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2017 Highlights Include:

• Celebrated the organization’s 15th birthday, as well as the 10th birthday of the Liberty Ave Bike Lanes.
• Pittsburgh bucked the nationwide trend, and posted a significant increase in our bike commuter rate, placing us in the top ten nationwide, according to the US Census data for 2016.
• We release the first-ever survey of biking and walking alongside autonomous vehicles. Over 1,000 people participated in the survey.
•  Positive Spin expands to our third after school program site Obama Academy, now training ~70  Pittsburgh Public schools students every season.
• 90,000 people participated in our car-free OpenStreetsPGH series.
• During a Mayoral primary where bike lanes became a wedge-issue, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published our opinion piece.

Infrastructure and Planning

• The City installed several significant projects that expanded the bike network. Negley Ave in East Liberty/Friendship underwent a road diet, adding bike lanes and clarity to the chaotic street. Bike lanes were installed on Forbes Ave in Oakland, the first phase of a lengthy project that will connect Pitt and CMU with bike lanes. A two-way cycle track was also added to Allegheny Circle in the Northside, in the first phase of a street redesign for the urban renewal-era roadway. Total bike infrastructure projects for the year total over 6.5 miles, bringing the city’s total to over 83 miles of on-street bike markings.
• A number of infrastructure “firsts”: A Bike Signal, a contra-flow bike lane, super “Green backed” sharrows, a permanent “Bikes may use full lane” signs as well as a few two-stage “copenhagen left” turn boxes.
• Mayor Peduto creates the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, essentially a DOT for the City.
• We built out high-capacity bike room facilities at the Uber, Highwoods, and Peoples Gas headquarters.
• Added more than 1,000 bike parking spaces to Pittsburgh in 2017 alone through our bike rack consulting services and partnership with the City.
• Complete Streets policies spread to neighboring municipalities, with Sharpsburg passing the county’s first policy outside of Pittsburgh.

Education

• Positive Spin expands to its third school to serve Pittsburgh Obama Academy, as well as assisting City High Charter to start their own cycling program.
• Enough riding was done with our summer students and staff to ride the equivalent distance from the equator to the north pole.
• Over 35 young people aging out of foster care graduated from our program and received commuter bikes and training on how to ride safely.
• Updated our illustrated Biking 101 Guide and printed another 10,000 copies for distribution with another 10,000 on their way for next year.
• Launched educational how-to videos that were watched by over 60,000 people.
• Over 100 unlit bicyclists were pleasantly surprised by our Operation Illumination light giveaways around Pittsburgh.

Events

• Another record breaking year with nearly 90,000 OpenStreetsPGH participants, a doubling of the 2015 attendance.
• More than 30,000 people came out to our largest event of the summer, the OpenStreetsPGH “Tunnel to Town” route, featuring Uptown and the South Side.
• Open Streets are great for business with more than $1M spent by participants in 2017 with 94% of people buying something during the event.
• This year’s UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH Fundraiser attracted a record 2,776 riders, raising $108,000 to support our efforts.

Community

• From office help to event support, our volunteers donated 2,000 hours of their time, talent, and effort to furthering BikePGH’s mission – equal to a $48,000 savings.
• Along with Healthy Ride and Riverlife, we co-hosted 14 Lunch Loop rides getting people out during the lunch hour bringing healthy activity to the workplace.
• Our Outreach Associates worked over 85 events, in over 20 neighborhoods, engaging and educating thousands of Pittsburghers.
• Hosted our 4th Annual Women & Biking Forum that featured Victoria Robinson, an inspiring keynote speaker from Florida who is part of the Black Girls Do Bike movement.
• Our women and biking programs expanded with a monthly ride, bringing together women of all skill levels to build community and ride together.

Membership

• Nearly 800 people became first-time members of BikePGH this year. Become a member today.
• More than 200 members have chosen to become monthly sustaining members contributing $5 or more per month towards safe streets.
• BikePGH’s Business Member Network grows to over 100 businesses.

2018 At a Glance

• Women Biking Forum: April 7-8
• OpenStreetsPGH: May 27, June 24, July 29
• The 25th Anniversary of the UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH 2018: Sunday, Aug 26
• Extension of Forbes Ave bikes lanes all the way through CMU’s campus
• The City’s first “neighborhood street” traffic calming project in the South Side
• Allegheny Circle cycle track completion
• Penn Circle two-way conversion including protected bike lanes
• Look forward to the 7th edition of the Pittsburgh Bike Map

Become a Member

BikePGH offers memberships for individuals, seniors/students, households, and we also offer gift memberships. Add your voice to one of the fastest growing and most transformative organizations in Pittsburgh. Click here to become a member.