Today is Giving Tuesday, which means we have less than 24 hours to reach our goal! Will you help us get there? 

Only 25 cars are left in the traffic jam! Donate today and help us remove the rest!
(For every $150 we raise, one car will be removed from the road and the driver will take a seat on the bus.)

Our goal is to raise $7,500 by midnight tonight! So far, we've raised $3,510 thanks to our generous donors. Please consider a donation of just $25 or more today to help us raise the remaining $3,990! 

Your donation for GivingTuesdayCLT will support the important work we do every day to make it safer and easier to get around Charlotte without a car and help more Charlotteans access economic opportunities!

Donating time and goods will contribute to our goal, too! Visit givingtuesdayclt.org to pledge volunteer hours or give a gift via our Amazon wish list that will directly support our events and initiatives! 

Please also forward this email to your friends, family, and colleagues who share your passion to support a healthy, equitable, and more vibrant Charlotte community!

Already a Sustaining Member? Please consider an additional gift today just for Giving Tuesday to help us reach our goal!

Many thanks to our generous donors for your recent donations in support of our mission! 

We have an exciting iBikeCLT update!

You've spoken up for safer bicycle facilities in Charlotte, and your voice is making a difference! More than 4,000 area residents have signed either our paper or online #iBikeCLT petition that called for City Council to approve construction of an Uptown protected bike lane connecting Little Sugar Creek and Irwin Creek Greenways in 2016. 

In July, we presented this petition to Charlotte City Council. And at the November 14 City Council Transportation and Planning Committee (TAP) meeting, we heard an update from CDOT on the Uptown Urban Trails Connection Study, which is analyzing options for protected bike lane locations. 

At this meeting, we were thrilled to learn that Charlotteans who attended an Uptown Connects workshop in September overwhelmingly want to see protected bike lanes in Uptown! 

This means that because YOU spoke up via the #iBikeCLT petition, the city is moving forward with plans to build a protected bike lane Uptown!

Click here to learn about next steps and challenges on our blog!

Attend a community workshop on Charlotte's new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)!

The City of Charlotte is updating our land use policies and development ordinances. This comprehensive effort - Charlotte Place Types & Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) - will shape the future growth of our city. 

Come lend your voice and learn more about these efforts by joining one of the upcoming workshop discussions. Each workshop is the same; simply choose the one that is most convenient for you.

Click here to view workshop times and to register!

Why Protected Bike Lanes Save Lives [City Lab]

"The transformative virtues of protected bike lanes have been the focus of much research lately. A 2014 study from Portland State University determined that segregated bike paths are not only demonstrably safer for riders, they have the power to lure lapsed riders back aboard their bikes. And in a new paper in the American Journal of Public Health, 'Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure,' the authors John Pucher and Ralph Buehler demonstrate that those cities that have invested heavily in fully protected bike paths over the last decade or so have reaped the biggest safety improvements and ridership boosts." It's time for Charlotte to invest in the protected bike infrastructure that's reducing accident rates and increasing ridership!