Publicity

What the media has to say about the Cleveland Heights Bicycle Coalition:

Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights Awarded Transportation Grants from NOACA

The Sun Press
March 31 2011

Cleveland, University Circle, Inc. and Cleveland Heights were awarded $40,000 for a study focusing on improving bicycle travel between Cleveland Heights and University Circle.

Cleveland Heights hoping to receive transportation grants.

The Sun Press
February 3 2011

The city is hoping to receive two transportation grants totaling $115,000 to help improve the way people move from this city into University Circle and the rest of Cleveland on bikes and on public transportation [...] The city would partner with the Cleveland Heights Bicycle Coalition, Cleveland and University Circle Inc. for the $5,000 local match portion of this grant.

Cleveland Heights rolls out ‘sharrows’ for cycling community.

Plain Dealer
November 9 2010

The [CHBC] thought it would take a year, minimum, to get sharrows on the streets after approaching City Council. Instead, it took only two months as city officials embraced the concept.

Cleveland Heights paints in region’s second street of sharrows.

Green City Blue Lake
October 25 2010

How has the coalition proven so adept at moving the dial when bike commuters have been calling for improvements for years? [...] The group’s leaders organized like minded individuals, some with deep roots in the community, to create a single voice for improving transportation choices.

“Sharrows” point to easier bike-riding in Cleveland Heights.

Freshwater Cleveland
October 28 2010

The coalition gathered more than 500 signatures on a petition urging the city to become one of the first in Northeast Ohio to adopt sharrows. Cleveland was the first, on Franklin Avenue.