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Local Bike Shops

Find a local bike shop with our Bike Shop Locator

Bicycle Lanes and Facilities Resources

• The Protected Intersection (CityLab.com) – Salt Lake City is installing the country’s first “Protected Bike Intersection.”
  
• AMERICA’S 10 BEST PROTECTED BIKE LANES OF 2013
  Protected Intersections For Bicyclists from Nick Falbo on Vimeo.
• NYC DOT explains Bike Lanes in the Big Apple (youtube)

• Mayor Greg Ballard: Making Bicycling a Priority in Indianapolis (youtube)

• NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
• Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization: MPO ‘s Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
• Destination 2040 Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MMPO) 25 Year Plan
• The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center: National clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility for pedestrians (including transit users) and bicyclists. www.bicyclinginfo.org
• The Rise of Protected Bike Lanes – People For Bikes
  
• How Communities are Paying for Innovative On-Street Bicycle Infrastructure – Advocacy Advance
  Cities are finding ways to pay for high quality bicycling infrastructure. This report provides transportation officials and advocates examples of how protected bike lanes are being paid for in the United States. (June 2014)
• If you build bike paths, cyclists will come – Grist
  “More people ride their bicycles when infrastructure makes it easier and safer to get around on two wheels.”
• Junction Design in the Netherlands – Bicycle Dutch
  It is a fact that in the Dutch situation protected cycle tracks alongside main streets do not stop at junctions, but continue in one form or another on the junction itself, so that such a junction can be traversed by people of all ages and abilities (cycling or walking) in a safe and convenient way.
  

Document Library

Bicycle Safety Brochure (SARPC/Team Share the Road)

Form letters

Contact Your State Senator to support S.P. 9 (Safe Passing Law): SupportSB9.docx (More info)

City, County Leadership

Mobile Mayor: Sandy Stimpson

• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1827 – Mobile, AL 36633-1827 – (251) 208-7395 – mayorstimpson@cityofmobile.org
• Colby J. Cooper – Chief of Staff – 251-208-7800 – Colby@cityofmobile.org
• John Bell – Executive Director of Public Services (including Parks & Rec and Traffic Engineering) – padgett@cityofmobile.org

City Council: Map (pdf)

• Gina Gregory – Council President District 7
• Fredrick Richardson, Jr – Council Vice President – District 1
• Levon C. Manzie – District 2
• C.J. Small – District 3
• John C. Williams – District 4
• Joel Daves – District 5
• Bess Rich – District 6

County Commissioners: Map (pdf)

• Merceria L. Ludgood – district 1 (president) – district1web@mobile-county.net – (251) 574-1000
• Connie Hudson – District 2 – district2web@mobile-county.net – (251) 574-2000
• Jerry Carl – District 3 – district3web@mobile-county.net – (251) 574-3000

Magazines

• Bicycling Magazine: http://www.bicycling.com/
• American Bicyclist: http://www.bikeleague.org/content/american-bicyclist-magazine
• Urban Velo: http://urbanvelo.org/

Reviews

• Performance Bike Headlight Reviews – Good review of different bike headlights.

Women Bike

• http://www.bikeleague.org/womenbike
• Black Women Bike: DC – Bicycle Group in Washington DC – http://blackwomenbikedc.tumblr.com/

Bicycle Commuting

• Bicycle Commuting Data (League of American Bicyclists)

City, County, State, National Organizations

Local – Bike

• Team Share the Road – www.teamsharetheroad.org – Facebook.com/TeamShareTheRoad
• The Baldwin County Trailblazers – www.thetrailblazers.org – Facebook.com/baldwintrailblazers
• South Alabama Mountain Bike Association (SAMBA) – www.ridesamba.com – Facebook.com/groups/RideSamba/
• Delta Bike Project – Bicycle Cooperative –  www.deltabikeproject.org – Facebook.com/deltabikeproject
• Mobilians on Bikes – www.mobiliansonbikes.org – facebook.com/groups/mobiliansonbikes/

Local – Other

• Mobile Bay National Estuary Program – (Three Mile Creek Watershed Greenway) – www.mobilebaynep.com
• Keep Mobile Beautiful – www.keepmobilebeautiful.org
• Mobile United – (Crepe Myrtle Trail) Comprehensive network of individuals taking action on programs and projects that lead to a better quality of life for Mobilians. –  www.mobileunited.org
• Alabama Coastal Foundation – Environmental Organization – www.joinacf.org
• Mobile Baykeeper – Environmental Organization – www.mobilebaykeeper.org

State

• Alabama Bicycle Coalition – www.alabike.org
• Alabama Department of Public Health – Safe Routes to School – www.adph.org/srts/
• Alabama Backroads Century Series – www.alabama-backroads-cycling.com
• Bike Huntsville – www.bikehuntsville.com

National

• League of American Bicyclists: Mission it to promote bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation and work through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America. www.bikeleague.org
• The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center: National clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility for pedestrians (including transit users) and bicyclists. www.bicyclinginfo.org
• How to ride
  • Ride Boldy!: Bikes, bicycling, and road safety. www.rideboldly.org
  • CyclingSavvy – Traffic cycling curriculum from Florida Bicycle Association – www.cyclingsavvy.org
  • Road ID: Rules of the Road – Information on Pacelines, Intersections and Ramps, Passing, etc. – www.roadid.com/roadrules
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – Bicycles – Bicycling safety information and guides –  www.nhtsa.gov/bicycles
• Advocacy Organizations
  • League of American Bicyclists – Mission it to promote bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation and work through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America. www.bikeleague.org
  • Rails to Trails Conserancy – Creating national network of trails from former rail lines – www.railstotrails.org
  • People for Bikes – Movement to improve bicycling in the U.S – www.peopleforbikes.org
  • Safe Routes to School National Partnership – www.saferoutespartnership.org
• Health Organizations
  • National Alliance for HIspanic Health – www.hispanichealth.org
• National/International Associations
  • Adventure Cycling Association – Non-profit with a mission to inspire and empower people to travel by bicycle. www.adventurecycling.org
  • International Mountain Bicycling Association – www.imba.com
  • USA Cycling: Mission is to achieve sustained success in international cycling competition and grow competitive cycling in America. www.usacycling.org
  • The American Bicycle Assocation (ABA) – National BMX Governing Body – www.usabmx.com
  • National Brotherhood of Cyclists – coalition of local African American cycling groups and clubs www.nabcyclists.ning.com