Bike Cleveland

Programs: Education: bike cleveland is raising awareness around the growing number of people on bikes and their rights as legal road users through public awareness campaigns. We train law enforcement officers how best they can protect cyclists on the road through better enforcement practices as they pertain to people on bikes. Additionally, we provide group riding traffic skills and education through social bike rides and presentations to improve the skills and behavior of our local ridership. We educate businesses on how to become more bicycle friendly for employees and customers, and the benefits in doing so. Finally, we teach municipalities about best practices for bike friendly policy and planning, and the reasons it is important for their communities. Accomplishments: launched a region wide bike safety public awareness campaign "we're all drivers" that had over 22 million media impressions; hosted a dozen "lunch-and-learn" bike education sessions at area workplaces; trained over 40 local law enforcement officers; raised the awareness of the importance of proper bike facility design like bike lanes and protected bike lanes; provided hands on training for cmsd teachers to integrate bicycle skills and education into pe school curriculum.

advocacy: mobilizing an educated cycling constituency in support of innovative bike infrastructure and policies such as, bike lanes, protected bike lanes, bike parking and bike-friendly policies. We act as a portal through which interested people can engage the public process with maximum impact. Understanding our limitations as a small organization, we are continuing to expand bicycle advocacy in greater cleveland by creating chapter organizations and supplying them with the financial resources they need to improve conditions in their own communities. Accomplishments: worked with the city of cleveland and partners to develop a plan for a network of protected bike lanes, our midway project; supported the growth of cleveland's bike share system which saw ridership increase 115%; provided technical assistance to develop bike friendly policies for local governments; advocated for the addition of 14 miles of bikeways on cleveland streets; promoted community engagement at public meetings; formulated plans to expedite and prioritize future bike facility investment in cleveland (including plans for protected bike lanes).

events and programs: planning and implementing events and programs that grow and connect an inclusive and diverse cycling community. 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 sustainable activity for people of all ages, and our events and programs are designed to get people outside and engaged in their community. Accomplishments: planned and implemented five bike to work day events in addition to over a dozen more biking focused events that got people on bikes across greater cleveland; helped more people use bikes safely through bike fix a-thons and the distribution of over 600 bike lights; hosted 4 youth focused bicycle safety rodeos and helped 12 youth earn-a-bike through a week long bicycle education camp; held several social events and brought together thousands of local cyclist for fun and fellowship; helped plan and executed a major component of northeast ohio's largest cycling festival, neocycle.