TMACOG Bike Month 2024
Bike on the Right. Stay in Sight.
May is Bike Month! Grab that helmet, tighten the brakes, pump up those tires, and get ready for Bike Month!
Bicycles are soaring in popularity, and families are eager to learn where and how they can ride safely. Most people in our region live within 10 miles of their job, and more roads now accommodate bikes with marked lanes or sidepaths. Give it a try and don’t forget to log in your ride.
During the month of May (and all year), TMACOG supports recreational bicycle riders and works to encourage the use of bikes for commuting and errands.
- Each May TMACOG coordinates Bike Month as a way of promoting the benefits of riding a bike both recreationally and as a mode of transportation. Not only does riding a bike provide healthy exercise, it has environmental and economic benefits, too.
- Although up to 40 percent of all trips people make are less than 2 miles, 82 percent of these short trips are taken in a car.
- Most people in our region live within 10 miles of their job, and more roads now accommodate bikes with marked lanes or sidepaths.
- Riding a bike either directly to work or to a bus stop to make that connection with public transit saves you money and reduces air pollution and congestion in our region.
- The next time the weather is right and you have some time, try leaving your car keys at home and hopping on your bike instead. You can download a bike map on TMACOG’s website to learn how to get where you want to go.
*We have a ton of biking related resources at our Biking and Walking page. Check it out
Ride of Silence
The 15th Annual Ride of Silence will be in May 2024. TBD soon!
- Remembering and honoring those injured or killed on their bicycle and bring greater awareness to cyclists' right to use the roadway.
- This event will take place in Toledo, Bowling Green and Findlay.
- Learn more at wearetraffic.org.
Events happening in our region during Bike Month of 2024:
TBD!
*Check back as this list will be populated with fun & educational events! Have your bike checked out while you're waiting.
A Look Back:
Muddy Takes a Bike Ride (May, 2018)
Watch Muddy celebrate Bike Month (Pre-Pandemic) in the video below. Thank you Mud Hens, TARTA, ProMedica, Bowling Green State University, University of Toledo, Toledo Bikes!, and Mayor Kapszukiewicz.