Monthly Archives: August 2009

BIKE AUDIT RIDE UPDATE

*Biking Audit: Sunday, 8/30, Noon*, Newark Penn Station………..please
note the change of date!!
Many of Newark’s streets are in a bad state of disrepair, forcing bike
riders into traffic to avoid dangers such as potholes, those “reverse
potholes,” and broken glass. Other streets suffer from poor design that
creates dangerous issues like poor visibility for bikers.  The bike audit
rides will [...]

Join Us!

BCBC would like to invite everyone to some upcoming events:
1. Repair & Ride in Lincoln Park: THIS SUNDAY 8/16
Need a tune up? Is your bike not working properly? Join BCBC at Lincoln Park from 2-4 pm and learn how to fix your bike! Mechanics will be in hand to help diagnose and show you [...]

First ride, first press

From “Brick City Bike Collective Puts Newark Back on the Bicycle Map” published today in Mobilizing the Region, a blog of the transportation advocacy group Tri-State.
Since the middle of the last century, Newark has been an autocentric place that is hostile to cyclists. Wide roads like McCarter Highway bisect communities and encourage speeding, while broken [...]

Welcome to the Brick City Bike Collective!

Bcbc invites you to join us in making Newark a more bike-friendly city. We started as a group of like-minded people who wanted to get out the word that biking is the cheapest, greenest, healthiest and most fun way to get around town. Of course, we all realized that while the Brick City [...]