Bike Easy Blog
Navigating Elysian Fields’ New Bikeways
For years, it’s been one of New Orleans’ most dangerous streets. From 2014 to 2018, on the half-mile stretch from N. Peters to St. Claude, Elysian Fields Avenue saw 21 crashes involving people biking, with one ending in a loss of life. Today, thankfully, Elysian Fields has brand-new protected bikeways in both directions on this same previously unsafe stretch, creating a vision and blueprint…
Join the Bike Easy Board of Directors
Help to make biking better by guiding and building our organization CALL FOR BOARD MEMBERS: 2021-2023 Term Founded in 2003, Bike Easy (formally the Metro Bicycle Coalition dba Bike Easy) is a small nonprofit based in Greater New Orleans. We are a fast-paced, grassroots organization hard at work making sure that bicycling is easy, safe, and fun for everyone in…
CBD and 7th Ward Get Their Complete Streets Designs
**This is a reblog from the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition, of which we’re an Executive Member. Click here to visit their website.** We’re not speeding, but our campaign is moving fast. Recently, the City of New Orleans has made leaps in their Moving New Orleans Bikes plan to build an additional 75-miles of low-stress bikeways. From building protected bike lanes…
New Orleans needs Protected Bikeways in the CBD – Sign our petition with the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition
We’re at a turning point for the biking community in New Orleans. As part of Moving New Orleans Bikes, the City is currently building 75-miles of connected, low-stress bikeway networks across New Orleans and after years of advocating for residents’ ability to safely bike to work, to school, to socialize, or any of life’s everyday needs, we’re on the verge…
Launching Our #GivingForward Campaign
Thank you for riding with us this year. Through all the difficulties of 2020, biking has been a balm for many of us. Relieving stress with physical activity, safely enjoying the (outdoor & distanced) company of riding companions, just getting where we need to go — more people than ever before are enjoying the benefits of biking in Greater…
#GivingForward on Giving Tuesday
We wanted to say a special thank you to everyone who donated so far during our “Giving Forward”, year-end fundraising campaign. On Giving Tuesday, we were able to raise over $1,500 which surpassed our day-of goal amount. This is the exact momentum we need to ensure we hit our “Giving Foward” goal and has the resources to continue our work…
New Orleans starts construction on new stretches of bike lanes
BY SARA SNEATH | STAFF WRITER, MAY 21, 2020 – 2:29 PM Contractors began painting bike lanes on both sides of Newton Street in Algiers this week, and they’re expected to create 11 miles of bikeways in Algiers by the end of June. The new bike lane will run from Elmira to Behrman avenues and marks the kickoff for a…
Bikin’ in the Rain
With all the rain Louisiana is getting this season, we figured it would be a good time to refresh on some tips on how to deal with the rain; before, during , and after! “… I’m bikin’ in the rain… Just bikin’ in the rain… What a glorious feeling… I’m happy again..” But only if you follow these tips!…
Support #BikeMatch NOLA
We’re proud to match people who need a bike, with those who can donate bikes. Will you support our #BikeMatch NOLA program to help us keep making matches? What is #BikeMatch? #BikeMatch is a mutual-aid effort that launched across the country in response to COVID-19. Using resources made available by other bicycle advocacy organizations around the country, Bike Easy…
Accessible Mobility & Affordable Housing
Where we live and how we get around are fundamental to our daily lives. Taken together, the combined expense of housing and transportation amount to most families’ largest expenditures. To preserve the fabric of our community amid today’s economic realities, transportation options together with housing must be safe, accessible, and affordable. That’s why Bike Easy is asking the New Orleans…
