Bike Cleveland

Events and programs: bike cleveland grows diverse, engaged communities by focusing on outreach, fun events, and membership and by building the next generation of advocates. By having a robust encouragement component to our work we are growing ridership and improving people's comfort level on the road through group participation. Bikes are a fun, healthy, and a sustainable activity for people of all ages, and our events and programs are designed to get people outside and engaged in their community. Accomplishments: throughout 2024 we engaged over 5,000 people through our encouragement events and programs. These events included a monthly bike to work day series, encouraging over 300 people to ride a bike to work; cranksgiving, our annual foodraising ride done in partnership with the hunger network, we were able to provide over 5,000 in groceries for local hunger centers; doan brook watershed ride; the bike cleveland fundo, which welcomed of 1,350 riders exploring cleveland by bike; celebrate trails day; and various neighborhood tabling activities. We also hosted random acts of brightness, where 23 volunteers distributed over 150 light sets and talked to cyclists about riding safely at night. We also hosted the annual ride of silence, ride for sylvia, and world day of remembrance to honor those in our community who have been injured or killed while biking or walking and to raise awareness of the need for safe streets.

Advocacy: bike cleveland works for safe streets and public spaces through policy change and advocating for best practices in bikeway/walkway design and maintenance, resulting in an equitable transportation network. We mobilize the community to ensure bike facilities are incorporated into roadway projects and help publicize public meetings to ensure the communities desires for safe streets is heard. We are continuing to expand bicycle advocacy in greater cleveland by creating chapter organizations and supplying them with the financial resources they need to advocate for improved conditions in their own communities. Accomplishments: provided technical assistance to develop bike friendly policies for local governments; advocated for the addition of traffic calming, trails and bikeways on cuyahoga county streets; promoted community involvement at public meetings; engaged decision makers on bikes to educate them on the importance of a stress-free, connected bike network; trained 19 community members how to advance local bike & pedestrian projects through our transportation academy and another 30 through our ongoing mobility learning sessions; supported the passage of important legislation to make bike racks easier to install in the city of cleveland; with our resident- led better street committees we helped residents address safety needs in their neighborhood through traffic calming, street painting, and connecting residents with decision makers. We also published our first comprehensive crash report, providing crucial insights into the ride in bicycle and pedestrian crashes in our region, and shared it with city leaders to inform future safety investments.