Organizations Filed Purposes:
Bike Cleveland is creating a region that is sustainable, connected, healthy, and vibrant by promoting bicycling and advocating for safe and equitable transportation for all.
Education: Bike Cleveland provides education and training to increase knowledge and skills necessary to walk and bicycle safely, and educates drivers and decision makers on the rights of bicyclists and pedestrians. We train law enforcement officers how best they can protect cyclists on the road through better enforcement practices as they pertain to people walking and biking. Additionally, we provide group riding traffic skills and education through social bike rides and presentations to improve the skills and behavior of our local ridership. We educate businesses on how to become more bicycle friendly for employees and customers, and the benefits in doing so. Finally, we teach municipalities about best practices for bike friendly policy and planning, and the reasons it is important for their communities. Accomplishments: Raised the awareness of the importance of proper bike facility design like bike lanes and protected bike lanes; delivered our Bike Smarts and other bicycle education programs virtually reaching over 6,000 people; helped more people use bikes safely through the distribution of over 200 bike lights and 50 helmets. As part of our Bicycle Friendly Business Program we worked with local businesses to install bike racks, in total there were 74 new bike parking spaces and 2 fix-it stands added in 2020. We also hosted a worksite wellness webinar to education employers how to encourage bicycling within their workplace and assisted 1 new business become recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Business.
Advocacy: Bike Cleveland works for safe streets and public spaces through policy change and advocating for best practices in bikeway/walkway design and maintenance, resulting in an equitable transportation network. We mobilize the community to ensure bike facilities are incorporated into roadway projects and help publicize public meetings to ensure the communities desires for safe streets is heard. We are continuing to expand bicycle advocacy in Greater Cleveland by creating chapter organizations and supplying them with the financial resources they need to advocate for improved conditions in their own communities. Accomplishments: Provided technical assistance to develop bike friendly policies for local governments; Advocated for the addition of 15 miles of bikeways on Cleveland streets; promoted community involvement at public meetings; Engaged decision makers on bikes to educate them on the importance of a stress-free connected bike network; Developed an Advocacy Center to streamline connecting our members with decision makers and make it easier to communicate issues related to biking and walking; Helped advance safety discussions through the City of Clevelands Vision Zero Taskforce including assisting with the selection of a consultant to develop a Vision Zero Action Plan that will outline a strategy to eliminate serious injury/fatal crashes in the City of Cleveland; Worked with policy makers to elevate the safety concerns of distracted driving; and worked with the Cleveland Metroparks to close 5 miles of parkway for bike/ped use to assist with spreading out park users during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Events and Programs: Bike Cleveland grows diverse, engaged communities by focusing on outreach, fun events, and membership and by building the next generation of advocates. By having a robust encouragement component to our work we are growing ridership and improving peoples comfort level on the road through group participation. Bikes are a fun, healthy, and a sustainable activity for people of all ages, and our events and programs are designed to get people outside and engaged in their community. Accomplishments: Due to COVID-19 restrictions many of our events were held virtually. We also pivoted some of our events to serve greater needs in the community, like hosting a Ride to Provide event where participants rode their bicycles to the store and purchased food/essentials to donate to local hunger centers. Through Cranksgiving, our annual foodraising ride done in partnership with the Hunger Network, we were able to provide 6,900 meals. We hosted a virtual Bike to Work Day and Ride of Silence, as well as created curated rides to encourage people to get out and be active for their mental and physical health during stay-at-home orders. We also created a program called BikeMatch to connect people who needed a bicycle for essential travel with people who had an extra bicycle.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Jacob Vansickle | Executive Director | 40 | $64,300 |
| Robyn Herr | Board President | 6 | $0 |
| Anneliese Coleman | Vice President | 6 | $0 |
| Mitch Thompson | 2nd Vice President | 6 | $0 |
| John Seydlitz | Treasurer | 6 | $0 |
| Krissie Wells | Board Secretary | 6 | $0 |
| Connor Herr | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Mohammed Farunia | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Chris Alvarado | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Sugalski | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Myron Bennett | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Ben Stefanski | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Carla Wainwright | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Brian King | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Michael Hudecek | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Melissa Thompson | Board member | 3 | $0 |
| Deidre Mcpherson | Board member | 3 | $0 |
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