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Do you wish that biking and walking on roads in Maine were safer and easier? The Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) is asking for YOUR input for their statewide long-range transportation plan....
View ArticleBikeMaine Route Connecting Communities (WCSH6)
This story originally appeared on WCSH6.com BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — The six communities hosting riders in the 2nd annual BikeMaine Ride were announced earlier this year. Now a team of...
View ArticleProper Helmet Use Keeps Kids Safe – VIDEO (WCSH6)
This piece originally appeared on wcsh6.com Proper Helmet Use Keeps Kids Safe Tim Goff, WCSH4:58 p.m. EDT July 7, 2014 (Photo: NEWS CENTER) PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — While more people are using...
View ArticleMAINE LOBSTER RIDE & ROLL READY FOR ITS 13TH TRIP ALONG THE COAST ON JULY 20...
This article originally appeared on pressherald.com Posted: July 11, 2014 MAINE LOBSTER RIDE & ROLL READY FOR ITS 13TH TRIP ALONG THE COAST ON JULY 20 Written by: Karen Beaudoin – Press Herald web...
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BikeMaine Scholarship Winners Announced
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine is proud to announce that Coalition members Victor Langelo and Nicole Anderson have each won a half-week BikeMaine Scholarship. We’re looking forward to riding with you...
View ArticlePress Release: Maine Department of Transportation Adopts Complete Streets Policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Maine Department of Transportation Adopts Complete Streets Policy Bicycle Coalition of Maine, GrowSmart Maine and other partners join together to help create an innovative...
View ArticleBikeMaine returns to pedal the state’s waterways (KeepMECurrent.com)
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:49 am By Adam Birt abirt@keepmecurrent.com @CurrentSportsME BikeMaine 2014 – a weeklong tour that’ll take riders roughly 350 miles – kicks off on Sept. 6 in...
View ArticleBe our guest – Westbrook welcomes BikeMaine with park festivities (Westbrook...
This article originally appeared on KeepMECurrent.com Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2014 By Andrew Rice arice@keepmecurrent.com WESTBROOK – For Westbrook, chosen as this year’s host city for BikeMaine...
View ArticlePortland Celebrates PARK(ing) Day 2014 (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland Celebrates PARK(ing) Day 2014 Parking spaces around the globe to be temporarily reclaimed as public space September 17, 2014, Portland, ME — On Friday, Portland artists,...
View ArticleWe Want To Hear From You. Please Take Our Strategic Planning Survey!
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine is in the midst of developing a comprehensive five-year strategic plan and we want your input! We’re gathering the insights of people who have an interest in making...
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For many travelers, eco-tourism is giving way to ‘altru-tourism’
By Jon Marcus GLOBE CORRESPONDENT NOVEMBER 01, 2014 GARDINER, Maine — Paul Guthrie had spent some previous vacations on a medical mission to Africa and providing relief in Honduras after Hurricane...
View ArticleComplete Streets: Maine Seeks to Make Roadways More People-Friendly (MPBN)
Complete Streets: Maine Seeks to Make Roadways More People-Friendly By IRWIN GRATZ • DEC 10, 2014 When Main Street in Bangor was last re-built it wasn’t a “Complete Street.” Who says so? State...
View ArticleMaine Supreme Court upholds $750K award to victim of bicycle accident (BDN)
This article was originally posted on bangordailynews.com. By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Posted Dec. 17, 2014, at 12:19 p.m. AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday upheld a...
View ArticleBikeMaine 2014 generated $395,000 for local communities (Lewiston Sun Journal)
This article originally appeared on SunJournal.com Wednesday, December 17, 2014 PORTLAND — The second annual BikeMaine seven-day bicycle ride contributed an estimated $395,000 in direct economic...
View Article14 Maine Bicyclists and Pedestrians Lose Their Lives in 2014 (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian Allenby Communication Director Bicycle Coalition of Maine 207.623.4511 (office) 207.252.8688 (direct) brian@bikemaine.org bikemaine.org 14 Maine Bicyclists and...
View ArticleNorway to start ‘Walking School Bus’ program at elementary school (Oxford...
This article originally appeared on SunJournal.com Leslie H. Dixon. Staff Writer Oxford Hills | Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 2:39 pm PARIS — Roughly 120 of the approximately 475 students at Rowe...
View ArticleThe Coalition is Hiring!
Bookkeeper/Contracts & Grants Administrator Job Description: The Bicycle Coalition of Maine is looking for a highly motivated individual who shares our values and vision to fill a new 20 hour per...
View ArticleCoalition Provides Testimony in Support of Safer Driving
On February 27th, 2015, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine provided testimony before the Maine State Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Transportation in support of two bills that would limit the...
View ArticleCoalition Provides Testimony In Support of Transit
On March 31, 2015, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine provided testimony before the Maine State Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Transportation in support of two bills that would improve transit...
View ArticleThe Great Maine Bike Swap – VIDEO (Fox22 Bangor)
This article originally appeared on FoxBangor.com ORONO – Jeremy Gray has a special purpose for why he purchased a mountain bike. Gray said, ” A trek bike so I can ease into my surgical weight...
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