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Boston Bikes Update: Gave Away 1000+ Bikes!

Written by Boston Biker on Jan 14

1000+ Bikes Distributed Through Roll It Forward!
We’re proud to say that in 2013 we distributed 1,081 bikes through our Roll it Forward program. We cannot say thank you enough to everyone who helped us reach this major accomplishment.

 

Check out this blog post for more details about our past year and a video highlighting one of our latest giveaways.

 

Donate to Roll it Forward
2013 was a huge year for the Roll it Forward program. Help us make 2014 even bigger – we are in dire need of more bikes! Donate a bike today and get a jersey/t-shirt/chocolate and be entered into a raffle for an L.L. Bean gift card! Or make a bigger impact and host a bike drive in your community or at your workplace. Contact[email protected] for more information!
The Boston Bike Party is bringing the heat!
It’s chilly out there, so the Boston Bike Party is going to help us all stay warm by bringing a Heat Wave!
Bookmark this page for continued information and invite your friends on the Facebook event page.

The ride will leave at 8pm from City Hall Plaza. Come early if you want to chat with us or get free hot chocolate from our friends at Perfect Fuel Chocolate.
2013 Boston Bike Counts
The numbers are in! Once again we’ve conducted our annual bike counts. The graphic below highlights key takeaways from the counts. Maps and data tables can be found here. Questions? Please e-mail [email protected].

 

Meet our new Program Managers, Kim & Najah
Najah and Kim

Kim Foltz has been biking in Boston since 1998 when she moved here from Olympia, WA. She quickly found a home among bike enthusiasts/advocates at Bikes Not Bombs, where she served as volunteer bike instructor then Board Chair, and eventually Interim Director. Kim took a break from organizing and advocacy to get a Masters in Urban Planning at MIT, where she focused on sustainability. In 2010 she returned to the trenches as Director of Community Building and Organizing at Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc (NOAH), a community-based organization in East Boston. Among other projects at NOAH, Kim worked with youth to change bike policy on the Blue Line and engaged residents in the redesign of East Boston’s Central Square, a complete streets demonstration project.

 

Kim lives in East Boston with her husband David Diaz, and son Diego. In her free time you can find her running, skiing, playing soccer, or of course biking with her family. Kim is excited to join the Boston Bikes team!

 

Najah Shakir started at Boston Bikes as an intern in 2011. Before joining us again in July of 2013, she finished her degree in Planning at MIT, took an adventure on a bike, then traveled around Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Her previous work includes projects with YouthBuild USA, the MIT CoLab, the Vehicle Design Summit, and MIT@Lawrence.
She returns to Boston Bikes with a love of cities and a desire to make biking accessible to all. Since returning to Boston Bikes, she has managed Bike Fridays, the Hubway Subsidized Membership Program, annual bike counts, and our social media. She tweets professionally using @bikeboston and personally using @najahbikes.

 

Najah is originally from Philadelphia, PA and now lives in the Back Bay. She grew up riding tandems and recumbent tricycles. In her free time you can find her catching up on the latest blockbusters, wandering around the city, fiddling with a computer, or cross-stitching. She’s happy to be back on the team and excited to get to know more bikers in Boston.

Meet our new Intern, Hollis

Hollis is excited to be joining the Boston Bikes team. She recently moved to the city, and is thrilled to be involved in the ever-growing movement to make Boston greener.

 

Her life thus far has been defined by jumping from city to city, in the process seeing what landscapes and lifestyles really bring her home in the end. Having spent a good chunk of her youth in Tucson, Arizona, she gained a great appreciation of the outdoors. She has also lived in Tuscany, Italy, where she helped out on olive orchards. Upon returning to the States, she and her family settled in Amherst, MA.

 

Hollis has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in Environmental Design with a minor in Chinese Language and Literature. She has a love of the environment, art, sustainability, and an appreciation for different cultures and cities. While at UMass, she participated in 3 study abroad programs that took her to Sicily, China, Germany, and Denmark. In Berlin and Copenhagen, she learned first-hand about the importance of bike infrastructure, and developed a love of transportation planning. She wanted to be part of similar transformations here in the States, so now she’s here and we’re very glad to have her!


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