
Walk for your life--whether you're 8 or 88, discover how bicycling can enrich your physical and mental health.

design and engineering
Dig into bicycling design elements and issues. Engineer solutions and strategies towards better bicyclability for everyone.

rails and trails
Convert an old rail or canal towpath into a new pedestrian trail.

Feature: Coming soon...Bill Chipman Palouse Trail

transit
Find out where public transit is thriving and why; plan to successfully combine bicycling and public transportation in your community


Feature:  CAR CULTURE:
How America got hooked by little bugs and monster trucks--and everything in between-- and why it's time to park our automobile obsession.


Since the days of the Model T, cars have always been vehicles for dozens of things other than their intended purpose. We can't deny it- we are a nation in love with our cars. Can we still love our cars- and rely on them less? O, LeCar! O ye Gremlins and Pintos, ye Foxes and Thunderbirds and Mustangs! How we love thee! Let us Probe the depths of our national obsession to the very Maxima! For you represent all that is American and Continental, from sea to shining sea, from Metro to Suburban, Dakota to Tahoe to Malibu...Wherever Yugo, there go we!!!!
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community problems and solutions
Determine how bicyclable your community is, envision how bicyclable it can be-and find workable solutions.

bicyclist crashes
From the crucial factors to accident prevention to crash stats.

outreach and promotion
Initiate change and create awareness about the public health and transportation benefits of bicycling.

education and enforcement
Make an issue out of bicyclist safety through community awareness, and programs targeting youth and older adults. Enforce rules of the road for bicyclists and motorists.

policy and planning
Is bicycling a part of your city's plan? Learn where policy is working, what makes a good bicyclist plan, and where to get funding. Realize the ways that bicycling neighborhoods build better neighborhoods.

Feature: CAR CULTURE: How America got hooked by little bugs and monster trucks--and everything in between-- and why it's time to park our automobile obsession.

Feature: Coming soon...Suburban Sprawl