Ped/Bike Melrose

Monthly Meeting: October 2022
2022-10-06 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/

Park(ing) Day
2022-09-16 | MA
Park(ing) Day is a global, public, participatory art project launched by Rebar in 2005. It is a day where people across the world temporarily repurpose street parking spaces and convert them to tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism. Stay tuned for details on how we’re celebrating in Melrose!

Victorian Fair - Valet Bike Parking!
2022-09-11 08:00 - 15:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Riding your bike to the Victorian Fair, but not sure where to lock it up? Stop by our booth at the corner of Main & East Emerson! We’ll park it for you and give you a valet ticket. When you’re ready to leave, just hand the ticket back and we’ll get your bike for you!

Monthly Meeting: September 2022
2022-09-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Practice Group Ride for the Orange Line Shutdown - Oak Grove to Downtown
2022-08-21 11:00 - 14:30 | Oak Grove Pedal & Park, 93 Banks Place, Malden, MA, 02148, United States
Are you considering bike commuting during the Orange Line shutdown but feel nervous about biking to Boston for the first time? Join our group bike ride from Oak Grove to Downtown Boston on August 21st at 11am!
This will be a casual, slow-paced ride designed for first-time riders. We will also have trained marshals leading the ride to ensure everyone’s safety. Please invite anyone you know who is considering biking around Boston for the first time during the shutdown!
Feel free to hang out at the first Open Newbury Street of the season after the ride! More info here: https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/open-newbury-street
Here is the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40592710

Sustainable Saturdays: Repair and Re-Use
2022-08-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
We’re proud to join Zero Waste Melrose for their “Sustainable Saturdays” as part of their session on minimizing embodied carbon emissions by repairing and re-using, instead of throwing out what you already have.
SIGN UP HERE to grab a slot for a 15-minute bike tune-up, and keep it riding good as new!

Monthly Meeting: August 2022
2022-08-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: July 2022
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | MA

Monthly Meeting: June 2022
2022-06-02 19:00 | 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!
To be informed of meeting details and future events, click here and sign up for our mailing list.

Bike to Work Day 2022
2022-05-20 07:00 - 17:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
MassBike is coordinating another series of awesome events for Bay State Bike Month 2022, and the Ped/Bike Committee will be participating in Bike to Work Day. Have you ever commuted to Malden, Everett, Somerville, or Boston by bike? Have you ever been curious to see what it’s like? A group of your neighbors will be be departing from downtown Melrose, then taking a ride downtown and meeting up with other groups along the way. This will culminate with a free breakfast event downtown. If you have never biked to Boston, this is the perfect time to try it!
RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bike-to-work-day-2022-tickets-337199341307

Malden Annual Bike Fair
2022-05-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Ferryway School, 150 Cross St, Malden, MA, 02148, United States
Details TBD.
Organized by Malden, MA City Councilors Steve Winslow and Peg Crowe.

Monthly Meeting: May 2022
2022-05-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Ped/Bike at Healthy Melrose
2022-05-07 10:00 - 13:30 | Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School, 350 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Healthy Melrose is BACK! Join us at our table to talk about all things walking, biking, scooting, and strollering in Melrose. We’re excited partnering with our awesome friends at Safe Routes to School and Multimodal Mom to offer the following:

eBike Test Rides: If you’ve never tried an ebike, let’s change that. We can’t promise that you will love it, but we would really really really bet that you will. Drop by the table and ask to check one out!
Bike Safety Check: Been a while since you’ve used your bike? Have a small issue that you’d like someone to take a look at? Sign up for a timeslot here and one of our awesome community volunteers will try to help you out!
Bike Safety Rodeo: Have your kids learn the rules of the road and practice safe biking & scooter skills — or just let your little ones have some fun on our toddler obstacle course! Sign up for a timeslot here!
Sticker Sale: Show off your local multimodal pride! Multimodal mom, in coordination with Jill Paz illustration, will be offering SUPER cool “I Bike Melrose” and brand-new “Multimodal Melrose” stickers for sale. Don’t miss these!

Walk, Bike, & Roll to School Day
2022-05-04 | MA
The 11th annual National Bike & Roll to School Day is May 4, 2022, and registration is now open!
Whether addressing the need to make routes to school safer for active trips or encouraging children to be more active, these events can be powerful tools to inspire lasting change. Of course, they are also fun!
While May 4 is this year’s official date, communities are welcome to celebrate any day in May that best fits their schedules. Register today to join the movement!
In case you missed it, you can find the full announcement about our recently updated event name and learn about the resources we’ve added to our redesigned website to help you plan fun, impactful events here.
Looking for more resources, event ideas and Walk, Bike & Roll to School news? Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!

National Ride a Bike Day
2022-05-01 | MA
Stay tuned for details.

All-Ages Earth Week Ride
2022-04-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
In honor of #EarthWeek, we are hosting a little all-ages bike ride at 10:30am. We will be taking a low-stress group ride around Melrose, starting from the High School Parking lot. We can’t wait to see you there! You can RSVP at the below link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-ages-bike-ride-for-city-of-melrose-earth-week-tickets-321941043327

Melrose Recycling & Sustainability Day
2022-04-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Join us alongside numerous other local sustainability-focused organizations for an event coordinated by Kate Lipper-Garabedian’s office. More details to follow!

Monthly Meeting: April 2022
2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: March 2022
2022-03-03 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!

Message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices here:
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Monthly Meeting: February 2022
2022-02-03 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!

Message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/?page_id=62

Monthly Meeting: January 2022
2022-01-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Bike Kitchen Chat
2021-12-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Aeronaut Cannery & Taproom, 199 Ashland St, Everett, MA, 02149, United States
Join our great friends at Bike to the Sea to discuss setting up our own Bike Kitchen along the Northern Strand Trail. Aeronaut Cannery in Everett is hosting, and Carolicious will be serving arepas onsite.
If you don’t already know, a bike kitchen is a community space that holds weekly “shop hours” to provide people with bike stands, tools, and cheap or free spare parts to fix their bikes. One or more trained or self-taught mechanics staff the shop hours, though they are mostly there to keep track of tools and equipment, and offer pointers. The point is DIY, not like a full service shop.

Here’s a video of the Somerville Bike Kitchen in action:

Home for the Holidays: eBike Test Rides
2021-12-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church, 70 West Emerson St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Is an eBike, or cargo bike, on your holiday wish list? Curious about biking around town with kids? Our great friend @multimodalmom is putting on an ebike/cargo bike showcase, where you can test ride ebikes, trailer bikes, and cargo bikes with your family. Stop by and say hello! There will also be a helmet decorating station for kids!

Monthly Meeting: December 2021
2021-12-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Fall Colors Ride
2021-10-17 10:30 - 12:30 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
JOIN US! We will be leaving from Melrose to participate in the annual Bike to the Sea Fall Colors Ride!

The free ride is expected to last 90 minutes, covering about 15 miles of paved trail along the Northern Strand Trail in Everett and Malden, as well as along bike paths on both sides of the Mystic and Malden Rivers through Somerville and Medford. The terrain is mostly flat.

https://biketothesea.org/…/annual-fall-colors-ride-set…/

**WE WILL MEET AT THE YMCA ON MAIN STREET, 497 MAIN STREET, AT 10:30AM**.

Bike to the Sea, who sponsors the ride, requires helmets on participants. Children, 8 and older, are welcome on their own bikes. Children younger than 8 are welcome but should be on a parent’s bike or in a trailer, etc.

Ped/Bike at the Farmer's Market!
2021-10-14 13:00 - 18:00 | Melrose Farmers’ Market, 1 West Foster St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Stop by our table at the Melrose Farmers’ Market to chat about our advocacy and about walking and biking in Melrose!

Thanks to the efforts of our awesome friend Kara Oberg, you’ll be able to get a basic bike tune-up done, so bring your ride down!

Sign up for bike repairs here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f49a8ab2aa3fcc34-melrose

Follow Kara on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/multimodalmom

Monthly Meeting: October 2021
2021-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Healthy Lifestyles Ride
2021-10-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Holden Street Parking Lot, 50 Holden St, Malden, 02148
From our friends at Bike to the Sea:
Bike to the Sea is partnering with the Cambridge Health Alliance and Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery to on a Healthy Lifestyles Ride to honor Substance Abuse Victims and their Families as part of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month.
All are welcome to join! This bike ride has two options:

Family-Friendly Ride (6-miles round trip on flat bike trail)
Start in Malden – End at Salem Street Park in Revere
2) Beach Ride (20-miles round trip on bike trail and bike lanes)
Start in Malden – End at Nahant Beach in Lynn (This ride includes the Family-Friendly route, but goes farther)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Monthly Meeting: September 2021
2021-09-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Main Street Pilot Walk/Ride (Sunday)
2021-08-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Main & Sylvan, 138 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Interested in learning more about the “Lower Main” pilot project? Want to check out it out yourself and see what it’s all about? Bring your bikes, scooters, wheelchairs, strollers etc to check out the incredible opportunity the city has to implement a transformative road safety project.
Meet us at the corner of Main and Sylvan, next to Metro Credit Union, at 10am. We’ll be heading north, turning around at Wyoming, and heading back south. The conditions of the pavement are awful, but that shouldn’t stop us from imagining all this corridor can be once the city completes the final work!
This event is for all ages and abilities!
(A group of us will probably head over to Jitters afterwards, too — you can never have too much coffee).
