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SERP - BGDB BIKE RIDING LESSONS - PHOTO 10

This month, our Transportation Demand Management (TDM) team partnered with Oaks & Spokes for our second bike giveaway, providing 21 Beacon Ridge youth ages 5-18 on our Beacon Campus with bicycles, riding equipment, and safety instruction. As many new riders joined the first bike giveaway last year, bringing the total to 42. Next, in partnership with Black Girls Do Bike, all interested residents participated in two riding lessons and a community bike ride. Each time, at least 12 residents were ready to ride!

The TDM grant supports efforts to expand transportation options, improve mobility, and to promote active, healthy lifestyles for our community, which aligns with our Southeast Raleigh Promise focus on Health & Community Wellness as an area of impact.

This photo slideshow captures highlights from the initiative and the results of these community partnerships. Please enjoy!

 

Volunteers in safety vests fit and adjust bikes for young ridersTwo community members work together to repair a bikeAn instructor in an orange vest talks with a group of young ridersAn instructor shows young riders how to use their hand brakesA volunteer instructor helps a rider check her brakes and gripA young rider practices balancing while an instructor cheers her onYoung riders and instructors stop at a crosswalk during a practice rideA pink helmet with a Black Girls Do Bike stickerRiders gather with Black Girls Do Bike leaders before the community rideRiders wave as a Black Girls Do Bike leader gives instructionsRiders line up in the parking lot before heading outA young rider pedals along a greenway trailRiders pause together on a tree-lined trailThe group rides along a shaded greenway trail

Scroll sideways to see all of the photos.