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WE NEED YOU TO VOTE FOR MOBILE ENCOUNTERS! A finalist in the Cuyahoga Arts and Culture’s Creative Culture competition, Mobile Encounters will bring concepts of vibrant cities to life for three weeks on Payne and Lorain Avenues through bold demonstrations of complete streets. The creative minds at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and the bike…

Looking back on 2012 we can not help noticing how far we have come as a community. In our first year together we have built a powerful movement that is creating safer streets and more livable communities. Here is a snapshot of our success by the numbers in 2012: 247 individuals added their voice to…

A coalition from the City of Cleveland, Bike Cleveland, three Cleveland west side neighborhood community development corporations – Ohio City, Inc, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and Cudell Improvement – and Neighborhood Progress, Inc. will be traveling to Columbus on Thursday, December 15 for a 10:00 a.m.Ohio Department of Transportation (1980 W. Broad Street, Columbus…

ACTION NEEDED: Do you live, travel through, work-in, or own a business in Lakewood? Then we need your voice! Bike Cleveland has supported our member Ben Van Lear in developing a campaign to get bike lanes on Madison Avenue in Lakewood. We are at a critical point where we need your support by signing this…

On September 26th Lakewood Police ticketed Dominic “Vinnie” Latessa for riding a four wheeled bicycle (known as a Rhoades Car) in the street with his autistic son, stating that it is an “unsafe toy.” In a Plain Dealer article the Lakewood Police chief said that he “questioned how a Rhoades Car would fit into traffic…

Thanks to a Twitter post from Bike Cleveland member Krissie Wells, and the initiative of Councilman Joe Cimperman, Bike Cleveland had the opportunity to meet with a few staff leaders at RTA this past week to talk about ways RTA and the biking community can work together. During our meeting we learned of some awesome…

Cleveland’s first annual Cranksgiving takes place tomorrow, Saturday, November 17. We thought we’d share some news and notes to help you prepare. 1. Bring a bag or pannier! You’ll need one to haul groceries. 2. Registration begins at 11am. Enjoy free coffee, courtesy of Phoenix Coffee. We’ll do some quick announcements around 11:45 and distribute…

You can join in a Holiday Bike-A-Thon to generate power to light the lights at Public Square for the holiday tree ceremony at Public Square! The tree lighting is scheduled for Saturday November 24th. Beginning in the morning, cyclists will work with the engineers at GE to turn pedal power to battery power to run…

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Dix & Eaton for choosing Bike Cleveland as one of their finalists for their 60th anniversary 60 For 60 celebration, along with four other excellent organizations: Medwish International, Seeds of Literacy, Adoption Network Cleveland, and Reflect Who I Am. Our competition was steep; particularly MedWish International,…

Have you taken our 2012 Bike Cleveland survey yet? Don’t wait, do it now! As we look towards the next year your opinions and experiences of biking in Greater Cleveland will be essential in shaping the important work of Bike Cleveland. The survey only takes about 15 minutes to complete. As part of our ongoing…

Are you bike-curious? How about a bike share? Participants in the 2011 Bike Cleveland Summit identified bike sharing as a priority to make Cleveland more bicycle-friendly. Bike sharing, a program that provides network of public bikes that can be rented, has been successful in getting more people on bikes across the country, in cities as…

Bike Cleveland encourages you to BIKE THE VOTE with us on Tuesday, October 9.Regardless of your political views, join us for early voting alongside other Cleveland-area cyclists. We will meet at the Free Stamp at Willard Park at 6pm and ride together as a group to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections at 6:30pm. The…