Thousands of people are expected to attend a two-day bike festival next month in downtown Indianapolis.

Apple, the country’s largest producer of smartphones, began rolling out cycling directions in 2020 for major cities such as New York and Los Angeles. The company has slowly increased the feature’s footprint and began expanding it to the Midwest in April.

Bicycle enthusiasts and history fans can view a new exhibit about the life of the first Black world champion bicyclist and Indy native Marshall "Major” Taylor at the Indiana State Museum.

The life of world champion cyclist and Indy native Marshall “Major” Taylor is on exhibit at the Indiana State Museum. Visitors can see artifacts from Taylor’s life and how Indiana viewed the sport of professional cycling in the late 1800s.

In September 2020, the Arts Council of Indianapolis kicked off the Bicentennial Legends mural series in honor of the city's 200th birthday. The first public mural will feature internationally known championship cyclist, racial justice advocate and Indianapolis native Major Taylor.

Marian won Saturday's women's team time trial for the ninth year in a row and the men's team time trial for the fourth year in a row to set up the Sunday's title run.

Ridership for U.S. bike-share programs was 10 times higher last year than it was in 2011 and, so far, only one traffic fatality is believed to have resulted from bike-share use.