Carolina Bicycle Coalition

04/28/2014

Tonight at 7pm: Public Forum on Draft Chapel Hill Bike Plan!

The Town Council will receive feedback on the Draft Chapel Hill Bike Plan at 7pm at the Southern Human Services Center Complex, 2501 Homestead Road.

The vision of the plan is that “Chapel Hill is a community where biking is a safe and convenient everyday choice.” The plan has four main goals related to improving the bicycling environment in Chapel Hill. It recommends that the Town initiate a number of bicycle facility infrastructure projects, as well as policy and program strategies to make Chapel Hill a better place to “live, learn, and bike.”

The Draft Bike Plan is available at www.townofchapelhill.org/bikeplan

Please find a download link below and a link to an online comment page that will allow you to transmit comments effectively to the Project Manager and Consultant Team.

04/15/2014

A message for student cyclists:

This Earth Day, come give your input about the future of light rail in the Triangle! I would love to have a few cyclists representing multimodal integration of cycling and light rail. It’s a great time to advocate before planning and engineering phases begin (2026 is the most realistic date for an up-and-running system).

April 22
4-5 pm
Student Union Room 3102
Please RSVP here if you can make it:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J6yVfz-a88CsOrfGX90r65Yqj07ceIDpgG7nbubF1Po/viewform

For those of you who find bike racks full from Durham to Chapel Hill, having space in light rail cars would be a great solution! There would also necessarily be a light rail bridge crossing 15-501 somewhere near Manning Drive. I know this is already being looked into, but it would be great to have pedestrian and bicycle bridges added on to the light rail bridge to make crossing 15-501 a nicer proposition. We could also bring up the idea of bicycle storage and parking at the light rail stops, particularly crucial at UNC where the stop will be removed from main campus.

Come and share these and other visions you might have! The more the merrier! Non-students are also welcome, though this is a meeting targeted specifically at the student demographic.

Thanks,

Eleanor Saunders
GPSF Transportation Chair

04/11/2014

If you are an undergraduate student, graduate student, or faculty/staff at UNC, then I highly suggest you go to www.tarheelbikes.com and sign the petition for the bike share program.

The trial bike share program set up on South Campus by Tar Heel Bikes has been wildly successful and the expansion would increase bike availability to the rest of campus, ease the check out progress, and contribute to a bike friendly culture on campus.

Carolina Bicycle Coalition is in full support of Tar Heel Bikes in this initiative and encourage you guys to speak in favor as well.

Launching off the success of the pilot program, we want to bring a larger, more sophisticated Tar Heel Bikes program to all of campus.

04/10/2014

This Tuesday, join a discussion on Bike Equity from 2pm-3:30pm in New East. Pizza will be served!

04/09/2014

The City of Boston this week is rolling out a new program that’s whimsically known as “Prescribe-a-Bike.” Part medicine, part welfare, the initiative allows doctors at Boston Medical Center to write “prescriptions” for low-income patients to get yearlong memberships in Hubway, the city’s bike-share…

04/09/2014

We are representing the Carolina Bicycle Coalition at a meeting today- and we always say how many Facebook fans we have. The more fans we have, the more credibility we have to advocate for biking at UNC- so tell your friends to like our page!

04/05/2014

Check out this awesome event happening tonight at Back Alley Bikes!

Back Alley Bikes 7th Birthday Party
Saturday, April 5th, 6pm
Back Alley Bikes, 100 Boyd St, Carrboro

Smoke, lasers, strobe lights, goldsprints, and blast beats! Put on your racing shoes and bring your earplugs because we're getting buck wild on Saturday, April 5th. We're celebrating our 7th birthday with bands, beer, and Blast Sprint Gold Beats (aka goldsprints with live blastbeats)! Free to watch, $5 to race. Cash prizes for the winners, random prizes for the losers.

03/31/2014

Bicycle Taxidermy is an eccentric project by UK based designer Regan Appleton. The idea first came as an attempt to immortalize his father's old bikes that could no longer serve their purpose. "A s...

03/27/2014

The weather is getting nice- have your registered your bike in Chapel Hill?

The registration sticker on your bike deters theft, and if your bike does get stolen, the registration tag helps find you if your bike is recovered. You also get a 50% off coupon for U-locks when you register!

03/20/2014

Bike racks upgraded at UNC Hospitals this morning in front of Memorial and the Cancer Center!

03/19/2014

Exciting development here in Chapel Hill!

The “teeth-clenching” experience that is cycling between Chapel Hill and Durham might soon come to an end.

03/15/2014

Carrboro is gearing up for its 2nd Open Streets event on April 12. Even bigger and better than last year! You can make it even more awesome by volunteering a few hours using the sign up link below.

The second annual Carrboro Open Streets is happening Saturday April 12th! We will be closing Weaver Street from the Farmers Market to Spotted Dog and opening it up to walking, biking, rock climbing and a host of other fun activities. The success of Open Streets depends on people like you who step up...