We’re not speeding, but our campaign is moving fast. Recently, the City of New Orleans has made leaps in their Moving New Orleans Bikes plan to build an additional 75-miles of low-stress bikeways. From building protected bike lanes and curb islands on Elysian Fields, to holding community input meetings on upcoming Complete Streets improvements, street safety and accessibility improvements are …
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Health is Wealth Webinar Recording
On November 12th, we held the Health is Wealth webinar in partnership with the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce. On the webinar, we heard from Black business leaders, city officials, and the Complete Streets Coalition about how improving safety and accessibility for all people on the roadways is good for business and good for mental & physical health.
We heard from leaders such as Mayor Latoya Cantrell and Rica Triggs from the American Heart Association.
If you couldn’t make the webinar, no worries! You can watch the recording by clicking right here.
How to Show Up for Complete Streets This Week
It’s busy — and it’s only going to get busier. Complete Streets improvements are coming to Central New Orleans, soon to bring more safety and less stress to our streets. As the City builds protected bike lanes, curb islands, pedestrian crossings and more improvements on Elysian Fields in the Marigny, they are also hosting community design meetings for more improvements, including …
Tell City Officials: We Support Complete Streets in the CBD
A couple of weeks ago, the City released designs for protected bike lanes and other Complete Streets improvements in the Central Business District (CBD). These improvements will allow everyone – people walking, biking, driving, and taking public transit – to move through the CBD with more safety and less stress, connecting neighborhoods across Uptown with downtown businesses (and vice versa). We know these new protected bikeways in the CBD will benefit everyone, but a …
Three Big Updates
Following an eventful couple of weeks, we want to make sure you know about a few important rescheduled Complete Streets events in New Orleans. The Moving New Orleans Bikes community design meeting for the 7th Ward, Gentilly, St. Roch, and Bayou St. John has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 17th at 6pm. At this meeting, log on to see designs and construction schedules for the protected bikeways and bike boulevards coming soon to these …
Local Business Owners Want Complete Streets
I want to share the perspecitves of two local business owners looking forward to what low-stress biking will mean to them and their neighborhoods. But first, make sure to join us at the City’s community design meetings to show your support for better biking and mobility in New Orleans. You can register for the meetings by clicking here to go …
Why Kelly volunteers for complete streets
It takes a movement to bring about the change we want to see for all of New Orleans – safe, accessible, and sustainable streets empowering each of us to move about freely in a healthier community for years to come. At the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition, our campaign is about building that movement every day. And with street safety improvements finishing up on …
Art for the Bikeways – Applications Open
Applications are open! The New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, is calling on artists to submit qualifications and proposals for Art for the Bikeways, multi-site public art installations meant to highlight the City of New Orleans’ investment in biking and better mobility for all residents via the new Moving New Orleans low-stress …
The Family Bike Ride in Algiers
The Aurora West Civic Association hosted a Family Bike Ride for residents of Aurora West and our neighboring neighborhoods on September 5, 2020 in Algiers, La. This fun-filled event included a bike education class, snacks, information about the coming safety improvements on Holiday Dr. and MacArthur Blvd., and a music-filled 45 minute bike ride through Aurora West. The purpose for …
City of New Orleans Launches Digital Bikeway Blueprint Map
The City of New Orleans launched a new digital tool for exploring our current bikeway system and imagining what the future will look like. You can view all of the current bike lanes in the city, as well as see where future bike lanes are planned to be built. The tool even offers features to see specifically where there are …