Riding Morse Road on a Year of Yay! ride, kids in tow. Photo credit: Ray George
Welcome to our monthly newsletter!
The infrastructure is coming!
This month, our Executive Director talks how we're all the rage on a national stage.
Read it!
ALERT! Important public meeting April 6!
The City of Columbus is requesting feedback on possible ways to provide a missing link from the Olentangy Trail to the Worthington Hills community. Learn more about the project and their open house on April 6; we'll see you there!
They're not protected bike lanes, but maybe that's OK.
Read more!
RIDES & EVENTS
Riding neighborhood streets in beautiful weather--ah, spring! Photo credit: Ray George
Apr 9 : Year of Yay! - "Earth Day!"
In honor of Earth Day, ride leader Rahel Babb will showcase some ways we can live more sustainably. Learn more and RSVP to Rahel's ride here; revisit March's ridehere. If you think you can't handle this ride: yes, you can!
Apr 27 : Columbus Metropolitan Club panel
Join us for lunch and a fascinating conversation about active transportation in the region.
Online registration will soon be available!
We're back in the thick of the OSU football frenzy and we're looking to YOU to help support fans' rides.
Register for a shift!
Apr 23 : Park bikes @ Columbus Earth Day
Earth Day brings out aaalllll the cyclists--let's help welcome them out of winter hibernation.
Register for a shift!
May 18 : Support the Ride of Silence
The Ride of Silence planning team has identified several needs for the day of the ride.
Sign up to help!
OUR STORIES
Shyra!
Yay Bikes! transforms lives. Learn how in our ongoing series of testimonials!
Shyra's story
"I was starting to feel like Superwoman!" Shyra rode Bike the Cbus two years ago and hasn't stopped pedaling since.
And now she's our new Year of Yay! ride coordinator! Read more about Shyra!
ADVOCACY & ENGAGEMENT
Members of the Ohio Delegation to the National Bike Summit
Yay Bikes! advocacy, March 2016 edition
Each month we compile all our events, earned media, program delivery, meetings and speaking engagements into a handy blog post. Behold, March!
SUPPORTING OUR WORK
Last year's Ride of Silence rolls down High Street to the Short North. Photo credit: Bryan Barr
Thanks to our 2016 Ride of Silence sponsors!
Ways
you can support the ride
There are several ways you can support this year's
Ride of Silence:
Give directly to help us cover expenses like permits and law enforcement
This month we send warm wishes to Ken Cohen as he resigns from his lengthy and productive board leadership. Ken's been with Yay Bikes! since the beginning, and while there are fewer words that don't describe him, here are a few that do: Founder. Rider leader. Event tabler. Cycling instructor. Writer. Ambassador. Grunt worker. Donor. Wrench. Parker of bikes. Advocate. Board member. Friend. And yes: Legend. So a big fat Yay Bikes! tip o' the helmet to you, sir, and happy trails!
ABOUT YAY BIKES!
Our mission
Yay Bikes! helps people replace car trips with bicycle trips in Central Ohio and beyond.
Our theory of change
Yay Bikes! believes that transportation behavior change happens person-by-person
in the context of meaningful relationships, culture change, educational experiences,
fun and love of place.
Our values
Yay Bikes! embraces the values of kindness, integrity and excellence, which provide the filter through which our team determines who we develop as leaders, what partnerships we pursue and how we approach opportunities and challenges.
Our programming
Yay Bikes! offers bicycle advocacy, cyclist education, urban bicycle adventures, bike culture experiences, event traffic mitigation and subject matter consulting through programs and events including
Year of Yay!,
Yay Valet,
How We Roll,
Bike the Cbus and
Ride of Silence.
