Bike Advocacy

Since she first rode a bike at 5, Mary Frances Dunham (MFD) has made it her mission around the world to encourage the use of bikes instead of cars.  In the early 1970s, she was among the original handful of members at Transportation Alternatives  advocating for better bike awareness and support in New York City.  She has spread her message and her enthusiasm for bikes wherever she has traveled.  Riding her fold-up Dahon bike down city streets in the USA, Europe, Asia, and Central America, she has set an example to us all that a bike is  the best way to get around regardless of age, income or gender. 

Scroll down this page or click on the red links below to get a glimpse the many ways MFD has been engaged in supporting bike transport.

BIKE ARTICLES BY AND ABOUT MFD

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BIKE PROPOSALS & REPORTS BY MFD

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NYC HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF BICYCLING 

I propose that it is time that we have a written history of the pro-cycling movement in New York …

PROPOSAL FOR BIKE EDUCATION PROGRM

‘WHEELS’: A Pilot Bicycle Education Program for Children

PROPOSAL FOR WATERFRONT ZONING

A Pilot Bicycle Education Program for Children

ASSESSING % OF BIKERS IN MANHATTAN TRAFFIC

Feb., 1991 Draft report for NYC Department of Transportation

Schools: Chapter 9, Bicycle Blueprint

A Plan to Bring Bicycling Into the Mainstream in NYC, Transportation Alternatives

 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR from mfd

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MFD and BIKE EDUcATION

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SOME MFD BIKE IDEAs & CARTOONS