Ped/Bike Melrose

Ped/Bike at Healthy Melrose
2022-05-07 10:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 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!

Monthly Meeting: May 2022
2022-05-12 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!
To be informed of meeting details and future events, click here and sign up for our mailing list.

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.

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

Monthly Meeting: June 2022
2022-06-02 19:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: July 2022
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
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: August 2022
2022-08-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

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!

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

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

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!

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!

Monthly Meeting: October 2022
2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Melrose Dance for Community
2022-10-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Melrose City Hall, 562 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Open Streets Event Alert!
From the Mayor’s office:

The family-friendly event, initiated by the Melrose Human Rights Commission and the Mayor’s DEI Advisory Task Force, is centered around community re-unification and will feature local artists, food, and free Salsa and community dance lessons to bring neighbors together by Melrose resident Jen Earls, founder of Dance for Humanity.
Mayor Paul Brodeur and Melrose Human Rights Commissioner and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Task Force Chair Joseph Phillips invite residents to join them for an afternoon of music and dancing at the first-ever Melrose Dance for Community event taking place this Saturday, October 8, from 2 p.m.—5 p.m. in front of City Hall on Essex St. Food will be available for purchase during the event.
The event provides an opportunity for community members to reunite over good music, good food, poetry, art, and free salsa and community dance lessons taught by Melrose resident Jen Earls. Earls is the founder of Dance for Humanity, an organization based around community-building through dance, and is excited to bring to Melrose her mission of helping people connect with themselves, each other and the land for greater health, happiness and wellbeing.
“Over the last few years, the global pandemic has taken so much of our attention. It’s time we shift our focus from the pandemic back to each other on a local level,” said Mayor Brodeur. “Strengthening our community is key to rebuilding Melrose. To do that, we can start by bringing everyone together for an afternoon of fun. I am grateful to the Human Rights Commission, as well as Joe Phillips, Chair of the Melrose DEI Advisory Task Force for his commitment to the Melrose community and for my staff for helping make this event possible.”
“We recognize the importance of togetherness, especially after the past few years that we’ve had and the political and pandemic environment we’ve been in that has to some degree divided us within our own communities,” said Phillips. ” It would be great for the city to come together as one community and celebrate with one another.”
“Come out and dance with us! Enjoy local art, food, music and re-connecting with friends and neighbors. No dance experience needed. All ages and levels welcome! My dance lessons are designed to be a fun, unifying experience to bring us together in a special way. As humans have done for ages, there is nothing like dancing together in the streets to strengthen and celebrate ourselves, each other and this incredible community we all belong to,” said Earls.
Please note that during the event, Essex St. From 562 Main St. to 23 Essex St. (the Post Office) will be closed to vehicle traffic from 1 p.m. — 6 p.m. and there will be no on-street parking in this area from 12 p.m. — 6 p.m.
The event, which is sponsored by the City of Melrose and the Melrose Human Rights Commission, will include the vendors Dance for Humanity, Michelle La Poetica Richardson, DJ Fritz, Clovers Kitchen, C.R.E.A.M., Mud Dove Pottery, Elysian Design, Rahimgrayart among others.
Please contact the Mayor’s Office with any questions by emailing mayorsoffice@cityofmelrose.org or by calling 781-979-4440.

Monthly Meeting: November 2022
2022-11-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: December 2022
2022-12-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

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.
