Bike Easy Blog
People Friendly Driving
Over the summer, Bike Easy has hosted numerous People Friendly Driving classes for bus drivers, driving instructors, as well as the public. The class is geared toward education of drivers on the rules of the road, bike infrastructure, and best practices when sharing the road with other forms of traffic, people on bike and foot. We are committed to making…
#BikeMatchNOLA closing in on 100 Matches!
Our #BikeMatch program is closing in on a huge milestone! We’re currently sitting at 95 bikes matched with people in need since the program first started in 2020. Though #BikeMatch receives some great engagement and introduces us to many people that have never heard of our organization, I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to inform our greater audience who…
Bike Easy’s latest news and ways to stay active
It’s been a busy last few weeks for me with a lot of meetings with local partners, working with the America Walks Fellowship, training for this weekend’s sprint triathlon, and listening to the ideas folks have to gain support for our mission. It’s indeed the job that keeps on giving and keeps me motivated. Here are some updates from those…
Justice for Peedy and Why We Need to Support Better Biking
Sometimes it’s necessary to repeat and articulate the obvious. We need to support better conditions for people on bikes. Here are a few reasons why (and there are so many more!): Bicycling is a great way to engage in community. On bikes, you see each other. You see the neighborhoods in which you traverse. You smell them. You hear the…
Stories sent to us for our Call to Action Campaign on June 28th
As part of our “Call to Action” to contact elected officials to ask them to prioritize protecting vulnerable road users, we’ve received several accounts of incidents, we’re sharing some of them with you below: Be sure to sign the petition today: https://bikeeasy.nationbuilder.com/we_want_people_on_bikes_to_stop_dying_in_our_streets?e=96d0a87759457f8540c3f2ed6cf410c1&utm_source=bikeeasy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tomorrow_tell_our_elected_offi&n=2&test_email=1 Nellie – Incident in District A Click here to hear her story told during the Ride for…
Call to Action: We Want People on Bikes to Stop Dying in Our Streets
We hope you are able to join our Call to Action – Tell Our Elected Officials: People on Bikes are Dying in Our Streets taking place next Wednesday, June 28th from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. By reaching out to our elected officials in mass that day, we aim to make our message loud and clear: we want people on bikes…
Previewing our Call to Action, and upcoming events
A letter from our ED … It’s been a very challenging month for people trying to navigate the city by bike: not only due to the heat, but for the increase in deadly crashes on our streets. After our last communication, our inbox was flooded with stories of folks who have also dealt with crashes, and a sentiment of frustration…
We are without words: We want people to stop dying in our streets
15 days ago we posted our Traffic Fatality Statement. In less that 2 weeks, we were once again confronted with the sad news of another person being killed on New Orleans’ streets while on their bicycle. We have been wrapping our heads around this disheartening news, and determining what we can do to stop these events from continuing in our City. People…
Tips for Bicycling in the Heat
Many people in New Orleans jest that there are only two seasons, winter and summer, with a fluctuation between either a damp cold or a humid heat. Although the weather patterns are more complex, no one would argue that for a large part of the year, New Orleans can get extremely hot. During the summer, the heat index can seem…
Traffic Fatality Statement
Yesterday morning in New Orleans, a person on a bicycle was killed in a crash with a person in a motorized vehicle at the intersection of Claiborne Avenue and St. Louis Street. Whenever there is news of a person being killed on a bike, for many of us, there is immediate fear and sadness. Fear because we are people on…