RideONE Free Bike Program for All Ages

RideONE is a free bike program created by Commissioner Rodney Ellis and run out of community centers. It serves under-served communities by lending bikes of all sizes — including e-bikes and three-wheeled bikes — to people of all ages and abilities. Residents can learn bike safety, basic maintenance, and ride for fun or everyday transportation needs. Bike safety classes are also offered in after-school, summer, and school programs.

Access to safe streets shouldn’t depend on your ZIP code. Every neighborhood deserves to have quality infrastructure, and we must focus investments and advocacy in areas that have been historically under-served and neglected. WHAT IS RideONE? RideONE is an alternative transportation program developed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis and run out of our community centers. RideONE brings the joy of biking to under-served communities and gives residents the opportunity to learn about bicycle safety and bike maintenance while getting comfortable riding bikes for pleasure and to fill basic transportation needs. We have our own fleet of bicycles that is available to the public to check out.  These include bicycles of all sizes and even e-bikes. This gives people of all abilities the opportunity to ride a bike. It’s been an amazing success at our community centers. Many of seniors, some of whom never learned to ride a bike, are now hitting the trails around our parks and community centers. Some of them use an e-Bike, some prefer a 3-wheeled bike, and others are comfortable riding a regular ol’ bicycle. You can also find bike repair stations along some of our trails, and you can learn how to use them to keep your bike in top shape here. Bike Safety Classes The Ride One Program teaches kids and seniors important bike safety and instruction while connecting communities through our many new bike lanes and trails. Our bike safety education program is incorporated into our after-school and summer programming, and the staff goes out to schools to help our youth learn about bike safety. The kids’ faces say it all: it’s a blast!