“Crash” Not “Accident”
By now many of you have heard about the tragedy on Snowville Road in Brecksville last Thursday. At 7:10 PM, a group of riders traveling east down Snowville Road were struck by a person traveling in a truck attempting to make a left hand turn onto Dewey Ave, leaving four injured and one dead. It…
Read MoreHow To Avoid A Crash
How Can a Motorist Avoid Hitting a Cyclist? By: Kenneth J Knabe, Bicycle Accident Attorney: Protecting Cleveland’s Cyclists www.brownandszaller.com, 216 228 7200 As a bike attorney many concerned motorists ask me how can I avoid hitting a cyclist. Most bicycle crashes occur when a driver: Turns left at an intersection into an oncoming cyclist; Turns…
Read MoreFatal Crash Kills Two, Injures Three
**UPDATE** 10/4/15 LeeAnne Lambert has set up a fund for Jim Lambert’s son Ryan, who is 15 years old. It is not easy to find it so this is the search criteria to use: “Go Fund Me Ryan Lambert‘s Educational Fund, Akron Ohio.” This should bring it up. It will say by LeeAnne Lambert (Ryan’s…
Read MoreBike Cleveland E-Newsletter (9-18-15)
Bike Facilities Update For those of you who are unaware, the City of Cleveland is busy striping roads to meet their goal of 70 new mile of bike lanes by the end of 2016. A few projects have caught our attention recently; West 25th Street, Lakeshore Boulevard, and Prospect Ave downtown. We received word back from the…
Read MoreTwo Important Memorial Rides This Weekend
Building safer streets for people on bikes is important, and this weekend we are reminded why once more. There are two memorial rides happening this weekend that you should attend if you can. Saturday: Ride for Miles – an annual non-competitive ride to raise funds for bicycle and environmental education. It is named so for Dr.…
Read MoreKickin’ it with the Neighborhood Kids
Last week Bike Cleveland, along with the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and the Ohio City Bicycle Co-Op visited the Zelma George and Hamilton Rec Centers in the Buckeye Shaker and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods as part of the GCSC’s Urban Youth Initiative. OCBC hosted a “Fix-A-Thon” where neighborhood residents could bring their bikes and have them fixed for free.…
Read MoreACTION ALERT: W. 25th Street Bike Lane
Why buffer a bike from the curb? That is what we were left wondering when we went out to see the planned bike lane for W. 25th Street. See it for yourself below in the photo showing the pre-markings for a bike lane on W. 25th from Bridge Ave. to Detroit Ave. Buffers are great…
Read MoreOfficial Routes Released for MCPc Fundo p/b Bike Cleveland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 August, 2015 Contact: Rob Thompson Communications Manager Bike Cleveland Email: Rob@bikecleveland.org Official Routes Released for MCPc Fundo p/b Bike Cleveland Routes expand on inaugural year’s success. CLEVELAND, OH – Bike Cleveland is excited to announce the official routes for the MCPc Fundo p/b Bike Cleveland as part of the second…
Read MoreCleveland Foundation Centennial Trail Dedication
Thursday, August 13th, 2015 – 3:36pm Several key stakeholders and dignitaries came together at Merwin’s Wharf, including current Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, to dedicate the first section of the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail. The new section of trail runs nearly half a mile and connects the southern end of the Scranton Peninsula to…
Read MoreVocon Ohio Track Cup #4 p/b Bike Cleveland
Bike Cleveland presents race #4 in the Vocon Ohio Track Cup series at the Cleveland Velodrome on Saturday, August 15th. And did we mention that it’s going to be a Happy Hour PARTY?! On the infield the Velodrome’s own DJ Green Noize will be providing an adrenaline laced soundtrack for the races. The Pope &…
Read MoreBike Cleveland Launches New Public Awareness Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLEVELAND, OH — Bike Cleveland is proud to launch its second comprehensive public awareness campaign entitled “We’re All Drivers.” The campaign is designed to humanize people on bikes as people in your community, and to raise awareness that people on bikes are legal road vehicles with the same rights and responsibilities as…
Read MoreRandom Acts of Brightness
Many people in our region do not own cars and ride bicycles out of necessity, making riding at night an unavoidable reality. A major safety concern we have in Cleveland is people on bikes riding around at night without adequate lighting on their bikes. One reason for this is that quality light sets and their replacement…
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