Bicycle Video Series

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Ribbon Your Bicycle 2020 – as a thank you to front line heroes taking care of the community.  Use ribbons, flags, streamers or anything that can Show Thanks!

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Bike Picture Or Art Contest

Age Group-  12 years & under, 13 – 17, 18 & above!

Get You Name in the Hat for Gift Card Drawings!

Rules:

1. Take a picture of a bicycle (you can be on the bike if you like)… OR, Draw a picture of a decorated bicycle.

2. Email to goch@townofchapelhill.org with understanding that submissions could be posted on Social Media!

3. Include your name, age, email and phone number

4. Drawings on June 1st – Winners will be notified by email and some pictures will be posted on the GoChapelHill.org webpage.

 
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Great Ideas To Enjoy Bike to School Day – Practicing

1- GET OUT THERE: Get out for a walk or ride with your family! Can you take a ride around your neighborhood? Or take a walk to hunt for chalk art or signs created by others near you? Share a photo of your family or a location on your route with the tag #GoChapelHill.

2- SHARE: Do you have safety concerns with walking or biking around your neighborhood? Send information to goch@townofchapelhill.org

3- TALK: Hold a five-minute interview with family members about their experience walking or biking. Tag with #GoChapelHill and send to goch@townofchapelhill.org .  Look into online resources and biking and walking activities encouraged by your state or community transportation departments and advocacy groups

 

Chapel Hill Receives Silver Bike Friendly Community Designation

BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY

The League of American Bicyclists has named Chapel Hill a Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) at the silver level, an improvement from bronze.

“Chapel Hill is working to create a safer cycling environment and to make cycling a more convenient everyday choice,” said Bergen Watterson, the Town’s transportation planning manager. “We are especially pleased to see the improvement in our ranking, which reflects the staff work and public commitment toward this goal.”

The five levels of the BFC award – diamond, platinum, gold, silver and bronze, plus an honorable mention category and a no designation level – provide a clear incentive for communities to continuously improve. Only two communities in North Carolina are at the silver level – Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The designation level is for four years.

According to the Dec. 6, 2018, announcement letter: “This decision involved careful review of your application and supplemental materials, as well as consultation with local cyclists and bike advocates. As you know, this award is presented only to communities with strong commitments to bicycling.  You should be very proud of this accomplishment.”

About the Bicycle Friendly America Program

The Bicycle Friendly Community,  Bicycle Friendly State,  Bicycle Friendly Business and Bicycle Friendly University programs are generously supported by program partner Eco-Counter and by League Members. To learn more about building a Bicycle Friendly America, visit www.bikeleague.org/BFA

Get Counted!

Chapel Hill is committed to increasing bicycling in the community through the improvement of streets, bike lanes and greenways within the Town’s jurisdiction.  The Town Council adopted the Bicycle Plan in 2014 and in November 2015 Chapel Hill voters approved a $16.2 million bond measure which includes funding for bike lanes, greenways and other streetscape improvements that will improve biking and walking throughout Chapel Hill.   More information about the Chapel Hill Bike Plan can be found here.

 

We have bike and pedestrian counters along 5 of our greenways.  The data collected so far is just one number but soon we we will be able to report who is on 2 feet and who is on 2 wheels.

Go enjoy your greenways!  We want you to help us make these numbers increase.

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Too far to bike?  Consider bike and busing it!

Did you know that all Chapel Hill buses are equipped to carry two bicycles?  GoTriangle, too!

Check out  a “how to” video below and learn more about this program

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Bicycle Education and Resources

Be sure to prepare yourself and know the rules of the road before heading out on your bike.  Below are some resources that will help turn you into the savvy commuter you have always wanted to be:

Bike Parking at Scroggs Elementary at Southern Village

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