Join MassBike for the annual worldwide Ride of Silence honoring bicyclists killed or injured riding on public roads, and raising awareness among drivers to be more careful around bicyclists. We will gather in Seven Hills Park (behind Davis Square T Station) at 6:30pm to get organized. The ride will start at 7pm sharp. We will [...]
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently awarded MassBike funding through the Community Transformation Grant, which promotes active living in eight counties outside of the Boston area (see map below). We at MassBike are excited to have this great opportunity to serve communities around the state, and look forward to leveraging this expanded capacity to [...]
Team Challenge for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be an official charity of Centurion Cycling’s 50 mile bike event in Lake George, NY on June 24th. About Team Challenge: Team Challenge Cycle is an endurance training and fundraising program that prepares participants of all abilities to cycle 50 [...]
After weeks of careful reorganizing, we are pleased to announce that the MassBike online store is up and running! Thank you all for your patience while we updated a few features within the store and to everyone who has been waiting to join, renew, or donate to MassBike, we invite you to take a moment [...]
This year MassBike celebrates thirty-five years of promoting better biking. With its humble beginnings as the “Boston Area Bicycle Coalition” back in 1977, MassBike has had a history of growth and success. Since that time over three decades ago, we have expanded into a statewide organization with three local chapters, developed strong partnerships with other [...]
A few weeks ago we posted about a really important survey that we would like our organization’s stakeholders to fill out. As we plan for 2012 and beyond, we are looking for your input about our advocacy priorities and some information on who you are. This is our last notice! Please take five minutes and [...]
The other day we were talking about our priorities for 2012, and we realized that we couldn’t really do this without knowing what our members think. That’s why we developed a survey to find out our members’ and stakeholders’ thoughts on what we’ve been doing and what we should do in the future. Therefore, we [...]
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And The Survey Says…
Thanks to everyone who filled out our 2012 General Survey! We got 220 respondents (not too bad, but of course we always want more), and 25 of them won vintage 30th Anniversary t-shirts for their time. It was split almost evenly between dues-paying MassBike members and others in the greater MassBike community. There was a [...]