Bike Friendly Richardson

Tag: League of American Bicyclists

  • League of American Bicyclists Presents Richardson With Our Bronze BFC Certification

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    It was one thing to be honored with becoming the 5th city in Texas, and the first city in north Texas, to be recognized as a Bike Friendly Community. It was even better to actually have a League of American Bicyclists Board Member present us our certification, in person. Gail Spann, one of the most active…

  • Richardson Texas Gets Recognized As A Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community

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    Today, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Richardson, Texas with a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community (BFCSM) award, joining 350 visionary communities from across the country. With the announcement of 42 new and renewing BFCs today, Richardson joins a leading group of communities, in all 50 states, that are transforming our neighborhoods. “We applaud this new round of communities for investing in a…

  • Protect Biking and Walking Federal Funding

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    We received a message from the League of American Bicyclists, requesting our support. We would love to get our local cyclist friends involved with this initiative: Thank you for you dedication to building a Bicycle Friendly Community.  We appreciate the work you are doing to make bicycling safer and more accessible. We wanted to make…

  • National Bike Challenge – FINAL LOCAL RESULTS

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    For those of you who didn’t know, there was a National Bike Challenge hosted by Endomondo, The League of American Bicyclists and  Bikes Belong. From May 1 through August 31 they’re tried to get as many riders as they could to ride 10 million miles – which was achieved nationally. They’re also did regional challenges, putting small teams of 10…

  • National Bike Challenge – Team Bike Friendly Richardson July Check In

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    For those of you who don’t know, there is a National Bike Challenge hosted by Endomondo, The League of American Bicyclists, Bikes Belong and BikeDFW. From May 1 through August 31 they’re trying to get as many riders as they can to ride 10 million miles. They’re also doing regional challenges, putting small teams of…

  • Some Exciting News

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    Bike Friendly Richardson is pleased to announce that we have just submitted the application to have Richardson considered for a Bicycle Friendly Community designation! This was an idea that we had had for a while and last November, Jenny Rilling took it on as a project. With the help of City staff, we made it…

  • May – National Bike Month

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    The League of American Bicyclists recognizes May as National Bike Month. Of course most of us cyclists know that EVERY month is “Bike Month”.  However, it is nice that efforts are being made to promote bicycling and increase awareness. We look at this as an opportunity to celebrate a fun, healthy, clean and green lifestyle. On…