The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters Association (TBEA) has committed $50,000 per year for three years to the Bikes Belong Foundation. The investment will go toward Bikes Belong’s Bicycling Design Best Practices Project, which works to increase bicycle use in America by adapting and implementing state-of-the art international best practices in infrastructure and urban design to make bicycling safer, more comfortable and more appealing. The SRAM Cycling Fund has matched this $50,000 contribution for 2010.
In countries such as the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, the percentage of daily trips taken by bicycle is 20 to 30 times greater than in the United States. While global in scope, the Best Practices Project focuses on exporting and “translating” the cycling experience from these countries to the American context.
There are two key tactics to the Best Practices Project: 1) Organizing and leading study tours and workshops that bring key U.S. transportation professionals and policymakers together to examine, experience, and be inspired by the most advanced bicycling environments in Europe and North America; and 2) improving U.S. design manuals and professional guidance by cataloging and publicizing the best innovative bike facility designs that are already making bicycling better in some big U.S. cities.
The Bikes Belong Coalition is the U.S. bicycle industry organization dedicated to getting more people riding bikes more often. Bikes Belong works to increase federal bike funding, awards grants to support innovative bike projects, promotes bicycling and its benefits, and backs crucial national efforts such as Safe Routes to School, Bicycle Friendly Communities, and the National Bike Summit. The affiliated Bikes Belong Foundation focuses on improving bicycle safety and enhancing children's bike programs.
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