Posts by admin
Bike-sharing program is making a quick expansion into three more Cleveland neighborhoods
Just five weeks after its rollout, a bike-sharing program in Cleveland is expanding to three more city neighborhoods. Zagster, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company that provides the bike-sharing service, announced that “due to high demand for its existing service as well as funding from new sponsors,” it is expanding bike-sharing to downtown, Tremont and University Circle.…
Read Morewheels up: bike share plan aiming to make inroads throughout cleveland
If anyone wants proof that Cleveland needs a bicycle-share network, Platform Beer Co. co-owner Justin Carson has an anecdote for you. Carson, sponsor of a recently launched bike-sharing program that offers rental bikes at six self-serve locations in Ohio City, saw a man outside his Lorain Avenue brewery eyeing the lineup of bicycles locked to…
Read MoreAssaults, robberies of Cleveland cyclists a concern
CLEVELAND – Tuesday morning, a 24-year-old male was stabbed and robbed of his wallet, cellphone and bike on Huron Road in downtown Cleveland. Last Thursday afternoon, a man was robbed of his bike as he waited for a bus on Detroit Avenue. In August, an Ohio City man was robbed by a man with a…
Read MoreEastside Greenway is back for an encore public forum Tuesday at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights
After a series of public hearings in September, proponents of the Eastside Greenway in Cuyahoga County are bringing the project back for an encore public forumTuesday at Nighttown, 12387 Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights. The goal of the project, now in the early stages of planning, is to expand a bike and pedestrian network throughout the…
Read MoreNational Bike Challenge: Cleveland beats Pittsburgh as local cyclists bring home Rust Belt Cup
CLEVELAND – The tide may be turning between two heated rivalries as a team from Cleveland beat a team from Pittsburgh. Bike Cleveland bested Bike PGH of Pittsburgh in competition as part of the National Bike Challenge. The National Bike Challenge is a five-month effort to get people to cycle. Nationally, more than 47,000 riders…
Read MoreEastside Greenway study looking at ways to link communities
Residents in eastern Cuyahoga County may soon be able to rely a little less on their cars. The Eastside Greenway is seeking to connect several Cuyahoga communities through a unified trail network that would link neighborhoods to employment centers, transit, hospitals, governmental centers, hospital and existing green spaces, among other things. Euclid, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield…
Read MoreDetroit Avenue Bike Lanes
PROJECT UPDATE NOVEMBER 1st 2013 After much anticipation, many emails and postcards sent to the City of Cleveland, and countless discussions on unexpected delays the paint is finally making it to the pavement for the Detroit Avenue bike lane. Here is the most recent update from the City of Cleveland Commissioner of Streets that was…
Read MoreRTA Driver Training
Lorain Avenue Streetscape
Bike Cleveland is engaged and advocating for a complete street as the City of Cleveland plans the Lorain Avenue Streetscape, a key corridor for cyclists headed east and west.
Read MoreComplete Streets
Complete streets serve the needs of all users, not just automobiles. In communities that adopt a Complete Streets policy, transportation planners & engineers design and operate their street networks to be safer and better for everyone who uses them. Drivers, transit users, pedestrians, & bicyclists have safe access to the entire right of way, regardless…
Read MoreDetroit bike lanes will happen this summer, but when?
On September 24, 2012, the City of Cleveland announced that bike lanes would be striped on Detroit Avenue from W. 25th to Lake Avenue—the longest stretch of bike lanes to be installed in Cleveland since the striping of the Euclid Corridor Bike Lanes. The timeline presented at the public meeting was that the bike lanes would…
Read MoreDetroit Bike Lane Update and Bridge Action
On September 24, 2012, the City of Cleveland announced that bike lanes would be striped on Detroit Avenue from W. 25th to Lake Avenue—the longest stretch of bike lanes to be installed in Cleveland since the striping of the Euclid Corridor Bike Lanes. The timeline presented at the public meeting was that the bike lanes would…
Read More