According to the Chilkat Valley News weekly newspaper, the community of Haines, Alaska, is starting a bicycle club, and the leaders of the group hope to eventually pursue a Bicycle Friendly Community designation from the League of American Bicyclists (the club plans to use Sitka as a model, since it is a smaller community in [...]
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• Haines starts bicycle club, hopes to pursue Bicycle Friendly Community status
Posted in bicycling, Public health, safety, Uncategorized, Winter biking, tagged Alaska, Bicycle Friendly Community, bicycling, Chilkat Valley News, Daymond Hoffman, Haines, Haines Bikes, Haines Junction Yukon Territory, Haines Well and Fit Committee, healthy neighborhoods, Heather Lende, Jan Hill, Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay, League of American Bicyclists, Mark Earnest, National Bike Month, National Bike to Work Day, National Bike to Work Week, Norman Hughes, safety, school, SEARHC Haines Health Center, Seward, Seward City News, sidewalks, Sitka on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
• Alaska moves up eight spots on Bicycle Friendly State rankings list
Posted in bicycling, Uncategorized, tagged Alaska, Anchorage, ANTHC, Bicycle Friendly Business, Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, bicycling, Green Star Inc., League of American Bicyclists, Sitka on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week the League of American Bicyclists released the third annual Bicycle Friendly State rankings. Alaska made some improvements, jumping up eight spots to No. 39 in the rankings of all 50 states. The top state for the third year in a row was Washington, followed by Wisconsin, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon. The eight-spot jump [...]
• Alaska communities plan events for National Bike Month in May
Posted in bicycling, Events, Uncategorized, tagged Alaska, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Anchorage, ANTHC, Bicycle Commuters of Anchorage, bicycling, Bob Laurie, Fairbanks, Gov. Sean Parnell, Green Star Inc., Juneau, League of American Bicyclists, Municipality of Anchorage, National Bike Month, Rotary Club of Sitka, S'áxt' Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, Sitka, Sitka Community Hospital, Southcentral Foundation, SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), State of Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard-Air Station Sitka, University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
May is National Bike Month, and several Alaska communities have planned a variety of events to help celebrate this national event designed to promote and encourage the use of bikes as a regular form of transportation. In addition, National Bike to Work Week is May 17-21, and National Bike to Work Day is Friday, May [...]
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