Random Acts of Brightness
Since 2012, Bike Cleveland and volunteers have been giving away hundreds of free bike lights annually through our Random Acts of Brightness program. On Tuesday, October 27th from 6pm-8:30pm Bike Cleveland will host a modified Random Acts of Brightness event through a pop-up event (with an opportunity for folks to ride around and distribute lights…
Read MoreBook Launch: Cycling Rights: Bicycles, E-Bikes & Micro-Mobility Devices
Join Bike Cleveland and Ken Knabe, Cleveland’s Bike Attorney, for the launch and a discussion of his recent book titled “Cycling Rights: Bicycles, E-Bikes & Micro-Mobility Devices.” His new book helps Cleveland cyclists understand their rights and responsibilities when riding on our roads. Ken provides both legal and practical advice for cyclist safety and helps…
Read MoreAction Alert: Support Patty Banks
UPDATED 9/28/2021 An update on Patty Banks support: We heard from Patty that the motorist that hit her has accepted a plea deal; pleading guilty to 3 felonies and a misdemeanor. With the acceptance of a plea deal there will not be a trial. It’s important to note that Patty Banks is “very much at…
Read MoreVirtual Happy Hour
Join Bike Cleveland for a Virtual Happy Hour! We will host a casual discussion of the latest news in biking in our region. Learn about our current advocacy campaigns, virtual education programs, and how you can help make our streets safe. This virtual meeting is open to all, but you have to register so we…
Read MoreSpooky Spin
October brings shorter, cooler days – and darker, spookier nights! It all culminates at the end of the month with Halloween, but in a COVID world, we’re all looking for new alternative ways to experience things with so many restrictions still in place. That’s why we’re bringing you this Spooky Spin to haunted sites in…
Read MoreBIKE THERE on September 22nd
“This September 21-27, and specifically on September 22, we are encouraging everyone to Bike There, wherever that there may be. Bike to Work, yes. Bike with friends, yes. Bike to an errand, yes. Bike to a Bicycle Friendly Business, yes. Bike around your neighborhood and back to your home, yes. Any bike, anywhere, it all…
Read MoreRight of Way – a discussion about pedestrian safety
Join Clevelanders for Public Transit and Bike Cleveland for a presentation and Q&A with Cleveland’s own Angie Schmitt about her recently released book Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America. Facebook Event Link Register via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtd-qhqTsjEtyL_HCxUc3TcuJpAlwD00vp In Right of Way Angie Schmitt shows us that traffic…
Read MoreRide for Sylvia – 2020
Join friends of Sylvia Bingham, who was tragically killed riding her bicycle to work on September 15th 2009, for a memorial bike ride to promote safe streets. Cyclists will gather at 9:30am on Sunday, September 13th at the corner of W. 11th and Fairfield (near Loop Coffee) in Tremont, near where Sylvia lived. The ride…
Read MoreNight Lights
The days are getting shorter – but you don’t have to ride less! Learn how to keep riding thru dusk and dark with maximum visibility and safety & stretch your riding season out as far as possible! Attend to learn ways to stay safe while riding your bicycle. Bicycle riding is NOT a part of…
Read MoreACTION ALERT: Support Complete Streets
The streets of Cleveland are an important part of the livability of our neighborhoods. They ought to be for everyone, whether young or old, motorist or bicyclist, walker or wheelchair user, bus rider or shopkeeper. Our streets should connect the places we need and want to visit, not serve as barriers because they are unsafe.…
Read MoreAction Alert: Willow Street Lift Bridge
While Lakeview Estates in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood has been home to generations of Clevelanders that have contributed immensely to our city, residents have been unfairly subjected to environmental injustices and decisions rooted in structural racism. Large freeways have been built, cutting off Lakeview to the rest of the neighborhood and decades of industrial truck…
Read MoreeNEO2050 – Inform future transportation investments
NOACA is updating their Long Range Transportation Plan, which will guide investment in transportation infrastructure for the next 30 years. The plan is called eNEO2050. The overall goal of the plan is to increase mobility and improve the quality of life within NOACA’s five county region (Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, Geague, and Medina counties). Through the…
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