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06/08/2026

🚨: Two US lawmakers have introduced the America Bikes Act, legislation that pulls federal infrastructure funding, safety education and domestic manufacturing incentives into one House bill.

Cycling Weekly reports that H.R. 9041 was introduced by Democratic California Representative Mike Thompson and Republican Florida Representative Vern Buchanan, both co-chairs of the Congressional Bike Caucus. The bill would expand federal transportation funding for local, regional and Tribal governments to improve roadway safety for cyclists and pedestrians, fund safety action plans aimed at reducing road fatalities, and standardise bike safety education in elementary and secondary schools.

According to the National Bicycle Dealers Association, the package includes a $500 million annual investment in active transportation infrastructure alongside the Bicycle Transit Integration Grant Program. On the production side, the legislation absorbs proposals from the U.S. Bicycle Production and Assembly Act, which would temporarily suspend tariffs on imported components used to assemble bicycles inside the United States.

The political framing from Buchanan's office leans on practical mobility outcomes, citing reduced congestion, improved mobility and rider safety. Thompson has emphasised access. Industry groups including PeopleForBikes and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy have endorsed the bill.

What makes this version different from previous federal cycling bills is the bundling. Rather than running infrastructure, education and manufacturing as separate political fights, the America Bikes Act asks Congress to pass them as a single trade. Whether that breadth helps or hurts its passage will be the next thing to watch.

06/08/2026

HB 4007 goes into effect this month.

05/29/2026

Late last year, Anne Jones went to see a doctor regarding a bout of Lyme disease that had struck her down. He told her to stay active, keep exercising, and, if she felt up to it, head outside on her bike. “I said I wanted to go up a mountain,” she recalls. “He just laughed and said, ‘Yeah, if you think so…’ There was not a question of, ‘You’re too old for that sort of thing’, which I get quite a lot at my age.”

Jones is 84 years old. In the last two years, she has climbed three of the Tour de France’s most gruelling climbs: Mont Ventoux, the Col du Tourmalet, and her latest feat, Alpe d’Huez, which she scaled on Wednesday. The 14km ascent took her three and a half hours, during which time she stopped regularly to catch her breath and admire the mini waterfalls pouring down the rocks.

“It was a wonderful day. It couldn’t have been better,” Jones tells Cycling Weekly, still “walking on air” the morning after, having woken up in a chalet at the foot of the climb. “I’d almost say I’d do it again.”

With her challenge, Jones is hoping to raise £21,000 – a thousand for each of Alpe d'Huez's 21 hairpins – to support children in Gaza. Find out how to donate by visiting the article through the link in the comments.

(Photo: Amos Trust)