Bike Walk Tompkins

Bike Walk Tompkins Bike Walk Tompkins (BWT) grew out of the organizing group for Streets Alive! Ithaca and provides a central push for active transportation (i.e.

Join the movement to make Ithaca and Tompkins County a community where walking, biking and rolling are safe and convenient for people of all ages and abilities. biking and walking) in Tompkins County, through outreach & education, equipment & services. We work collaboratively with other people and organizations to change the culture and infrastructure in Ithaca and Tompkins County so that more peo

ple can embrace active transportation in their everyday lives. By making active transportation more prevalent and reducing the use of personal automobiles for short trips, our community will reap the multiple health, environmental, economic and social benefits associated with strong active transportation networks. In 2019, we unveiled our action plan for Ithaca and Tompkins County, the Bicycling for Everyone Plan (https://everyone.bikewalktompkins.org). Bike Walk Tompkins was formally organized in May 2014 and is currently a program of the Center for Community Transportation, a local non-profit with the mission of enhancing community access to transportation while reducing the negative environmental and economic impacts of car use. BWT has been generously funded in part by the Park Foundation.

Join for just $10/month and help keep the wheels turning for everyone. Sustaining members of Swamp City Community Cycles...
05/29/2026

Join for just $10/month and help keep the wheels turning for everyone. Sustaining members of Swamp City Community Cycles are invested in a stronger, more connected bike community right here in Ithaca. As part of our gratitude, we provide these membership deals as a way of saying thank you for supporting a nonprofit shop built around accessibility, education, and community care.

05/28/2026

ITHACA, N.Y. — On Mother’s Day, a pedestrian was hit by a car while walking her dog on Hancock Street. Since then, Northside residents have continued calling for traffic safety […]

Only happens once in a blue moon... This coming Sunday, May 31, we are rolling out from Swamp City Community Cycles at 8...
05/26/2026

Only happens once in a blue moon... This coming Sunday, May 31, we are rolling out from Swamp City Community Cycles at 8pm with lighted bikes and all means of human-powered wheels. All ages are welcome to this casual, slow roll and wear blue if you have it!

Want to turn your love of biking into something meaningful?Bike Walk Tompkins is growing our volunteer bike education te...
05/22/2026

Want to turn your love of biking into something meaningful?

Bike Walk Tompkins is growing our volunteer bike education team! Join an upcoming training to learn how you can work alongside our staff to help youth and adults build confidence riding a bike, instruct learn-to-ride classes, and assist with intermediate group rides.

It’s a rewarding way to share your skills while helping create a safer, more connected biking community. Save your spot at an upcoming training: bikewalktompkins.org/volunteer

Pay it forward by becoming a sustaining member of Swamp City Community Cycles! For just $10/month, you help keep safe, r...
05/20/2026

Pay it forward by becoming a sustaining member of Swamp City Community Cycles! For just $10/month, you help keep safe, reliable bicycles accessible in our community. Thanks to our members and donors, we recently hosted a tune-up session at BJM Elementary to get more kids rolling safely.

Want to be part of it? Join today at bikewalktompkins.org/membership

As part of the Growing Well Together series at the Ithaca Community Gardens, Bike Walk Tompkins is leading an all ages w...
05/20/2026

As part of the Growing Well Together series at the Ithaca Community Gardens, Bike Walk Tompkins is leading an all ages walking group every Tuesday between June 2 and July 21st.
Meet up is at 5:30pm near the Ithaca Community Gardens Pavilion. At 6pm, join neighbors and friends on a 2 mile social walk on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail feature different special guests each week including Cayuga Health professionals!

05/19/2026

On the third Wednesday of May, at 7 PM local around the world, cyclists will take to the roads in a silent protest of the carnage taking place on the streets.
Chris Phelan organized the first Ride Of Silence in Dallas in 2003 after endurance cyclists Larry Schwartz was killed by a passing bus mirror on an empty road.
The Ride Of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph for no longer than an hour, and remain silent during the ride.
The ride hopes to raise cycling awareness during bike safety month to motorists, police, traffic engineers, insurance companies, and city officials. The ride is also a chance to mourn, in funeral procession style, those who have already been killed.
The ride requests to wear white. Helmets suggested and available. There are no fees charged anyone to participate. We will meet in front of the shop for this ride.

Last Friday, Bike to Wherever Day brought folks out across Tompkins County to celebrate biking as a joyful way to get ar...
05/18/2026

Last Friday, Bike to Wherever Day brought folks out across Tompkins County to celebrate biking as a joyful way to get around. It was incredible to chat with so many people rolling through their day by bike.

A huge thank you to all of our pit stop partners, hosts, and riders who made the day possible. You helped show what a more connected, bike-friendly community can look like.

You can support a stronger, more connected bike community right here in Ithaca by becoming a sustaining member of Swamp ...
05/16/2026

You can support a stronger, more connected bike community right here in Ithaca by becoming a sustaining member of Swamp City Community Cycles for just $10/month. Your membership gives you sweet little discounts while helping to keep our community bike shop affordable and welcoming for all. Check out the full list of perks and become a member at bikewalktompkins.org/membership

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803 Cascadilla Street
Ithaca, NY
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