Sheboygan Active Transportation

08/23/2026

Sheboygan needs more opportunities for people to learn how to safely ride a bike, which is why we’re again partnering with the Bike Fed to bring training to Sheboygan. See release below:

The Wisconsin Bike Federation is pleased to announce the offering of the League of American Cyclists' Advanced Smart Cycling course right here in Sheboygan on Saturday, August 29th from 9AM - 1PM at First Congregational Church, UCC, 310 Bluff Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081. The course fees are being covered by a partnership with the Bureau of Transportation Safety at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Students will learn about choosing a bicycle, basic parts of a bike, essential equipment, as well as how to safely and comfortably ride your bike in various traffic conditions, terrain and climates.

This course is especially helpful for those wishing to become more comfortable and confident driving their bike in traffic.

Participants must be 18 years old or older for this course.

The class is limited to 12 participants. So please register soon!

Here is the registration and additional information page:
https://give.wisconsinbikefed.org/event/advanced-smart-cycling-sheboygan/e831832

In addition to becoming a more confident rider, successful completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for enrolling in the League Cycling Instructor training and becoming a certified League Cycling Instructor(LCI). The next LCI course is being offered in Wausau on November 13, 14, & 15. Obtaining your LCI certification qualifies you to teach the Smart Cycling curriculum and other Safe Cycling skills courses. More information about LCI's is available here: https://bikeleague.org/ridesmart/become-instructor/

This course offerings are a fantastic opportunity for us to help everyone in our community become safer while cycling. Please consider becoming trained so that we can offer more safe cycling educational opportunities to our local and regional cycling community.

08/06/2026

Don’t forget, free bike safety course!

We’re teaming up with the Wisconsin Bike Fed and Sheboygan County Warming Center to offer a free bicycle skills class! Licensed instructors will be on site to teach basic bike safety skills, rules of the road, and some tips for how to care for your bike.

This activity is completely free to anyone in the community, anyone of any level of experience is invited.

07/31/2026

In 5 years of critical mass, we’ve only ever been rained out once. Even then, we attempted to cancel, and 15-20 of you psychos showed up anyway and rode to get ice cream.

So, for the real sickos, we checked with Tributary Beer Garden, as long as it’s not dangerous, they’re staying open. When it rains, they pour 🍻 🤷‍♂️

So, for those with good tread, a rain jacket, maybe some bike lights, or a love for rain- we’ll still meet up at the Parklet at 6.

Paradigm Coffee and Music will have their free concert at 7 rain or shine, and if it’s raining, it will be inside if you need a place after to dry off and warm up with a toasty beverage.

Be safe, make the right decision for you, and have a great Friday!

07/30/2026

We’re teaming up with the Wisconsin Bike Fed and Sheboygan County Warming Center to offer a free bicycle skills class! Licensed instructors will be on site to teach basic bike safety skills, rules of the road, and some tips for how to care for your bike.

This activity is completely free to anyone in the community, anyone of any level of experience is invited.

07/24/2026

Tributary Beer Garden is a beautiful little beacon of light, showing how “The City” can partner with a private business to help activate a space for the community.

In just the past ten years at Kiwanis Park, we’ve seen the introduction of a skate park, kayak launch, dog park, pickle ball courts, bike path, and the beer garden- while still preserving typical park amenities like a playground, basketball court, and plenty of green space.

With all these different uses attracting a wide array of people at different times of day, you get not only a lot more people using the park, but a lot more people invested in it- perhaps none more than the owners of Tributary Beer Garden.

By adding a space for a private entity to set up shop, you’re enlisting people who (as is the case with all small businesses) have a financial and emotional stake in making that place as great as it can be. This can manifest in a lot of ways, from little things like cleaning up trash or reporting maintenance issues to staff quickly, to the more abstract, like offering cool programming or events, partnering with other businesses (like food trucks) and all around doing what you can to make the best possible space for the community.

It’s a win for “The City”, who has a vested partner in making their park great, it gives some motivated entrepreneurs a chance to build something they’re proud of, and gives our community a social hub where a gravel pad and wooden shed were before.

If you haven’t been, you should join us on Friday, July 31st at 6pm for our Critical Mass Bike Ride. We’ll meet at the Uptown Parklet between The Spices and Paradigm, take a slow-roll ride a couple of miles around town, before stopping at Tributary. From there, you’ll have the option to head back to the Parklet for a free concert or wander across Kiwanis Park to Brat Days.

Either way, we’re going to have a great evening, and we hope you’ll join us.