Bicycle Indiana, a state-wide bicycling advocacy agency, is applying to Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles for a bicycling vanity plate. The success of this application promises to bring much needed funding for bicycling improvements throughout the state.

In order to make the applications successful, we need a minimum of 500 signed pledges by March 15. Can you commit to buying a plate starting mid-2010 or on your next renewal following that? If so, please sign the pledge sheet at a local bike shop or mail or fax your own form to Bicycle Indiana (additional details below). If you have two vehicles that you want to buy a plate for, have a second adult in your household sign as well.

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Don’t forget Bicycle Indiana’s upcoming Bicycle Summit! If you go online http://bicycleindiana.org/ and register before Oct. 10 you will be eligible for the drawing for door prizes. If you register after that, you will just have to watch. Bicycle Indiana is working hard to get a state-wide coalition in motion that will change the bicycling culture in Indiana, including new bicyle laws. We need your support! For additional motivation and information, please see this flyer (PDF).

Krista Rettig, Trek Bicycle Corparation’s Advocacy Director, will be the keynote speaker. And don’t forget the free a.m. bike ride along with lunch. You can view brief speaker biographies here (PDF).  See you there!

Krista Rettig, Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs for Trek Bicycle Corp, will be the keynote speaker for the Inaugural Bicycle Indiana Summit. Jeff Peel, Program Specialist for Bicyle Frindly Communties, will be present. He will be one of the seminar presenters. See the previous post for information about the summit.

Danny Graber, League of American Bicyclists Certified Safety Instructor, is offering a Traffic Skills 101 safety course on Tuesday, April 14. The class will run from 8:00 a. m. to mid to late afternoon. The class will be held at the South Bend YMCA.

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A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back

By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: January 13, 2009 in the New York Times

Summary:
Earl Blumenauer, the founder and proprietor of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus, advocates cycling as a remedy for everything from
climate change to obesity.