LMB is Hiring an Office Manager
September 20, 2021SUMMARY League of Michigan Bicyclists (LMB) is looking for an energetic, well-organized, and detail-oriented person to join our team as Office Manager. This part-time position (up to 30 hours per week) will manage LMB’s physical headquarters in Lansing, MI along the scenic River Trail. Duties include basic bookkeeping, payment processing, database management, mailings, order fulfillment,...
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LMB is Hiring an Events Director
September 20, 2021SUMMARY League of Michigan Bicyclists (LMB) seeks an energetic candidate to join our team as Events Director. Ideal candidates will be passionate about bicycling and bicycle touring, thrive on interacting with people, and have past experience planning major events. This position will oversee logistics such as route planning, site and meal reservations, transportation, rest stops,...
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Ten Tips for Your Bike Commute
September 7, 2021On Friday, Sept. 3, we asked LMB followers on Facebook, “What’s the first tip you would offer to someone commuting by bike?” Out of the 170 comments we received, here are ten great suggestions to keep in mind. Inspired? You can join us throughout September for the Bike it! Commuter Challenge! Avoid distractions. 1. “Don’t...
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Let’s roll.
September 1, 2021Hello! Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Nicky Bates, the new Development and Membership Director for the League of Michigan Bicyclists. I’ve been bicycling regularly since 2015, but mostly for exercise. Since joining LMB, I’ve made an effort to put down the bibs and use my bike for commuting around Detroit, to the coffee shop,...
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Benefits of a Bike Commute
August 18, 2021While the Bike it! Commuter Challenge is a way to directly support LMB, commuting has a multitude of benefits on its own. Here are a few reasons we support riding your bike to school, work, shopping, and anywhere else! It’s clean. Bicycles get you to work (or wherever you’re going) without polluting. Cleaner air means...
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Five Commuter Tips
August 16, 2021As our Bike It! challenge draws closer, we’re going to share some commuting tips and tricks – from route planning, to safety and goal-setting – and here are five to start. Brush up on bike laws: While bicyclists can often choose to ride on roads or sidewalks in Michigan, those who ride on motorways must...
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Request for Proposals: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant
August 6, 2021Goal The League of Michigan Bicyclists (LMB) continues to strive to be a more inclusive, equitable, and diverse organization and do our part to dismantle the systems in our community that perpetuate inequity. LMB seeks an experienced DEI Consultant to work with the staff and the board of directors to help implement policies, practices, programs, benchmarks, and organizational...
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Announcing the launch of Bike Wave
July 28, 2021We’re excited to announce the launch of Bike Wave, a new program which will offer Michigan cities the opportunity to try out protected bike lanes and curb extensions. This project was one of only 244 grantees selected from across all 50 states for the 2021 AARP Community Challenge grant. Thanks to the support of AARP,...
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Bills introduced to protect vulnerable roadway users like bicyclists
June 30, 2021Photo CC-BY Rory Finneren, 2011. “Ghost Bike we set up for my father, Ralph Finneren. It’s located on Giddings Rd. directly outside of the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan, very near where the crash occurred.” This was one of the first ghost bikes in the state of Michigan, a public memorial...
Read morePoll: Vehicle safety ratings for bike/ped crashes
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