{"id":9011,"date":"2016-04-12T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=9011"},"modified":"2016-04-12T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:00:54","slug":"gear-up-for-the-bicycle-friendly-america-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=9011","title":{"rendered":"Gear up for the Bicycle Friendly America Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9012\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bfa-confernece-web-final-small.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9012\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9012\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bfa-confernece-web-final-small.jpg?resize=300%2C168\" alt=\"The event will close with a bike ride around MSU\u2019s beautiful campus, led by Tim Potter from MSU Bikes!\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bfa-confernece-web-final-small.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bfa-confernece-web-final-small.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The event will close with a bike ride around MSU\u2019s beautiful campus, led by Tim Potter from MSU Bikes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spring feels like it\u2019s been a little late to start this year, but pleasant weather, perfect for biking around campus, is just around the corner. Michigan State University was named a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly University by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League of American Bicyclists<\/a> last November, and seasonal bikers now have the opportunity to test out the university\u2019s new status while zooming down MSU\u2019s streets and bike lanes.<\/p>\n<p>In order to assist other campuses, communities and business with achieving a bicycle-friendly status, MSU will host the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmb.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=969&amp;Itemid=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bicycle Friendly America Conference<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, May 19, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kellogg Center. There will be presenters from the League of American Bicyclists, the League of Michigan Bicyclists, the State of Michigan, other universities (including the Platinum level University of Minnesota), as well as Michigan State University and local communities and businesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lmbsecure.com\/?f=49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register<\/a> by April 15 to for a reduced fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring feels like it\u2019s been a little late to start this year, but pleasant weather, perfect for biking around campus, is just around the corner. Michigan State University was named a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=9011\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Gear up for the Bicycle Friendly America Conference<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-2ll","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}