BIKE CALGARY SOCIETY
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Mission Statement
Bike Calgary listens to and amplifies community voices, applies lived experience and best practice to advance cycling as a form of active mobility. We strive toward equitable access to cycling as a healthy, affordable, and environmentally-responsible mode of transportation. We achieve our mission through our pillars of Advocacy, Community Building, and Education
About This Cause
Bike Calgary works to improve conditions for Calgary’s cyclists and to help create a city where our current and new cyclists can ride safely, efficiently and comfortably. We do this in several ways: - Bike Calgary promotes the benefits of cycling for transportation to individuals and the community, and provides resources and services for Calgarians who want to ride bicycles. We also provide a forum for members to share updates on pathway conditions and other cycling topics, as well as links to relevant City of Calgary updates on cycling on our website, Facebook and Twitter. - Bike Calgary advocates for better cycling infrastructure (pathways, cycle tracks and bike lanes), safely shared roads, and public and government acceptance and support for cycling as a means of transportation. We work with other cycling and active transportation organizations, as well as with the City of Calgary to shape policy and implement projects that benefit Calgary’s cyclists. - As part of our advocacy efforts, we promote cycling as a means of transportation to the media and general public. We participate regularly as a recognized stakeholder in many of the City’s cycling infrastructure projects and strategic planning groups and activities. Our volunteers work to ensure that cyclist and pedestrian safety and comfort is taken into account in road and planning projects, and in policy documents that guide the City, such as the City of Calgary’s Complete Streets Guide. - We collaborate in these efforts with other organizations inside and outside of Calgary. For example, we regularly communicate with the City’s Mobility and Parks departments. We have also worked on provincial initiatives with Alberta Transportation and cycling organizations in Edmonton, Canmore and Lethbridge. - Bike Calgary builds community through its website, including forums where you can exchange information about routes, pathway conditions, events, gear, and meet other Calgarians who ride bikes. We co-sponsor or promote other efforts and events such as Winter Bike to Work Day in February, Bike to Work Day in May, Cyclepalooza bicycle festival in June and Velo Canada Bikes' Pedal Poll