Category Archives: Advocate!
Queen City Bike Receives $10,000 Grant to Fund “Bicycle Friendly Destinations” Program
New Program to Get More People Riding Bikes to More Places CINCINNATI – Queen City Bike announced today that it has received a $10,000 grant from The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) to help launch a new program to get more people riding bicycles to more places in the region everyday. The Bicycle Friendly Destinations Program will work with area employers, …
Bicycle Commuter Tax Provision: Frequently Asked Questions
Background On January 1, 2009, the qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement was added to the list of qualified transportation fringe benefits covered in section 132 (f) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. The Bicycle Commuter Act was in front of Congress for seven years, and finally passed as an inclusion to the larger Renewable Energy Tax Credit legislation in 2008. The …
CORA Dirty Divas Mountain Bike Clinic for Women
The 2010 CORA Dirty Divas Mountain Bike Clinic is Saturday, July 17, 2010 at Harbin Park, 8 am – 3 pm. Join us for a day of fun and fitness at our annual mountain bike instructional clinic for women. All riders from first-timers to advanced are welcome, and all fitness levels. Whether you’ve never ridden on a mountain bike trail, …
Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance May Newsletter
May is Bike Month, and PayDirt month for CORA. Lots of trailbuilding/maintenance opportunities throughout greater Cincinnati. Click on the CORA logo above for the latest newsletter. If you’re interested in receiving the monthly newsletters, go ahead and subscribe at the bottom of the page.
Cincinnati Proposes 130 Miles of Bicycling Trails
From WCPO Channel 9: CINCINNATI — The City of Cincinnati wants bicycles to be part of everyday transportation for more residents and officials are interested in what you think about the proposal. The first phase of the city’s facility network map of its bicycle master plan was launched online on Tuesday. The draft map includes over 130 miles of proposed …
Inch by inch, bike trails linking up
From Cincinnati.com The quest to complete a five-mile bike/hike path extension from downtown Hamilton to the Rentschler Nature Preserve in Fairfield Township has encountered more snafus than Indiana Jones’ search for the Holy Grail. It’s emblematic of bike trails throughout the region – slowly growing, slowly but surely being linked together.The roadblocks facing the Hamilton bike path – money and …
BioWheels // Cincinnati // U.S. bicycle friendly streets added to Google Maps
Partnering with the Rails to Trails Conservancy, Google Maps now offers directions by bike! Similar to the OKI maps which outline safe cycling routes in greater Cincinnati, Google Maps now brings this information to many major metropolitan areas of the United States. Go to maps.google.com, click “Bicycling” under the “More” tab – and viola! From the official release: Google on …
Martin Luther King Improvement Project *meeting tonight!
From City of Cincinnati website: West MLK Drive Access Improvement This street project will begin at the W. McMicken Avenue/ MLK intersection and continue east along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the Clifton Avenue/MLK intersection. The City has received numerous complaints concerning safety and congestion issues along this roadway. Also, there are a high number of accidents with parked …
Little Miami Bike Trail plan draws positive reviews
From Rob Dowdy – Community Press – Cincinnati.com Before work can begin on extending the Little Miami Scenic Trail, the public gets its chance to voice its opinions and concerns. During last night’s public meeting at the Newtown administration building, those involved in the project offered site plans and provided information to interested area residents. The project will extend the …
BioWheels // Cincinnati // Interactive Bike Map
from oki.org: The Cincinnati Bike Route Guide was prepared by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments with assistance from the Cincinnati Department of Transportation and Engineering, the Cincinnati Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee, members of the Cincinnati Cycle Club and other area bicyclists. The bike route guide indicates city streets actually used by area bicyclists and recommended to other adults for bicycle …
