NC Bicycling Advocacy Groups

Bicycling has been popular in North Carolina for a long time, but bicycle advocacy seems to be a slow growing interest across the state. In the early 1970's, a few strong statewide advocates helped to encourage the NC Department of Transportation to begin a Bicycle & Pedestrian Division that assists with facility planning and design, as well as programming and safety-education for bicyclists and pedestrians. In addition, a number of non-profit local and statewide advocacy groups have been started in NC over the years, as well as a variety of bicycle clubs and bicycle/pedestrian government advisory boards. Many local advocacy groups are still in existence, and/or new groups are popping up recently across the state. Here are a few that we know of:

Asheville

Blue Ridge Bicycle Club

Charlotte

CharlotteBikes!

Bicycle Commuter Mentor Program

Eastern NC

Cape Fear Cyclists

Greensboro

Bicycling in Greensboro (a.k.a. BIG)

Greenville

Greenville Spinners (Cycling Club)

Hillsborough

Walkable Hillsborough Coalition

Winston Salem

Piedmont Flyers

Triangle Area

NC Coalition for Bicycling Driving

Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy

Tarwheels

Other Links

Other national, state and local Bicycle Club Information is available at the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club website.

Thanks to Jeremy Raw and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization for their assistance with this site.
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