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History and Accomplishments

Our History and Accomplishments

Thirteen Years. One Vision.

Bike Walk Nebraska began as the Nebraska Bicycling Alliance in 2013 with a mission to improve roadway safety for bicyclists. In 2019, the organization adopted the name you know today, but our vision of safe and accessible biking and walking for all Nebraskans has remained unchanged.

Our Impact Over the Years:

  • 2016: Passed a bill granting bicyclists the same rights as pedestrians in a cross walk and abolished the mandatory side path law;
  • 2017: Successfully lobbied in support of the Nebraska Department of Roads to become the Nebraska Department of Transportation, paving thew ay for more inclusive transportation efforts across the state 
  • 2018: Negotiated with AAA Nebraska to offer roadside assistance to cyclists 
  • 2021: Championed the creation of a specialty license plate, generating over $150,000 to date for trail maintenance 
  • 2022: Secured $8.3 million appropriation from the state budget for trail development
  • 2023: Launched the state's first-ever Adult Learn-to-Ride Classes 
  • 2024: Successfully lobbied to update the state statute for eBike Classifications
  • 2025: Passed the Vulnerable Road User law, including an expansion of the 3-foot passing law, increased fines for excessive speeding, and additional penalties for drivers responsible in vulnerable road user crashes
  • 2026: Facilitated the creation of over 20 trailhead signs and other amenities along the Cowboy Trail 

Introducing: Bike Walk Give Day

byCait Dumas-Hein

Bike Walk Nebraska is excited to announce Bike Walk Give Day, a 24-hour, statewide, online giving event created to rally Nebraskans in support of active transportation nonprofits. 

We are grateful to have spent the last three years co-hosting Goldenride Bikefest and supporting hundreds of cyclists getting to experience Nebraska trail towns. As a statewide advocacy organization, we want to serve the entire state, and so enters Bike Walk Give Day! 

The first annual Bike Walk Give Day is happening on April 16th, from midnight to midnight. 

Bike Walk Give Day was created as a simple idea: a day to rally Nebraskans in support of the active transportation nonprofits serving their communities.  

As the hosts of the giving event for at least the next three years, we seek to:

  • Raise awareness: Nebraska is full of organizations pursuing active transportation-related work. Bike Walk Give Day will raise awareness of current active transportation causes, needs, and projects by harnessing a statewide audience for a singular day of giving.
  • Accelerate Community Efforts: Bike Walk Give Day seeks to help local, regional, and statewide active transportation nonprofits cultivate new funding and increase fiscal capacity.
  • Target Active Transportation: Every organization participating in Bike Walk Give has a demonstrated record of service pursuing active transportation services, needs, infrastructure, and programs.

In 2024, we expect to have twenty participating nonprofits with a 50/50 split of organizations representing Metro Nebraska and Greater Nebraska. Donations can be made online at bikewalkgive.org starting during early giving on April 1st. 

Last year was a record year for active transportation in Nebraska, with nearly $50 million of federally-funded projects kicking off, yet we know that we need to do more to keep Nebraska streets safe for all users. 

Bike Walk Nebraska needs help to do it. Cultivating active transportation opportunities requires cross-sector collaboration and partnerships  Now is the time to harness Nebraskan's generous and collaborative spirit, by easily connecting them to local, regional, and statewide active transportation nonprofits

We have the power to significantly impact the future of communities. Together, we'll make biking and walking a part of The Good Life.
 

Safer streets, stronger communities— for all.

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