Bike Easy Blog
SLOW DOWN, NEW ORLEANS. LIVES ARE AT STAKE.
A nola.com op-ed from Derek Chisholm, driver, a cyclist, and an urban planner and designer in New Orleans. By Derek Chisholm, guest columnist I love my cars, and I love high-horsepower V8 engines. However, even someone like me eventually learns that our city streets are not the place for speed. It’s, literally, the difference between life and death. In crashes…
NEW ORLEANS NEEDS TO FILL THE GAPS IN ITS TRANSIT SYSTEM
A nola.com op-ed from Matt Hendrickson, policy director at local transit advocacy organization, RIDE New Orleans New Orleans needs to fill the gaps in its transit system Tuesday 21 7:23am By Matt Hendrickson, guest columnist New Orleans streets are designed for danger. Our roads are designed to accommodate as many cars as possible, often to the exclusion of any and…
WE CAN MAKE NEW ORLEANS THE PREMIER CITY FOR BIKING AND WALKING
A nola.com op-ed from Rob Henig Bell, Campaign Manager at Bike Easy Updated 7:44 AM; Today 7:30 AM Author: By Robert Henig Bell, guest columnist By Robert Henig Bell, guest columnist It’s springtime in New Orleans, a perfect time to bike around and soak in all the sights, sounds and smells in the air. This spring, it’s also a…
UNTIL NEXT YEAR
Thanks to all who competed for the 2019 Bike Easy Challenge! The Bike Easy Challenge grew out of the first Bike to Work Day eight years ago. Since then, New Orleans Bike to Work Day has expanded to include the Greater New Orleans region and maintains it’s spot as the marquis event of the Bike Easy Challenge. Three years…
GOOD NEWS AND … LEMONADE
Executive Director, Dan Favre, talks about GiveNOLA and the Bicycle Second Line Well, let’s start with the good news: You can start Executive Director, Dan Favre, talks about GiveNOLA and the Bicycle Second Line Well, let’s start with the good news: You can start scheduling your donations for GiveNOLA Day today! What a great way to kick off Bike Easy Membership…
GIVENOLA DAY IS MAY 7th 2019!
GiveNOLA Day kicks off May Membership Month GiveNOLA is less than a week away! This 24 hour day of giving is a chance for the Greater New Orleans community to support nonprofits that share their values. Bike Easy believes in the power of bicycling to help create a healthy, prosperous, resilient, and equitable future for all people of the region….
FINAL DAYS TO LOG YOUR MILES
The Bike Easy Challenge runs until April 30th! We are in the final days of the 2019 Bike Easy Challenge! You have until April 30th to log a ride, encourage new riders, and win prizes. The Bike Easy Challenge is a free, team-based competition that aims to get more people on bike, especially new bike riders. You can win prizes…
BICYCLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINING
A recap from Les, a League Cycling Instructor Les Leathem is a League Cycling Instructor, contracted by Bike Easy to teach Bicycle Law Enforcement Officer Training. He describes his experience teaching traffic law and bicycling to officers from the New Orleans Police Department. You can find his original post on his blog: ‘…a small step. And a big one…’. …A…
ENGAGE WITH MOVING NEW ORLEANS BIKES
Find an open house public meeting near you! This is the second week of public meetings for Moving New Orleans Bikes, the City’s process for building a network of safe, protected bikeways over the next two years. Last night, the City and Bike Easy were in Algiers. Tonight is Gentilly, then the Lower 9 on Wednesday, and New Orleans…
SCENES FROM 2019 GREATER NEW ORLEANS BIKE TO WORK DAY
Did you bike to work this week? Bike Easy’s 2019 Greater New Orleans Bike to Work Day, presented by Entergy, was a great success! Whether you rode with a bike train or solo to our breakfast meet up in Duncan Plaza, thanks for joining us. Mayor Cantrell, City Councilmembers, and advocates spoke about the importance of celebrating the growing bike…
