This week, Bike Pittsburgh’s executive director, Scott Bricker (not to be confused with the other Scott Bricker) attended the League of American Bicyclists 2008 National Bike Summit. This was his third year in attendance and the fifth year Bike Pittsburgh has been represented.
It was by far the largest summit ever with over 500 cycling advocates in attendance. We spent an entire day learning from each other in workshops, and one day lobbying our elected officials on Capital Hill to support bicycling.
Instead of recapping everything, we will just point you all to Jonathan Maus’ blog, BikePortland, where he made frequent updates on the 2008 Summit.
Click here for full summit ’08 coverage
Here’s a photo of the PA Delegation in the Hart Senate Office Building after our visit with Senator Specter’s aides.
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Also check out this column by Neal Peirce in the Washington Post about the Summit and the importance of bicycles.
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