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We will be there this Sunday! See you at Resurgence 12-4P.

WNYMBA Bike Swap & Sale WNYMBA is proud to once again present the annual WNYMBA Swap and Bike Sale! Join us for Buffalo's official bicycle season kick off event.Want to sell your unused or used bike parts or bikes? Sell them at the Swap! Looking for that deeply discounted drivetrain? Buy it at the Swap! Need a gently used....

Rochester making their residents safer, healthier.

City projects win engineering excellence awards Rochester’s South Avenue and Elmwood Avenue Improvement Project and the

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped in for Volunteer Night (runs every Thursday 5P-8P) to work on bikes we'll donate, and everyone else who came through to drop off parts, tools, and supplies.
This week has gone from bad to great!
Stay tuned for news on fundraisers people have offered to throw, and next steps for 98 Colvin as we continue to climb out of this hole the burglars left us in.

Happening TONIGHT (Thursday) At Eugene V. Debs Hall and next Thursday, 6 to 10, all tips will go to GObike!
Thank you so much to our pals at Debs for rallying for us. Means so much!

The 98 Colvin Community Bicycle Shop has been robbed, and unfortunately it was a big one. The evidence left behind suggests 2-3 people parked a truck near Nichols School on the other side of the railroad tracks, then proceeded to break through the windows we had already secured on the outside and inside of the building.
They took all of our power tools, 20 bikes that our paid staff and volunteers had worked on this entire winter to be ready to give away this spring, and dozens of new tubes, handlebar grips, lights, and new tires.
We've lost about $8,000 worth of capacity to serve our community.
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We could really use your financial support to get the Colvin shop back on its feet, able to serve as many people as possible - from the average bike enthusiast, to the individual who is just in need of a stable mode of transportation. Thank you.
gobikebuffalo.org/donate

Look what just arrived in the store from State Bicycles! ooOoooOweeee your newest city slicker single speed right here!
313 Broadway. Open Tuesday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-2.

Buffalo, and any municipality in NY, can and should lower their speed limit to 25mph. At 30mph, half the people hit by a car will die. That number dramatically decreases at 25 and 20.
Lewiston did it. Albany did it. They're reaping the rewards. Let's demand safer streets of our locally-elected officials today.

Albany sees traffic crashes drop with new speed limit City officials say 25 mph speed limit and school zone cameras are leading to fewer car wrecks in New York's Capital City.

Just send them a text. Then they'll see you.

Bipartisan Bike Lanes?!
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"Along with two Republican co-sponsors, Raskin recently re-introduced the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Act, which will allow state and local communities to fund the construction of bike lanes and other proven safety countermeasures built under the Transportation Alternatives Program using 100 percent federal money, rather than having to scrounge up a 20 percent match they often can't afford.
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And because that bill would also allow local, regional and metropolitan governments to nominate projects directly — rather than leaving them to the mercy of higher levels of government that might be hostile to biking and walking for ideological reasons — it's vaulted to the top of many advocates' legislative wish lists, while gaining support from conservatives who understand the value of letting communities guide their own road safety efforts."

'The Carnage is Intolerable': Rep. Jamie Raskin on Why Bike Safety is Becoming Bipartisan — Streetsblog USA "We need to reject any insinuation that it's not a national priority to make local roads safer."

We've taken a good hard look at the comment section of our posts, and moving forward, we've decided that we agree with the sentiments sometimes expressed to us, those we advocate for, and organizations like ours across the country.

As federal funding is taken away from re-tree efforts in diverse communities that need them the most (shouldn't have lost them in the first place), we are proud to press on with our re-tree program in the Delavan/Grider neighborhood in spite of this.
Trees along the street, even on residential streets, were once deemed dangers to drivers because they might just drive right off the road and hit one.... and they were subsequently removed in programs that targeted diverse neighborhoods decades ago.
Thankfully, the value they bring to homes and neighborhoods is once again outweighing concerns over erratic drivers' potential behavior.
East Side neighborhoods have a disproportionately high rate of car crashes, injuries, and deaths despite having a lower population density than neighborhoods with lower crash rates.
- Trees naturally slow down speeding cars because of the narrowed site line they create.
- Trees protect people out walking.
East Side neighborhoods also have higher heart and lung disease rates than the rest of the city due to the Kensington Expressway and lack of tree coverage.
- Trees improve air quality.
- Trees increase property values.
- Trees increase shade that cools the adjacent area and nearby homes.
- They're beautiful. They can increase happiness and lower stress levels.
Every neighborhood, of every racial and ethnic background, of any income level deserves all of these benefits.
We're proud to partner with:
Clean Mobility Buffalo
The Tool Library
Green Fund
Norfolk Avenue Block Club #1
Amsterdam Avenue Block Club
Durham Avenue Block Club
Florida Street Block Club
Delavan & Northumberland Block Club
East Side Stewards
Delavan-Grider Community Center
Moslow Bros.
Legislator Taisha St. Jean T**d
+ More!

Community plants trees in Buffalo's east side GoBike, among others plan on planting trees across Buffalo's east side.

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Over the last month we as a community have been grieving the loss of Mickey Harmon and Jordan Cellotto. As a Board; we wanted to have a way for the community to process our collective grief in a positive way and also add some beauty and art to the neighborhood.
At the Allentown Association’s lot at the corner of Park & Allen we have installed an A-frame which will serve as a tribute wall for Mickey and Jordan. We invite anyone to leave a picture, a note, a piece of art, a story, or whatever inspires you to remember and honor Mickey and Jordan. We hope this will serve as a meaningful tribute and also bring joy to all who walk in Mickey and Jordan’s footsteps down Allen St.

On Saturday afternoon, Midwood streets were filled with New Yorkers enjoying the weather — when a super speeder hit and killed a mother and her two young children in the crosswalk.
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The driver had a suspended license and 22 school zone speed camera and red light camera violations in 2024 alone.
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Last session, Albany had the opportunity to pass a bill that would have prevented this tragedy. The Speed Limiters for Repeat Offenders Act (S4045/A2299-A) would have put a speed limiter on this driver’s car – which would have stopped them from exceeding the speed limit and saved three lives. But legislators failed to act. We cannot wait another year.

Slow Down the Most Reckless Drivers - Transportation Alternatives We need to pass Speed Limiters for the Most Reckless Drivers now. Intelligent Speed Assistance technology will make our streets safer and ensure that a small number of reckless drivers don't control our public spaces.

Grateful to present our work to the WNY Greenways Planning Summit last Friday at Buffalo State University. Thank you to everyone in attendance for your attention and your questions!

No one running USDOT has read Donald Shoup... or any economics books apparently.

The High Cost of Free Parking: Duffy's Parking Giveaway Will Cost the Rest of America — Streetsblog USA Hasn't anyone at U.S. DOT headquarters read Donald Shoup?

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Spring shop hours at 313 Broadway are back next week!
Tuesday through Friday 10A-6P.
Saturdays 10-2 is also Open Shop to maintain or fix your bike on our stands, with our tools, with help from our mechanics.
LETS RIDE.

GObike Co-Chairs the Scajaquada Corridor Coalition alongside . We've been working for nearly two decades on this issue, and have received much more comprehensive engagement from NYSDOT than those who are living around the Kensington Expressway. The quality engagement and planning process the GBNRTC was appointed to carry out in Region Central should also be applied to the neighborhoods surrounding Humboldt Parkway. The City of Buffalo can lead the way, as the City of Rochester did, when working with NYSDOT.
Our Executive Directors Justin Booth and Catie Stephenson were on today at 4:30 to discuss this statement and our combined hope for a brighter future in Buffalo, led by the desires of its citizens.

GObike Co-Chairs the Scajaquada Corridor Coalition alongside Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. We've been working for nearly two decades. The quality engagement and planning process the GBNRTC was appointed to carry out in Region Central should also be applied to the neighborhoods surrounding Humboldt Parkway. The City of Buffalo can lead the way, as the City of Rochester did, when working with NYSDOT.
Our Executive Directors Justin Booth and Catie Stephenson were on News 4 WIVB Buffalo today at 4:30 to discuss this statement and our combined hope for a brighter future in Buffalo, led by the desires of its own citizens, not the car-first dreams of an engineer in Albany.

Scajaquada Corridor Coalition Statement on Kensington Expressway Ruling from NY Supreme Court GObike promotes active mobility options, trails and greenways, and complete streets throughout Western New York.