Wheels of Justice

As with our cycling links page, the following information is only a small example of the vast amount of cycling info that’s available! These international links can assist you broaden and enlighten your knowledge of the bicycle universe. If you have additional links and information, please contact us and we’ll add them here.

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (US)
Founded in 1995, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals promotes excellence in the emerging professional discipline of pedestrian and bicycle transportation. Our members include leaders in the engineering, planning, landscape architecture, safety and promotion fields who specialize in improving conditions for bicycling and walking.

Bicycling Life (US)
Bicycling Life focuses on the good news about bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation in everyday life.

BicyclingInfo.org (US)
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center is a clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement and access and mobility. The PBIC serves anyone interested in pedestrian and bicycle issues, including planners, engineers, private citizens, advocates, educators, police enforcement and the health community.

BikeBiz (UK)
BikeBiz.com is the daily-updated international news website of BikeBiz, the British-based monthly trade magazine.

Bikes Belong (US)
Bikes Belong is the national coalition of bicycle suppliers and retailers working together to put more people on bicycles more often. Through national leadership, grassroots support, and promotion, we work to make bicycling safe, convenient, and fun.

Cycling Advocates’ Network (NZ)
CAN is New Zealand’s national network of cycling advocates. We work with government and local authorities on behalf of cyclists, for a better cycling environment.

CTC UK: Road Safety & Legal
One factor that deters people from cycling and using bikes for everyday journeys such as going to work, school and for shopping is a fear, or perceived fear of motor traffic. Cycling is a very safe activity but there will aways some risks from drivers of vehicles. These risks could be minimised and hence make cycling more attractive if current road laws are enforced and the deterrents for bad driving were greater. People who want to cycle but don’t feel they have the skills for modern road conditions should be able to access training close to where they live.

The Cycling Dude (US)
A Unique American Blog dedicated to the proposition that Recreational Road
Bike riding, and touring, is good for you and fun! Includes Commentary, events, links, news, opinion, reviews, stories, & travelogues (from Ca. & elsewhere), about road cycling, from across the USA, & all around the world. Based out of Santa Ana, in Orange County, Ca. USA, where even the SURFERS Bicycle! An ordinary cyclist spreads the word, & the word is… BICYCLE!

European Cyclists’ Federation
ECF stands for the following: to promote and encourage cycling throughout Europe and abroad, cycling policy at a European level, cycle tourism as a sustainable economic factor, environment-friendly mobility, cycling as a health factor, cycling as part of intermodality and safety for vulnerable road users

Galway Cycling Campaign (Ireland)
Formed after a large public meeting in 1998, the Galway Cycling Campaign is in essence a group that exists to forward the interests of ordinary everyday adult bicycle users, we have the following core aims. Safer conditions for cycling, Planning that gives equal priority to all road users, Improvement of existing facilities, Secure parking for bikes

Ghost Bikes
The intent of the Ghostcycle project is to raise awareness for everyone regarding bicyclists on the streets of Seattle. Our city is one of the most bike-friendly cities in North America, but things can always improve. We began to use this website to collect data from cyclists in the Seattle-area who have been involved in an accident while bicycling.

Chicago Ghost Bikes
On January 5, 2006, 50-year-old Isai Medina was on his way home from work when he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking his bike along the sidewalk on Western Avenue in Chicago.

Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Ghost Bike Campaign
No one has to die on a bicycle. But they do. Contrary to popular belief, bicycling is not inherently dangerous, especially when everyone follows the rules of the road. What’s dangerous are the often-illegal interactions that occur between bicyclists and motorists every day, increasing the danger for everyone. If everyone followed existing laws more carefully, we would all be able to share the road safely.

International Mountain Bicycling Association
The International Mountain Bicycling Association is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to create, enhance and preserve trail opportunities for mountain bikers worldwide.

Jade Cycles Advocacy (US)
At Jade Cycles we promote the sport of cycling and try to raise the awareness that bicycles are an important mode of transportation, recreation and physical conditioning.

League of American Bicyclists (US)
Our Mission: To promote bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation and work through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America. We do this by representing the interests of the nation’s 57 million cyclists. With a current membership of 300,000 affiliated cyclists, including 40,000 individuals and 600 affiliated organizations, the League works to bring better bicycling to your community.

National Center for Bicycling and Walking (US)
The National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW) is the major program of the Bicycle Federation of America, Inc. (BFA), a national, nonprofit [501(c)(3)] corporation established in 1977. Our mission is to create bicycle-friendly and walkable communities.

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (US)
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center is a clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement and access and mobility. The PBIC serves anyone interested in pedestrian and bicycle issues, including planners, engineers, private citizens, advocates, educators, police enforcement and the health community.

Probicycle
We must never accept being denied the use of the roadway, and we must never accept facilities that prevent the roadway from being improved for cycling. – John Forester, Author “Effective Cycling”

Ride of Silence
A little history of this ride and how it came to be…. The 2003 ride at White Rock Lake in Dallas drew 1,000 cyclists through word of mouth and email communication over a period of only ten days. There was no registration, no fees, no t-shirt. Local media reported the ride to be incredibly moving as these cyclists rode in silence, occasionally wiping away a tear or patting a friend on the back.

Thunderhead Alliance (US)
The Thunderhead Alliance is a national coalition of state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations working in unison to break down the barriers to safe bicycling and walking in North American communities. We bring leaders of our member organizations together to help each other grow our organizations and become more effective.

Sustrans (UK)
Sustrans is the UK’s leading sustainable transport charity, working on practical projects so people can choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment.

Velo Mondial
Cycling as a daily mode of transport is widely recognized to alleviate problems and improve quality of life. There is an urgent need to promote cycling and provide a suitable infrastructure to support bicycle use. Velo Mondial aims to bring all international stakeholders together to create a higher-level synergy of expert knowledge to support the position of cycling planning on the agenda of local and national governments. Velo Mondial provides opportunities for cities to improve their support for cycling planning in order to achieve the benefits that cycling can offer.