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The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.
-Iris Murdoch, writer (1919-1999) (more quotations on transportation)

On Your Bike - How To:

• 60 Reasons (Benefits and Advantages) For Cycling
• 10 Quality of Life Reasons To Take Up Cycling
• 10 Tips For Bike Commuting
• Infants, Kids, Bicycles and Trailers
• Injury Prevention
• Why Bicycle 101 (PDF)
• Tips for Getting Started With Bicycling
• Group Bicycle Riding Safety and Etiquette Safety tips and good manners in the presence of fellow riders.
• Women and Girls Women and girls are typically under-represented in bicycling.  Here are some links to people trying to change that.
• Bicycle Racing "Bike Racing #101" and overview of what's going on so you can understand it better and get involved if you want.
• Bike Safety, Bike Buying & Bicycle Helmets

Travel and Touring:

• Bicycle Travel and Touring Articles A whole section of articles on getting started and exploring by bike.
• Airline Baggage Regulations for Bicycles  Summary of baggage regulations for forty major airlines.
• Cultural Bicycle Tours and Multi-day Charity / Fundraising Rides Enrich yourself, see the world and support organizations working for a better world.
• Responsible Travel Using bicycle travel, tourism and cultural programs to improving international understanding and encourage bicycling in all corners of the planet.
• Selecting a Touring Bike - 101 Guideline for selecting a bike that will fit your purpose and be enjoyable.
• Selecting And Preparing Your Bike For Travel In Remote Areas And Annotated Packing List

Community Involvement:

• 20+ Ways Businesses Can Increase EarthSmart Commuting
• Bicycle Music Festival Bicycle powered, local music, organic food and fun.
• Bike Share Systems & Schemes Hi-tech municipal and corporate bicycle sharing programs.
• Bike Train - How To Bike Trains are organized mini-bike ride for a group of students, to and from school. The are environmentally friendly, promote personal health, self-reliance and self-confidence, and build community.
• Bike To Work and Other Encouragement Programs
• Critical Mass: A Mess or Master Tactic?
• Celebrities on Bicycle Some lend their good names to the cause, others are out for fresh air.
• Community Free Bike Programs Dozens of communities in Europe and North America now have free bike programs. All the programs are cut from the same wheel, but each has its own spin, somewhat reflected in the names: white bike, pink bike, yellow bike, green bike and checked bike. Take a look and start one in your town.
• Environment, Health & Transportation
• Events Special events, gathering, festivals and one-day fund-raising rides / tours
• National Night Out (Wheel) Block Party
• Organizing a Charity/Fundraising/Bike-A-Thon Bicycle Event There are as many ways to organize a charity/fundraising event as there are events.  No two seem to have been done exactly the same.  This outline should cover about ninety percent of the major tasks.
• Recycling - Shipping Surplus Bikes Overseas Here is a win-win program that generates positive community involvement around bicycles and help keeps bikes out of the landfill.
• Rush-Miller Foundations Donates tandem bicycles to blind and low vision children in the US and abroad.
• Starting A Bike Club Forming a bicycle club and doing something as simple as scheduling weekly rides can be an effective way for building a base for bicycle advocacy in a community.
• Youth and Young People Bicycle Recycle Programs Programs teaching young people a vocation, personal management, business management and give them self-esteem, while promoting bicycling. A great program for any community.

Political Advocacy and Activism

• Bicycle Advocacy: Institutional Structure Local institutions to look for that will help speed improvement to the bicycle infrastructure in your community.
• Bicycle Awareness Campaign Themes Fifty ideas to choose, mix and match for developing a bicycle awareness campaign
• Bicyclist / Motorist Share the Road Campaign A public safety campaign to increase motorists' / bicyclists' awareness shared responsibility for road safety.
• Developing A Bike Map By educating and increasing confidence bicycle maps help to encourage additional bicycling.
• Non-Motorized Advocacy Organizations Worldwide
• Planning For Livability Organizing society so it is bicycle-, pedestrian- and environmentally-friendly
• Pollution Tickets / Environmental Summons Street theater highlighting behavior against humanity
• Quotations on Bicycling and Transportation
• Advocating Bicycles: Affecting The Political Process Developing An Issue / Making Contacts in the Community / Whom To Contact / When To Contact / How To Contact / What To Say
• Writing An Effective Letter-to-the-Editor
• Media: Giving An Effective Interview
• IBF's Bicycle / Development / Sustainability Bibliography / Reading List
• Bicycle / Pedestrian / Non-Motorized  Engineering, Urban / Community / Neighborhood Planning and Facility Design, Policies, Laws, and Statutes

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The International Bicycle Fund is an independent, non-profit organization. Its primary purpose is to promote bicycle transportation. Most IBF projects and activities fall into one of  four categories: planning and engineering, safety education, economic development assistance and promoting international understanding. IBF's objective is to create a sustainable, people-friendly environment by creating opportunities of the highest practicable quality for bicycle transportation. IBF is funded by private donation. Contributions are always welcome and are U.S. tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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