CLEVELAND BIKE LIBRARY
Refurbrished bikes will be purchased from local bike shops including Fleet Bike Shop and Ohio City Bike Co-Op. The bikes will be given to Benjamin Franklin Elementary School; for scholars to use at varied times!
Leader
Randy King
Location
1905 Spring Rd, Cleveland, OH 44109 Cleveland , OH 44109
About the project
Cleveland Bike Library is a bike sharing program that gives children tools to become healthier and to give them a reliable way to school to receive the education they rightfully deserve. The program has numerous positive effects, and will send our youth to great success; in their health, in their education, and in their life overall.
This project was founded by Randy King. He is student in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Randy attended one of Cleveland’s own Sustainable Cleveland Summits with a youth leadership group called YSLP, and engaged with adults and other students who shared interest in adapting and improving their communities. Randy is extremely passionate. He believes that no student should have to wait at a bus stop for up to an hour, or walk miles to school because his or her parents do not have a reliable vehicle.
“It’s not safe having to wait at a bus stop for hours or to walk miles to go to a good school, and it’s wrong that education is being barricaded by the obstacle of transportation. If a student wants to receive their education or wants to become healthier, then they should be supported and given the tools to do so.”
-Randy King
The Steps
- Raise $515.00 on IOBY to go towards budget to fund the project and purchase certain supplies and gear:
- Bicycles
- Helmets
- Bike locks
- Bells
- Host or go to informational/fundraising events
- After getting required funds we will then purchase the bikes and gear from local bike shops
- On Febuary 15, 2017 we will start purchasing all the supplies and gear
- On March 1, 2017 we will hold the Pilot event at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and give them all supplies and gear for the students to interact with eachother and have fun!
- See if the project was a success by:
- Measuring GHG before the launch and 6 mos. after
- Comparing attendance records from 2016-2017 school year with 2017-2018 records
- Simply asking the staff and students if the project was a succes to their school in their opinion!
Why we‘re doing it
The Cleveland Bike Library has started because students are missing school due to a lack of transportation. Some students are offered RTA bus passes, but not every student lives near a bus stop. Using a bicycle to go to and from school has so many positive outcomes!
Positive outcomes from Cleveland Bike Library
Lowering carbon emissions in the community caused by cars and other vehicles
Increase physical fitness in our students which leads to healthier students
Provide safer transportation to and from school
Instead of a student walking really far to a bus stop or waiting at a bus stop for up to an hour. Students can ride straight from their home to their school and do the opposite at the end of the school day.