Ped/Bike Melrose

Monthly Meeting: June 2022
2022-06-02 19:00 (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!
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).

Main Street Pilot Walk/Ride (Saturday)
2021-08-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Main & Sylvan, 138 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting
2021-08-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

City of Melrose Lower Main Street Pilot
2021-07-21 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
Meeting Notice: City of Melrose Lower Main Street Pilot
POSTED ON: JULY 15, 2021 – 4:17PM

The City of Melrose is pleased to announce a pilot program to improve vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle safety. The intent of the project is to improve safety for all users of the roadway on Main Street between West Wyoming Avenue and the Malden line.
We will be conducting a public forum to present the pilot project and solicit feedback from the neighborhood and users of the roadway. The meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday, July 21st at 7:00 PM. The link to join the meeting can be found at www.cityofmelrose.org/remote-meetings
The City is in a unique position to be able to pilot potential line striping changes now, in advance of final paving of portions of this corridor in the fall. By placing temporary markings in the road this summer, we can gauge community feedback and determine whether these changes are the right choice for the long-term.
This pilot project will consist of shifting the center line, installing bike lanes, and eliminating parking on one side of the road in select project areas, to accommodate the changes. Our long-term plans also include the addition of new crosswalks across Main Street along with accessible curb ramps and other pedestrian safety improvements.
We hope you are able to attend this meeting. If you have any questions in advance of the meeting, please contact the Melrose Engineering Division at 781-979-4172. We hope you will be able to join us.

Monthly Meeting: July 2021
2021-07-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: June 2021
2021-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom (contact us for details)
Hey friend! Do YOU have ideas for making the streets of Melrose safer and more people-friendly? Then you belong at our next monthly meeting. Whether it’s your first or your fiftieth, PLEASE stop by and join the conversation to share your thoughts, or to just listen to what we’re working on. We can’t wait to see you! Drop us a line if you need a link to the Zoom registration.

Ride for Black Lives VI
2021-05-22 11:30 - 15:30 | White Field at Franklin Park, 450 Walnut Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
The Ride for Black Lives is a bike ride in solidarity with the fight against systems and acts of oppression, police brutality, and murder of Black people.

Malden Bicycle Fair
2021-05-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Ferryway School, 150 Cross St, Malden, MA, 02148, United States
Join our wonderful friends at Bike to the Sea for the Malden Bicycle Fair. Events include:

Helmet giveaway
Helmet decorating
Safety course/instruction
Bicycle safety check
Trivia wheel

There will also be a bike raffle!
Register for the event here.

Monthly Meeting: May 2021
2021-05-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom (contact us for details)
