Bike Easy Blog
Rolling Forward: Bike Easy’s Latest News and Events!
The holidays are always a hectic time when we’re constantly trying to balance so many commitments, so I want to thank you in advance for making the time to read this long overdue update. I’ve personally struggled to keep up getting around in my bike in the last few weeks since the weather and my joints have not been getting…
Bike Easy’s Ultimate Guide to Giving Tuesday!
Happy Giving Tuesday! Today, we’re reaching out to you, our valued supporters, to help us ride towards safer streets and a more bike-friendly future. Bike Easy has been at the forefront of advocating to make bicycling easy, safe, and fun for everyone in Greater New Orleans, and we need your support to continue making a positive impact. Your generous donation on…
Your help made a difference!
Your help made a difference this year to make biking easy, safe, and fun for everyone in Greater New Orleans! Thanks to you we can celebrate: Collecting over 1,000 signatures for our petition that has helped influence the work between City Council and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to prioritize safety for ALL road users among others. Parking over…
2023 Bicycle Second Line Feedback & Photos
Last month, Bike Easy hosted the annual Bicycle Second Line. It was a huge success, and we were able to meet fundraising goals and were also amazed by the number of participants from New Orleans’ blossoming bike community that turned out. We counted over 300 attendees and raised over 10k for our programming! We are also happy to receive praise…
In case you missed our last BIKE Talks! Learn more about Count Dat
Last week we hosted our last installment of our BIKE Talks series for 2023. For this particular panel, we focused on Count Dat: a project to utilize the bike and pedestrian data that has been collected in the city for over a decade. What began as a passion project to tell a story through numbers and charts, turned into a full…
Saddle Up! Your Guide to Bike Easy Events Ahead!
Following the success of our Bicycle Second Line, we’re staying busy organizing events for this fall! Before your calendars get too full, we want to make sure you know about some of the events we have coming up! BIKE Talks – Count Dat – Wednesday, November 1st Come out and join the data conversation about where, when, who, and how…
BIKE Talks – Count Dat – Understanding why tracking local data is important for us to become better advocates
An invitation for our Executive Director: – I want to cordially invite you to our third installment of our BIKE Talks series: Count Dat The Count Dat concept began almost 2 years ago when a few of us began looking at all the data being collected through different counters around the city, and began brainstorming on the best ways to share this information…
Silent Auction is Live!
The Bike Easy Bicycle Second Line is one week away, and the Silent Auction is Live! We are excited to launch this year’s Silent Auction alongside the Bike Easy Bicycle Second Line! This virtual silent auction will be live until Monday, October 23rd at midnight. Over the next week we hope you’ll take a look at the Silent Auction Website, Register,…
The Ultimate Guide to this year’s Bicycle Second Line!
Count down to this year’s Bicycle Second Line! Looking forward to seeing you all there! If you haven’t RSVP yet, click here. And if you pre-ordered a shirt, remember you can pick it up at our office (2100 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd) next week Monday thru Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
A Message from the Board: Sneak Peek at the Bicycle Second Line Silent Auction!
Silent Auction bidding opens Saturday, October 14th! We are excited to have a small *but curated* silent auction alongside our Bicycle Second Line this year, supporting Bike Easy and the work they do to make bicycling safe, easy and fun for everyone in Greater New Orleans. With the help of our partners, we have some truly spectacular bicycles available for auction this year. If you’ve been looking for…