Friends of World Commute

Freiker is an incentive program that promotes healthier, happier children, and a cleaner environment, by encouraging kids to ride their bikes and walk to school.  Freiker's technology automatically counts participating kids every day when they arrive at school, and each child receives points and awards for trips taken on foot or by bike.  As of January 2009, Freiker participants (and their accompanying parents!) had already logged nearly 100,000 foot and bicycle trips to school—trips that would have otherwise been made by car. Those trips covered more than 150,000 miles (which is six times around the world), burning more than 3.5 million calories and preventing more than 150,000 tons of CO2 emissions, all by simply walking and biking to school!

Bikes Belong is sponsored by the U.S. bicycle industry with the goal of putting more people on bicycles more often. We have nearly 400 members—bicycle suppliers and retailers combining resources to improve bicycling in America. Based in Boulder, Colorado, we have 12 professional staff, 18 volunteer directors, and a $2 million annual operating budget.

Community leaders, parents and schools across the U.S. are using Safe Routes to School programs to encourage and enable more children to safely walk and bike to school. The National Center for Safe Routes to School aims to assist these communities in developing successful Safe Routes programs and strategies. The Center offers a centralized resource of information on how to start and sustain a Safe Routes to School program, case studies of successful programs as well as many other resources for training and technical assistance.

The National Bike Summit brings together stakeholders from user groups, industry, government, and elected officials from around the country to share their ideas and best practices. Industry superstars, innovative thinkers, and effective national, state and local advocates will help craft a persuasive case statement for bicycling. Delegates will discover the value and impact of bicycling in the critical fields of transportation, health, recreation, tourism, energy and the environment.

The League of American Bicyclists works to promote bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation and work through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America.

They 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.

If you care about bicycling, become a League member today.