Bike Easy Blog
Some exciting news and ways you can get involved!
Happy Friday! We’ve had a hectic start to the year, as we line up some great events and partnerships for 2023! Here are some of our big ideas for the coming year: NEW Partnerships! Including a partnership with the RTA to bring our People Friendly Driving curriculum to their operators to continue our work on making our streets safer to navigate….
Bike Easy’s 2022 Annual Membership Party
Here is to a happy new year in 2023! We at Bike Easy are excited about what this coming year will bring. In December, the Bike Easy Membership Party was a huge success! Board members and staff hosted Bike Easy members for drinks and food to thank them for their support. It is our way of giving back to members…
Community – 2022 Year End Review
This week we continue to celebrate our big wins of 2022, and will also ask you to consider supporting our work by donating to Bike Easy by December 31st! Here are our Community ProgrammingHighlights of 2022: Bike Easy April Challenge This year’s Bike Easy April Challenge incorporated more in-person events, expanded its reach to Baton Rouge, and saw the return of our traditional…
Education – 2022 Year End Review
We have so much to celebrate as we wrap up this year! Over the next week, I will be sharing with you some of our big wins of 2022, and will ask you to help us continue our work by donating to Bike Easy by December 31st! There are many ways that you can continue to make our mission of making bicycling…
A Message from Our Board Chair
Greetings! This summer, the Bike Easy Board of Directors announced the launch of an Executive Director search to identify the next leader of the organization. After an extensive search process led by members of the Board Transition Committee, we are pleased to announce that Allene La Spina has been selected as Executive Director. The Board Transition Committee received nearly 100 inquiries and 45…
Rolling with Bike Easy’s After School Ride Clubs
Bike Easy is proud to partner with the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) as well as the Living School to offer two After School Bike Clubs which started in September. The project began with Bike Easy staff and volunteers building out 15 Specialized hybrid bikes at the Youth Empowerment Project that were donated through a bike non-profit Outride. These bicycles are…
Let’s catch up!
A message to our supporters… Happy Friday! The last couple of months have been really busy at Bike Easy, and we want to share some of our highlights, and upcoming events with you! A History of Biking in New Orleans: Promoting Active Transportation through Community, Education and Advocacy On Wednesday, November 9th Bike Easy presented at the APA Conference in partnership…
Join our Board and help us celebrate big in 2023!
We’re excited to share some really great news, and also invite you to help us continue to make biking easy, safe, and fun for everyone in Greater New Orleans by engaging in a couple great opportunities coming up! We have voted on our new Board officers to begin their term in 2023 We’re happy to announce that the following Board…
New Orleans’ Walk & Roll Week
Bike Easy is excited to announce it is New Orleans’ Youth Walk & Roll Week October 10-14! We’re walking and biking to school, the library, and everywhere else we want to go! Participate by downloading our Youth Walk & Roll to School Week Activity Kit – a way for kids to engage in biking and walking activities and learn…
Bicycle Second Line Wrap Up
After three long years of waiting, Bike Easy is glad to announce another successful Bicycle Second Line that took place on September 24th! Local advocacy groups, families, and residents of New Orleans took to the streets to complete a 10-mile trek across the city accompanied by live music from the Get Up Brass Band to keep spirits and energies…
