Find cycling resources from encouraging use, commuting, club and groups, government resources and general information.

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Bicycle & Pedestrian Advocacy Organizations

State and Local

• Safe Routes to School - Promotes walking and biking to school
• Feet First - Puget Sound Pedestrian Advocacy
• Friends of the Burke Gilman Trail - Help Finish the Trail!
• Transportation Choices Coalition - Formerly AltTrans
• Transportation Connections - A transportation information clearing site
• Bicycle Watchdog - Hounding authorities to make your ride safer!

Nationwide and other

• Thunderhead Alliance - National coalition of bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations
• League of American Bicyclists - Promoting bicycling through advocacy and education
• International Bicycle Fund - Promoting sustainable transport and international understanding
• The Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

Governmental sites:

State and Local

• Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board
• Washington State DOT Bicycle Resources

The Bicycle Design Manual is in the process of being revised. Links to relevant WSDOT web pages are shown below:

• The home page for Design Office publications
• The design manual with links to individual chapters
• The revised pedestrian chapter(1025) [PDF]
• The existing bicycle chapter (1020) [PDF]

Nationwide and other

• US Bike/Ped Program

International Organizations

• Sanctuary Foundation Bikeways Project - Info on BC's bicycling advocacy
• British Columbia Cycling Coalition - Transportational Cycling in BC
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute -Innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems

Recreational Bicycle Clubs & Touring

State and Local

• List of Bicycle Clubs in Washington State
• For info on touring Washington State, please see our FAQ page

Nationwide and other

• Adventure Cycling Association - Bicycle Maps, Tours & Resources for the Adventure Traveler
• WOMBATS - Women's Mountain Bike and Tea Society
• International Mountain Bicycling Association

Helmets

• Helmet Laws by Jurisdiction in Washington State
• Safe Kids USA (choose WA under "Find Coalitions" for a list of organizations around the state that can help with low-cost helmets)
• Helmets in King County (includes list of free/low-cost helmet providers)
• prorider.com (bulk-order low-cost helmets)

Commerical Sites (Bike Alliance supporters)

• RECycled Cycles - Seattle's used bike shop
• Free Range Cycles - Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle
• Bike Works - Community Bike shop, Seattle
• North Division Bicycle Shop - Spokane
• REI - Bellingham, Kennewick, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, etc.

Media

• The Bicycle Paper - the Northwest Cycling Authority
• Bicycling Magazine
• Velo News - The Journal of Competitive Cycling

The only sites we link to from the Bicycle Alliance of Washington website are bicycling-related sites (government, advocacy, recreational, etc.), or commercial bicycling-related sites that support the BAW.

Advocacy | Government | International | Recreation | Commercial | Media