October 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets Update: mailchi.mp/clevelandohi...

September 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets Update: mailchi.mp/clevelandohi...

August 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets Update: tinyurl.com/CLEAug2025CGS

Finished reading “Cleveland Sports Facilities: A 35 Year History’ by Ken Silliman. An extremely detailed examination of the complicated decision making and deal making regarding sports facility public subsidy.

Checking out the bikes lanes in downtown Pittsburgh!

Just wrapped the construction kickoff meeting for the Payne Ave Phase II project in Asiatown! Here’s a little recap of what to expect (both phases).

Checking out bus & bike infrastructure in downtown Denver!

After 35+ miles and 130+ photos, this is the story of Kinsman. From forgotten industrial landscapes to a leader in sustainability efforts. POST: www.everystreetcleveland.com/2025/07/kins...

July 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets Update: tinyurl.com/CGSjuly2025

June 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets Update Link: tinyurl.com/June2025CGS

Actual photo I took last night. @thisiscle.bsky.social

Behold: After 5.5 months, 101+ miles, and 350+ photos, this is the story of Slavic Village. Quite the journey. So much history. Post: tinyurl.com/ESCslavicvil...

Huge turnout for the 36th annual Canalway Riversweep despite the weather. 33 sites cleaned by nearly 1k volunteers. My team removed nearly 60 bags of trash on W. 65th b/w Clark & Storer where we recently planted 50 trees. Of course, always fun to catch up with everyone at the Flat Iron afterparty.

Another nice Detroit Shoreway & Cudell Better Streets Bike Fix-A-Thon event. Special thanks to Neighborhood Connections for the funding, Ohio City Bike Co-Op for the great work crew, Bike CLE for the lights & helmets, and Cudell Rec Center for the space.

The inaugural Ohio Active Transportation Conference was great. Lots of good sessions and City staff + mayor represented well. It sold out so hopefully this will become an annual event.

May 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets + Trails Update: mailchi.mp/clevelandohi...

Nice turnout for Celebrate Trails Day at Canal Basin Park. Lots to celebrate. Lots more to come over the next several years.

‘Arbor Day Happy Hour’ with Better Streets Collinwood at Waterloo Arts. Homemade cocktails and food spread. Tree planting demonstration. Tree bingo. I love this group.

State of the Environment with @justinmbibb.bsky.social at Cleveland Public Library. Congrats to Sustainable Cleveland on the launch of their Climate Action Plan!

Earth Day tour of W. 50th to learn about the grassroots efforts to save the now-iconic 44 ash trees on the street. We also discussed challenges and strategies to tree preservation in Cleveland. Finished with some drinks at Happy Dog. Thanks to Urban Forestry for organizing.

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I'll be leading a cleanup of W. 65 b/w Clark & Storer Ave on Sat, May 3 (9-11am) as part Riversweep. We recently planted 50 trees in this location & would like to give the area a good Spring cleaning. RSVP below. Lunch/afterparty @ Flat Iron to follow. Thanks! www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DAD...

Thanks to Steve Litt/Ideastream for the coverage. Stop by the new Market Garden Irishtown Bend Taproom this Wed from 6-8pm to check out the plans for the Memorial Bridges Loop. RSVP below to stay "in the loop" (pun intended) for project updates as well. Invite: www.eventbrite.com/e/cleveland-...

April 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets + Trails Update Link: tinyurl.com/April2025CLE...

I visit weekly. When I drive, I have never parked on W. 25th. Why? There's always a parking space in the lots. In fact, I did counts this weekend: 254 avail spaces at 7:30pm on Sat, 67 at 1pm on a Sun. Peak hours. I also fear ped safety is being used as a strawman of sorts. Design solutions exist.

March 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets + Trails Update: tinyurl.com/March2025cgs

"Over the past week, the Trump Administration has removed many important safety resources. Last Friday, we noticed that the main Complete Streets page on the Federal Highway Administration’s website had been removed—erasing decades of research, case studies, and proven solutions."

Elements of this map - including physically separated bike lanes & upgrades to current lanes - begin implementation this year❗️as part of a rapid, 3-year bikeway install. If there are connections you would like prioritized, you have a window of opportunity at www.clevelandohio.gov/cleveland-mo...

February 2025 CLE Complete & Green Streets + Trail Update: tinyurl.com/Feb2025cgs

Pittsburgh had a plan to install 3-15K new streetlights. Using a new GIS tool that identifies actual surface illumination, they were able to refine their work and determined only 1,100 needed installed, saving the city millions. Note: Streetlight improvements can reduce collisions by up to 42%.

Congrats to @bikecleveland.bsky.social on their 14th anniversary and another sold out annual meeting & social. Up to a record 1,900 members!

Appreciate Scene doing this story but want to clarify that the upcoming CLE Moves plan will be our guide moving forward (builds on CleLink). Also, I'll be discussing the Mem. Bridges Loop plans at an upcoming run group event. More details on that once we wrap up a few technical items. Stay tuned.

January 2025 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets + Trails Update: mailchi.mp/1fac015d49f2...

The Cleveland Better Streets Film Festival was a great success! Special thanks to all our community allies for participating, Bike Cleveland for sponsoring, Capitol Theatre for hosting, Better Cities Film Festival for partnering and, of course, to all those who attended. Great night.

We're 4 days out and just surpassed 200 RSVPs! A reminder that the event is free but tickets are required. Get yours here: events.humanitix.com/better-stree...

We're less than 2 weeks until the CLE Better Streets Film Fest! Check out the film lineup below! Reminder: event is free but tickets are required. We've got 400 seats to fill and would love a huge turnout for the first year so we hope to see you there! Tickets: events.humanitix.com/better-stree...

Just had our final planning meeting for the Better Street Film Fest. Lineup is looking great. Also just cracked the 100 RSVP mark. However, we have 400 seats to fill! Free event but tickets are required (see link below). Hope you can join us on December 14 at the Capitol Theater!

Hello good people of Cleveland. Here's your December 2024 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets + Trails update. Hope you're having a great holiday break. And if not, please allow this post to help fill the distraction gap. Update: tinyurl.com/CGSDec2024

Cleveland Turkey Trot. Nearly 10,000 strong.

Recommended. Streaming on most platforms. "The House Next Door documents the effect of the foreclosure crisis on Cleveland - ground zero for this disaster, examining: the roots of the crisis; the impact on the city; the effort to clean up the mess; and most troubling, could this happen again?"

It's happening - 50 street trees being planted on W. 65 in Stockyards (b/w Clark & Storer Ave)! Partnered w/ CM Santana, MetroWest CDC & Bartlett Tree to circle back on this complete/green street project from 2021 & add this important GI. Special thanks to Cleveland Tree Coalition for the funding!

I'm taking a new approach with my Every Street Cleveland running posts: instead of posting individual runs, I'm posting the summary of an entire neighborhood. After 3+ months, 14 individual runs and nearly 55 miles, this is the story of Mt. Pleasant. Post: tinyurl.com/ESTMtPleasant

Nice turnout for the Payne Ave Phase II project (E. 30-E. 55) last night. Nearly 25K more sqft tree lawn being created which will create planting space for upwards of 200+ trees plus continuation of the parking-protected bike lanes from Phase I.

It's happening! Tree lawns being constructed on the Payne Ave Phase I project (E. 13-E. 30). I advocate a great deal for greenspace so it's great to see it actually happen on a project. These will pair nicely with the City's first-ever parking projected bike lane when the project is complete.

Cleveland Moves update with @justinmbibb.bsky.social and planning staff. When completed this year, the plan will update the old 2007 (!) city bike plan and give us a 5-year roadmap to include 3 years of quick build implementation projects. Learn more at: www.clevelandohio.gov/cleveland-mo...

Assessing capital repair needs for Treadway Trail in Old Brooklyn. This trail was built in 2007 as part of a land conservation project and is a critical link to the Towpath Trail. It's in need of some repairs which we hope to make in 2025 in partnership with Councilmember Rebecca Maurer.

Congrats to Slow Roll Cleveland on another great season. This is a really well-organized and dedicated group. What I particularly love is they actually ride through different neighborhoods of the city, exposing folks to places they may never otherwise experience.

Ribbon cutting for $1.4M of improvements to Impett Park in West Park Kamm's. A great example of a resident-planned initiative supported by the Councilmember and City admin (funding, design, implementation). Made possible due to federal ARPA funds (that government waste the new admin wants to cut).

Cleveland friends! Please join me on Saturday, December 14 from 4-6:30pm at the Capitol Theater for the inaugural Cleveland Better Streets Film Fest! The event is free but donations are welcome and support Bike Cleveland’s Better Streets program. Tickets: events.humanitix.com/better-stree...

"The transit plan will focus on mass improvements over the next several years, including 86 miles of new or upgraded sidewalks, hundreds of smart signals that can improve traffic flow, upgraded bus stops and transit centers, 24-hour bus service and 54 miles of high-capacity transit corridors."