16th and Penn with Radwan Almomani and Pitt Dental School.

Grab some friends and take to the streets

May’s OpenStreetsPGH was nothing short of amazing. Getting 16,000 people out into the streets to have some fun on a Sunday morning took a veritable army of Intersection Sheriffs to manage bike and pedestrian safety at major intersections. So here’s to everyone who put on the hat and badge to make OpenStreetsPGH such a fun and safe event!

OpenStreetsPGH intersections are just parties waiting to happen. Radwan’s group of dental students grabbed a cute puppy, headed down to 26th Street in their scrubs, and convinced their traffic cop to let them use his squad car stereo!

40th and Butler with Joe Farrell and the Steel City Beard and Mustache Club.

Taking over a crossing with your group or club is an opportunity to support safer streets while spending a morning out in the sun. It’s also a great way to have your group be an official part of OpenStreetsPGH and engage literally thousands of people. We’ll provide the safety equipment, snacks and sunblock; you bring the fun.

If and your group would be interested in coming out on July 26th, give Bobby an email at bobby@bikepgh.org. Or, if you’d like to go solo, we can place you with some like-minded volunteers. Sign up here!

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