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After a few years of doing our Annual Meetings on Zoom, we were pleased to bring one back in full force at Sokol Greater Cleveland! Our members, local partners, and bike shops filled the room at this historic venue. The opening hour of the event was a social hour, with beer from Great Lakes Brewing […]

As part of a coalition of mobility-focused organizations, Bike Cleveland submitted a set of policy recommendations to the new County administration. The platform, put together by Bike Cleveland, Clevelanders for Public Transit (CPT), ADA Cleveland, Maximum Accessible Housing (MAHO), Youth Challenge, and Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality (NOBLE), includes policies related to land use, […]

  Bike Cleveland believes that 2023 is the year to rapidly implement low-cost bicycle network improvements and city-wide traffic calming. We believe that now is the time to fix past wrongs and fundamentally change our built environment for the better. Cleveland has an opportunity to learn from other cities like Pittsburgh, Austin, Denver, Boston, and […]

After a long construction closure, Franklin Boulevard between W85th and W50th reopens today (December 20th, 2022) to two-way traffic. Riders should be aware that mini-roundabouts have replaced traffic signals at most intersections, which should work to slow motor vehicle movements at these locations. The implementation of these mini-roundabouts also permitted the City to lower the […]

Cleveland wins funding, coaching to fast-forward mobility network build-out Fighting climate change by increasing transportation options among stated goals A national nonprofit, City Thread, has selected Cleveland among a diverse cohort of cities to participate in the Accelerated Mobility Playbook technical assistance program designed to help fast-forward the build-out of their mobility networks. The application […]

Updated 12/2022: The opening date for the historic Center Street Swing Bridge has been pushed out to summer of 2023. While originally scheduled to open in October 2022, additional needed repairs have delayed the project. While the bridge undergoes a renovation, riders and pedestrians will have to consider detour options in order to connect between […]

Last week, The Ohio House passed an amended version of a distracted driving bill that would make using a phone while driving a primary offense rather than a secondary offense. Under the current law, officers are not able to stop a driver for texting or using their mobile device while driving, nor issue a citation, unless local […]

As the end of another year approaches, all of us at Bike Cleveland sincerely thank you for supporting the work we do to make biking and walking safer in all our communities. While progress and change never come at the pace we desire, momentum for safe multimodal streets is building and many key pieces are […]