Defying Poverty with Bicycles lays out all the necessary steps for providing durable, affordable transportation bicycles and new careers to people who need them the most. It will give you the tools you need to create and manage a healthy, long-lasting organization as well as tips on designing your own bicycle community center that will become a focal point for your community. Beyond these important building blocks, you will also learn what it takes to design and manufacture bicycles for your program as you look ahead to creating bicycle art and machines run by pedal power. If you have ever watched as a bicycle transformed a struggling person's life or dreamed of creating a place where that magic happened for many people every day, this book will help you turn that dream into reality. "Defying Poverty with Bicycles is easy to read and inspiring. I especially like the way it addresses Social Bike Business as a means for directly opposing globalization, outsourcing, redlining, bias, discrimination and mass marketing for consumerism. It does an excellent job of presenting these harmful trends while sticking to the how-to steps of launching one of these programs to counteract them." - Dr. Paul Simpson, Centre Region Bicycle Coalition, State College, Pennsylvania, USA "Defying Poverty with Bicycles represents a powerful vision, thought through in careful detail. It pleases me to think of the many entrepreneurs who will be as inspired as I was reading through its content. It's really going to be an awesome resource for this new type of business " - Stuart Shell, AIA, Community Bike Project Omaha, Nebraska, USA "I only wish I had had Defying Poverty with Bicycles at my disposal eight years ago The writing style is very clear, concise and accessible. The content certainly rang true based on my experience and will be a great asset to start-ups and established entities alike." - Michael Linke, Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia, Africa Sue Knaup discovered the magic bicycles can bring to people when she worked as a San Francisco bike messenger in the 1980s. She later opened her own bike shop, which she ran for 13 years. Finally, she tapped her more than 35 years working for and leading nonprofits to found One Street where nonprofit and business leaders come together to help people with bicycles.

Our nation's transportation system is a death trap for the third of our citizens who do not drive. A full 13% of traffic deaths are bicyclists and pedestrians, yet most roadways are still being built with only motor vehicles in mind. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit users of all ages and abilities safely and enjoyably travel along and across complete streets. Complete streets policies require safe accommodation of all users. The Alliance for Biking & Walking assists our coalition of over 160 grassroots advocacy organizations to win state, provincial, and local complete streets policies. These local policies can help leverage federal-level policy and together ensure that all transportation projects are complete. The Alliance for Biking & Walking's Guide to Complete Streets Campaigns brings you a blueprint for successfully winning a complete streets policy in your city, region, state, or province. Filled with models from past and current campaigns and tips from advocacy leaders in the field, this Guide is an indispensable resource for the new or seasoned advocate working towards complete streets. Although this Guide is written especially for bicycling and walking organizations, and nonprofit or advocate promoting complete streets will benefit from the best practice advise and models found here.

From rural communities to big cities, organizations are planning fundraising bike rides that are bringing them new members, new partners, new political connections, and funds to help their organizations thrive. What better way for a bicycle advocacy organization to show off their success in the community and raise awareness for their cause than to organize a fundraising ride. But how does an organization get started organizing such an event? The Alliance for Biking & Walking's Guide to Fundraising Rides is the first book to bring you the ins and outs of organizing fundraising rides that benefit bicycling. This Guide will take you through all the steps of planning a successful fundraising ride, from setting a date to thanking your sponsors and volunteers. Filled with expert advice, samples from successful rides, and take-away tools you can use, this Guide is an invaluable resource for the aspiring event planner while offering new tips and ideas to veteran ride directors.