Bike Easy Blog
NEW BIKE RACK INSTALLATIONS!
At Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits and The Dominoa Bike Easy recently helped Bacchanal and The Domino get new bike racks and tool stations! Bike parking encourages people to reach their destination by bike and can even increase traffic to a business. Domino New Fixit Station and bike parking at The Domino on St. Claude. Bacchanal New air pump and…
JUNE 2019 NEWSLETTER
PEOPLE FRIENDLY DRIVING WORKSHOP – TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH Learn how to share the road safely on Tuesday, June 18th at the Nora Navra Public Library from 6 – 7:30 pm with our People Friendly Driving class. People Friendly Driving is a free class to educate motorists on safe driving behaviors around people who are walking or biking. Participants will learn how to navigate bicycle infrastructure on the roadways,…
WORK AT BIKE EASY—CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER
Join our team to make biking, walking, and other affordable mobility options accessible to the residents of Greater New Orleans The application period for this position has closed. About Us Bike Easy makes bicycling easy, safe, and fun for everyone in Greater New Orleans. We believe in the power of bicycling to help create a healthy, prosperous, resilient, and equitable…
WEEKLY UPDATE – JUNE 11TH 2019
Bike Easy Community Education & Safety programming gives people of all ages and abilities the skills and confidence to ride their bike safely and aims to teach all people – whether walking, biking, or driving – how to prioritize safety for everyone. Keith, Community Education Manager, gives a brief overview of the importance of education and upcoming events. UPCOMING EDUCATION EVENTS June…
MEMBERSHIP MONTH RESULTS 2019
May is Membership Month at Bike Easy GROWING SUPPORT THROUGH BIKE EASY MEMBERSHIP May is Membership Month at Bike Easy and we had incredible results in 2019! May kicks off with GiveNOLA Day and donors are encouraged to start or renew their Bike Easy Membership during this regional day of giving. We continue to celebrate Membership Month throughout May in…
LAST DAY FOR NEW ORLEANS TO THE CITY’S ONLINE MAPPING AND SURVEY TOOL
Add your voice! If you haven’t yet added your local knowledge of biking in New Orleans to the City’s online mapping and survey tool, please do so before it closes tomorrow, Friday, June 7th at 11:59pm. Your favorite destinations, preferred routes, and the obstacles you face will all be directly incorporated into the city-wide bikeway network expansion plan to be…
2019 BIKE EASY CHALLENGE WINNERS
Final results for the 2019 competition! The Bike Easy Challenge is a fun, free team-based and individual competition. We want to get more people cycling and more often, whether that be for fun, exercise, or to get to work. Imagine if even more people rode bikes – the air would be cleaner and our neighborhoods would have fewer cars on…
CELEBRATING THE BICYCLE SECOND LINE
A successful event and the end of Membership Month The Spring Bicycle Second Line rolled through New Orleans from City Park through the 7th Ward, into the Marigny, through the French Quarter and Mid-City, and finished at Second Line Brewing this past Sunday. It was a beautiful day and there were over 400 participants celebrating the joy of biking while…
UPCOMING SMART BIKING
Summer 2019 dates for Smart Biking The benefits of bicycling are numerous and we share them through our adult education classes like Smart Biking. Recognizing the many benefits of bicycling for recreation, transportation, and health, our programs promote bicycling to improve your health, help you experience your neighborhood in new ways, increase energy levels, and save money. Join us the…
BIKE LAW LEGAL CLINIC
Charlie Thomas from Bike Law Louisiana hosted a legal clinic to talk about rights for people on bike. This Tuesday, Bike Easy and Charlie Thomas of Bike Law hosted a legal clinic at the St. Roch Tavern focused on teaching the rights we have as people on bicycles, as well as what to do if we’re harassed or involved in…
