Sustainable transportation planning, design & education
Albuquerque & New Mexico has some of the best cycling on the planet! In the news:Albuquerque custom cycles express art, engineering & design through cycling while building community https://www.abqjournal.com/2564398/lowrider-bicycles-show-off-artistic-prowess-and-engineering-while-build.html “All bicycles are welcome…we want you to ride with us.” –Aaron…
When people get together on bicycles, many great things happen! We've been fielding a team of cycling ambassadors since 2016. Here's our latest kit design and team description. We are working on what is next and will post here when…
SBI partnered with NM-LTAP to teach a three day online workshop for the New Mexico transportation workforce on facilitating walking and cycling in New Mexico. Files of each day's presentation are linked below. We are preparing additional courses and field…
If there is an upside to the coronavirus, it may be that we are rethinking how we live, and getting back some of what we had lost. --Christophe Tafforeau, quoted in "'Corona Cycleways' Become the New Post-Confinement Commute", New York…
“I’m very optimistic that this was one of the few silver linings...that people have found a way to make their lives better.” --Philip Brown, Elevation Cycles, Denver. There's a surge in cycling in the U.S and around the world, as…
"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?"--Emerson, Nature Update April 1, 2020: New Mexico has designated bicycle shops as essential. Thanks to all for speaking to this important issue: https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2020/04/01/bicycle-repair-shops-named-essential/ Bicycle shops provide essential services for…
"Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride." --Eddy Merckx "Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride." --Eddy Merckx
Conserving our lands and waters is essential to protecting humans and wildlife and stabilizing our climate, so I’m following the direction from leading scientists and introducing this resolution to set a national goal of conserving 30 percent of America’s land…
New Mexico is convening a State Summit for Safe Routes to School this April 17, 2020, elevating our commitment to our children and communities. RSVP by April 3rd to Ashleigh Curry (acurry@lcps.net), coordinator of Las Cruces Safe Routes to School…
Team CSP-SBI clothing is available online through March 3, 2020. Team CSP-SBI Cycling Ambassadors celebrate life through cycling and outdoor recreation with the people and in the places we love, and we encourage more friends to enjoy the ride! The…
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