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📢 Good news out of Washington for anyone who rides.

Last week, Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL), co-chairs of the Congressional Bike Caucus, introduced the bipartisan America Bikes Act. The bill, H.R. 9041, bundles a range of cycling proposals into one federal package built around three goals: keeping riders safe, expanding bike infrastructure, and bringing bike manufacturing back to the United States.

"Cycling is good for people and good for our planet," Thompson said. "It just makes sense that we'd invest in expanding bike access and road safety so more Americans can benefit from cycling."

The act would widen access to federal funding for bike and pedestrian safety projects, support safer routes to school, expand commuting incentives, and link cycling routes to public transit. It would also create incentives to build bikes on American soil.

The bill now heads to committee. To become law, it must pass the House, the Senate, and be signed by the President. A long road, but a rare bit of bipartisan agreement that two wheels are worth backing.

Is this the kind of investment your roads have been missing?

What song do you remember riding to that takes you straight back?