Ped/Bike Melrose

Monthly Meeting: December 2022
2022-12-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom (contact us for details)
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Home for the Holidays: Ribbon-cutting at The Loop
2022-12-03 11:30 - 12:30 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Join our amazing friends at The Loop around noon for the Mayor’s ribbon cutting ceremony to officially welcome The Loop to Melrose.
The Loop is a small business collaborative rooted in family, community and sustainability powered by:

Lend and Mend – a library of things & repair space,
The Ride Cafe – a bike and family travel shop, and
The Toyary – a toy lending library.

Together, they have a mission to shape a better future by making sustainable living more accessible and convenient for busy people.

The Loop will be open from 10am-3pm Saturday Dec. 3, with free hot cocoa for visitors, and a special kids ornament decorating activity (while supplies last), for the Melrose Home for the Holidays event.

Come enjoy this new play space, relax for a break between holiday hopping & gifting, while browsing The Loop’s collection of unique gifts.
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Monthly Meeting: January 2023
2023-01-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: February 2023
2023-02-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: March 2023
2023-03-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Melrose in Motion! Webinar
2023-03-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)
The City of Melrose and the Melrose Pedestrian & Bicyclist Committee are partnering to deliver a free webinar, Melrose in Motion!, about the sustainable, people-focused transportation options in Melrose on Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. Register in advance for this webinar today: https://cityofmelrose-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMoc-qpqjgvGNyiUk878IEg9-FRuXgCTGbB
During the webinar, residents will hear from the state’s leading people-focused transportation advocacy groups–MassBike, TransitMatters, and Bike to the Sea–on the latest in public transit investments, e-Bike news, and connecting communities through safer infrastructure.
Other key topics will include:

How the state’s new e-bike rebates will work.
How we might improve transit through an electric, modern Haverhill line.
The Northern Strand Community Pathway.

Learn more about ways to take action locally to reduce your carbon footprint at the Melrose Energy Challenge homepage.
About MassBike
The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) promotes a bicycle-friendly environment and encourages bicycling for fun, fitness, and transportation. MassBike works statewide to help improve conditions for all bicyclists focusing on the six E’s of bicycle advocacy: engineering, encouragement, enforcement, evaluation, equity, and education. We work through several programs and initiatives to support every community, age group, interest level, and type of bicyclist.
About TransitMatters
TransitMatters advances people-focused and data-driven solutions to advocate for better public transportation and mobility that provides access and opportunities for everyone across the Commonwealth addresses climate change and inequality and strengthens our economy. Their vision is to help make a sustainable, equitable, and reliable public transportation system accessible to everyone in the Metropolitan Boston area by advancing proven best practices as well as high-impact, low-cost initiatives.
About Bike to the Sea
Bike to the Sea (B2C) Melrose connects communities by building and improving shared-use paths and promoting safe and happy trail use for all ages and abilities. B2C has been working since 1993 to create the Northern Strand Community Trail: a trail free of cars from Everett to the beaches in Lynn and Nahant.

BIKE SWAP @ Melrose Recycling & Sustainability Day
2023-04-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian is hosting the second annual Melrose Recycling & Sustainability Day in the MHS parking lot. Our Committee will have a table set up and will be hosting a bike swap, rain or shine! BIKES ONLY PLEASE, NO SCOOTERS! Have an old bike you want to donate? Or are you interested in picking up a new-to-you bike? Come by on Saturday! Free for everyone!

Bike to the Sea: April Fool's Ride!
2023-04-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Bike to the Sea: Bike Kitchen, 139 Canal St, Malden, MA, 02148, United States
Join Bike to the Sea on their annual April Fool’s Ride! This ride is intended to highlight both the Northern Strand Community Pathway and a number of other existing or in-development bike routes that connect to the trail. Registration details TBD!
ROUTE PREVIEW HERE: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42148054

Monthly Meeting: April 2023
2023-04-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)
** MOVED TO APRIL 13TH DUE TO PASSOVER **
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Monthly Meeting: May 2023
2023-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Healthy Melrose
2023-05-06 10:00 - 13:30 | Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School, 350 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
If you’re looking to add some fun, healthy, social activities into your life in 2023, there’s no better choice than switching from driving a car to riding an ebike for getting around Melrose! Join us at this year’s Healthy Melrose event where we’ll be offering ebike test rides and sharing our tips for getting around Melrose car-free with the whole family!

Boston Bike to Work Day 2023
2023-05-19 07:00 - 08:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Even if you don’t work downtown, we’d love to have you join us on Friday, May 19th, for one of our favorite events of the year! We depart from the Melrose YMCA (Main Street) at 7am, head to Malden, connect to the North Strand, and then meet up in Everett with a group from East Boston to finish our ride into downtown Boston! The City of Boston puts on a festival with free breakfast and coffee for riders.
Generally, a group of folks will stay downtown, with other riders choosing either to head back to Melrose. Whatever your plan, this is a great group event and tons of fun!
If you are planning on riding, you are encouraged to register here, so event organizers can keep track of participation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbyk5yHVk9nsa3QaBgHOm0l4dqEqZxveS8idNkDMKVruMvAw/viewform

Monthly Meeting: June 2023 (IN PERSON!)
2023-06-01 19:00 - 20:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Kids Bike Fest 2023
2023-06-03 09:00 - 13:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Save the Date! Our friends at The Loop are throwing the city’s first-ever KIDS BIKE FEST! Featuring obstacles, bike rides, music, food, and more!
This event will give kids the opportunity to explore their community on two wheels and participate in family-friendly, non-competitive riding. This event helps to build riding skills while having fun. The whole family and community can celebrate after with food, music & more.
Event Features:
There will be two different event categories, and we encourage all kids— regardless of their size and ability — to join in.

Balance Bike & Scooter Events – Short ride on the Melrose High School (H.S.) Athletic Complex paths with optional obstacle course.
Kids Pedal Event led by Bike to the Sea – A few loops around the Melrose H.S. paths with obstacle courses. This event is best for kids who can confidently ride a pedal bike on their own, and are between the ages of 3-10. The obstacle courses will have optional ramps, noodle tunnels and more!

Other event features include:

9am coffee at registration sponsored by Atomic Coffee
9:30-10:30 rides
10:30 Music by Matt Heaton
10:30am-12:30pm La Qchara offering make your own tacos and rice bowls – vegan, vegetarian and GF available
Helmet decorating & coloring
Cargo ebike test rides + free bike valet organized by the Melrose Pedestrian & Bicyclist Committee

The goal of this event is to inspire families from Melrose, Malden, Wakefield, and the surrounding communities to bike and roll more, to ultimately get #morekidsonbikes.
(Steady morning rain will reschedule the event to Sunday, June 4th.)
Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Helmets are required. Show your kids event registration to receive 10% off a helmet purchase at The Ride Cafe before the event.

The Ride Cafe is a bike repair & family travel shop. We provide repair, rentals and retail with coffee and more. We want to help make your trips fun and easy, whether near or far, while fostering bike and transit culture. The Ride Cafe is a proud member of The Loop – a collective of three small businesses who are mom-owned, local to Melrose, MA, and sustainability-focused.

Bike to the Sea Day Ride 2023
2023-06-04 08:00 - 13:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
See below details from our friends at Bike to the Sea.
A group will be leaving from the Melrose YMCA at 8am to head down to Malden to join in on the fun! Don’t miss it!

Ride Details
Our annual Bike to the Sea Day ride from Everett, through Malden, Revere, Saugus, and Lynn to Nahant Beach is our all-ages party on wheels, on a route almost entirely on the paved Northern Strand Trail separated from roads! See the current status of the trail.
This has consistently been our biggest event of the year!
8am-registration/9am-ride start

Route & Length: The ride begins at the Madeline English School. There will be 2 route options for each participant to choose from. The regular ride going all the way to the beach and back will be ~19.1 miles round trip, and includes both off-road and on-road riding. The on-road segment in Lynn will have a police detail escorting riders. The shorter ride will be ~12.8 miles round trip, will be fully on the trail, and will turn around before the beach. Minimum age for riders is 8 years old, unless on a tag-along, trailer, or bike seat.

Monthly Meeting: July 2023
2023-07-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: August 2023
2023-08-01 19:00 - 20:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Meetings are hybrid format – message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Monthly Meeting: September 2023
2023-09-06 19:00 - 20:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: October 2023
2023-10-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: November 2023
2023-11-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: December 2023
2023-12-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: January 2024
2024-01-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Streetwise @ Aeronaut
2024-02-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Aeronaut Cannery & Taproom, 199 Ashland St, Everett, MA, 02149, United States
This month’s Streetwise Talk at Aeronaut Brewery features Melrose’s own Jonah Chiarenza. Jonah is former chair of the Ped/Bike Committee and the current Executive Director of Bike to the Sea. In his daytime role, he’s a Transportation Planner at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Jonah is going to give a talk that is a mash up between his two jobs. Jonah is amazing!

Monthly Meeting: February 2024
2024-02-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

FEBRUARY MEETING IS VIRTUAL – message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Monthly Meeting: March 2024
2024-03-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: April 2024
2024-04-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Bike Swap & Tune-Ups (with Rep KLG)
2024-04-27 09:00 - 12:00 | Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
We’ll be at Rep Kate Lipper-Garabedian’s third annual Recycling & Sustainability Event, alongside The Ride Cafe offering a free bike swap and 15 minute tune-ups.
Come take a new-to-you bicycle or leave one you no longer need (no scooters please)!
Sign up for a 15-minute tune up here: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C084CA4AF2BA2F5CE9-49093871-15minute

Nosy Crow North of Boston Bookstore Ride
2024-04-27 09:00 - 14:00 | Molly’s Bookstore, 667-669 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Inspired by the launch of the North of Boston Book Trail, John Mendelson, President of Nosy Crow Inc, is planning to ride his bicycle to all 15 participating stores over the weekend of April 26th and 27th — including our very own Molly’s Bookstore!
Here is the Day 1 route, which includes a stop at Molly’s around 11:30am or 12:00pm. All are invited to join along the ride!
Contact pr@nosycrow.com for more information.

Boston Bike to Work Day 2024
2024-05-17 07:00 - 08:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Once again, we’re leading a convoy from Melrose to participate in Boston Bike to Work Day 2024! Join us at 7am outside the YMCA, where we’ll depart as a group to the northern strand and then into Boston.

Route and event details here: https://www.boston.gov/departm…/boston-bikes/bike-work-day

We hope to see you there!

Bike to the Sea Day 2024
2024-06-02 08:00 - 13:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Bike to the Sea Day is one of the biggest regional biking events of the year!
Attendees departing from Melrose are encouraged to meet at the YMCA on Main Street at 8:00am, to ride together to the start of the route in Malden.
Event details below, and at the link.

Route & Length: The ride begins at the Bike Kitchen and ends at 3 Amigos Bar and Grill at 375 Main St. in Malden. There will be 2 route options for each participant to choose from. The long ride going all the way to Nahant Beach and back will be ~19 miles round trip, and includes both trail and on-road riding. The on-road segment in Lynn will have a police detail escorting riders. The short ride will be ~13 miles round trip, will be fully on the trail, and will turn around at Marsh View Park in Lynn.
Minimum age for riders is 8 years old, unless on a tag-along, trailer, or bike seat.
Food and Drink Tickets for the post ride lunch at 3 Amigos Bar and Grill must be ordered at registration. It will feature a build-your-own taco bar with carnitas, chicken, and vegetarian options, plus a salad bar. Lunch prices include: $25 per adult. $12.50 per child. Bike Parking will be available with temporary bike stands right outside the restaurant. Bring your lock!
Other Details
Bike to the Sea T-Shirts and additional merchandise will be available for purchase on Bike to the Sea Day, while supplies last. Helmets are required to be worn by all riders. We have a limited number of helmets that can be provided to you at check-in should you need one. Bring water, a flat repair kit, and sunscreen. And be sure to check the weather forecast ahead of time so you are well prepared for whatever it may bring. Registration closes on Friday, May 31st at 8pm. Bike to the Sea Merch is only available for purchase on Bike to the Sea Day.
