Grants Awarded

Since 1999, Bikes Belong has awarded 250 grants to bicycling projects and programs in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

To search our grants database, select a state, grant type, and/or year and click Submit.

Neighborhood Bikeways Campaign

Organization Active Transportation Alliance
State IL
Year 2012
Type Advocacy

Bikes Belong’s $20,000 grant to Active Transportation Alliance will focus their community outreach and organizing work on four projects that are part of the city’s Green Lane Project goals. Supporting Chicago’s Streets for Cycling Plan 2020, Active Trans will generate aldermanic and community support in the neighborhoods where the projects are taking place while continuing their education around the benefits of a safe, connected network of protected bicycle lanes.

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Bicycle Master Plan Protected Bikeway Amendment

Organization City of Austin
State TX
Year 2012
Type Facility

This $20,000 grant will help the City of Austin amend their Bicycle Master Plan to incorporate protected bikeway information and map out a protected bikeway network. The process will include extensive community outreach and opportunities for public input and will result in an adopted City Ordinance that recognizes where a network of cycle tracks are appropriate in Austin. This effort will also provide a replicable and straightforward planning process that will serve as a model for other cities.

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Market Research and Message Development

Organization City of San Francisco, CA and City of Portland, OR
State
Year 2012
Type Advocacy

Bikes Belong will work with San Francisco and Portland to determine which messages best resonate with key audiences around two topics: more people on bikes benefits cities and city investment in bicycling infrastructure is good. This $40,000 Bikes Belong grant will provide critical information on what existing research tells us, who we need to reach, and what arguments are most effective in advancing bicycling as an activity, a transportation option, and an investment.

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Overton Broad Connector

Organization Livable Memphis
State TN
Year 2012
Type Facility

Livable Memphis is spearheading the development of bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly routes as part of efforts to create healthy, thriving, and economically sustainable communities throughout Greater Memphis. This $20,000 grant from Bikes Belong will allow them to finalize engineering documents for a critical link between the Shelby Farms Greenline and the neighborhoods, schools, and business district stretching west to Overton Park.

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