Cyclesomatic 2012: iBike Rosemont, October 8th – 12th
September 24, 2012 § 2 Comments
Not many of our events inspire more than this one. None of our events we do mean more. And , none of them have made more of a difference in a child’s life than iBike Rosemont. This event has led to the actual first and completed buffered bike lane in the city of Dallas to date. Want to start an iBike program at your local elementary school? Reply to this post with your name and email address.
Here are the details:
Date: October 8th – 12th
Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM, Mon – Friday, 3:00pm Friday
Location: Rosemont Primary School, 1919 Stevens Forest Drive, Dallas, TX 75208
Description: iBike Rosemont is a combined effort between Rosemont Elementary, parents, students and neighbors. The week consists of morning bike rides to school by parents and students. The riders get a card that is punched each day they ride their bike to school. At the end of the week on Friday, the kids, their parents, volunteers and teachers participate in a group bike ride to Eno’s in the Bishop Arts District, where the kids turn their punch cards in for a free root beer float.
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Third day of iBike Rosemont and the bike riders grows!
April 11, 2012 § Leave a Comment
95 riders on day 3!!!
The best decorated bike of the day, Lower Campus with Christian Johnson
This morning we had 95 riders between upper and lower campuses. There is great music rocking at lower campus and wonderful student support at upper campus.
Big shout out to Jennifer Pickert who got the t-shirts together this year. They’re a big hit. And the $1 Bike Friendly Rosemont stickers are great!
Sweet story of the day goes to the mini-rider who ran up to us this morning with a giant smile. After saying hello she proudly pronounced that she “RODE WITHOUT HER TRAINING WHEELS” for the first time that day. She was so excited and reminded us of that feeling of freedom that comes with learning to ride a bike.
April 9-13th marks the fifth, semi-annual I Bike Rosemont week at Rosemont Elementary. I Bike Rosemont is a combined effort between Rosemont Elementary, parents, students and neighbors. The week consists of morning bike rides to school by parents and students. The riders get a card that is punched each day they ride their bike to school. At the end of the week, the kids, their parents, volunteers and teachers participate in a group bike ride to Eno’s in Bishop Arts, where the kids turn their punch cards in for a free root beer float.
In addition, there are prizes for riders, a t-shirt sale, and “bike rodeo” event to celebrate the culmination of the week’s activities.
The two schools that make up Rosemont Elementary are ideally located in the middle of an urban neighborhood, with residents from all walks of life. I Bike Rosemont was started, in part, to increase bike ridership to school and to raise awareness for neighborhood riders. The number of riders grew from 5 in the first event to 140 on the last day of the fall 2011 bike week. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story.
Christian Johnson, a West Kessler resident, Rosemont dad and local cyclist has been a driving force in the event. He spoke of one student who “on Monday had training wheels, but by Friday her extra wheels were gone and she was doing great!” Another volunteer, Jennifer Pickert, met a retired grandfather walking behind his 7-year-old granddaughter on her bike. He got the bike for her the night before so she could participate in the event. Pickert said, “It’s so inspiring to see families come together for this event.” Jenni Stolarski, a neighbor and volunteer likes the small-town feeling that I Bike Rosemont fosters. She said “Last spring, 7 of the 10 regular volunteers were Kings Highway neighbors who don’t have children, but want to support the school.”
Each successive event sees an increase in the number of riders. Because of this, the I Bike Rosemont team could use additional volunteers and sponsorships. To participate in either, please contact Christian Johnson at christiancjohnson@gmail.com or 214-763-8767.
iBike Rosemont is Back for it’s 5th Installment
April 4, 2012 § 2 Comments
April 9-13th marks the fifth, semi-annual I Bike Rosemont week at Rosemont Elementary. I Bike Rosemont is a combined effort between Rosemont Elementary, parents, students and neighbors. The week consists of morning bike rides to school by parents and students. The riders get a card that is punched each day they ride their bike to school. At the end of the week, the kids, their parents, volunteers and teachers participate in a group bike ride to Eno’s in Bishop Arts, where the kids turn their punch cards in for a free root beer float.
In addition, there are prizes for riders, a t-shirt sale, and “bike rodeo” event to celebrate the culmination of the week’s activities.
The two schools that make up Rosemont Elementary are ideally located in the middle of an urban neighborhood, with residents from all walks of life. I Bike Rosemont was started, in part, to increase bike ridership to school and to raise awareness for neighborhood riders. The number of riders grew from 5 in the first event to 140 on the last day of the fall 2011 bike week. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story.
Christian Johnson, a West Kessler resident, Rosemont dad and local cyclist has been a driving force in the event. He spoke of one student who “on Monday had training wheels, but by Friday her extra wheels were gone and she was doing great!” Another volunteer, Jennifer Pickert, met a retired grandfather walking behind his 7-year-old granddaughter on her bike. He got the bike for her the night before so she could participate in the event. Pickert said, “It’s so inspiring to see families come together for this event.” Jenni Stolarski, a neighbor and volunteer likes the small-town feeling that I Bike Rosemont fosters. She said “Last spring, 7 of the 10 regular volunteers were Kings Highway neighbors who don’t have children, but want to support the school.”
Each successive event sees an increase in the number of riders. Because of this, the I Bike Rosemont team could use additional volunteers and sponsorships. To participate in either, please contact Christian Johnson at christiancjohnson@gmail.com or 214-763-8767 or Jenni Stalarski at jennisto@yahoo.com
iBike Rosemont is Back for it’s 5th Installment
March 21, 2012 § Leave a Comment
April 9-13th marks the fifth, semi-annual I Bike Rosemont week at Rosemont Elementary. I Bike Rosemont is a combined effort between Rosemont Elementary, parents, students and neighbors. The week consists of morning bike rides to school by parents and students. The riders get a card that is punched each day they ride their bike to school. At the end of the week, the kids, their parents, volunteers and teachers participate in a group bike ride to Eno’s in Bishop Arts, where the kids turn their punch cards in for a free root beer float.
In addition, there are prizes for riders, a t-shirt sale, and “bike rodeo” event to celebrate the culmination of the week’s activities.
The two schools that make up Rosemont Elementary are ideally located in the middle of an urban neighborhood, with residents from all walks of life. I Bike Rosemont was started, in part, to increase bike ridership to school and to raise awareness for neighborhood riders. The number of riders grew from 5 in the first event to 140 on the last day of the fall 2011 bike week. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story.
Christian Johnson, a West Kessler resident, Rosemont dad and local cyclist has been a driving force in the event. He spoke of one student who “on Monday had training wheels, but by Friday her extra wheels were gone and she was doing great!” Another volunteer, Jennifer Pickert, met a retired grandfather walking behind his 7-year-old granddaughter on her bike. He got the bike for her the night before so she could participate in the event. Pickert said, “It’s so inspiring to see families come together for this event.” Jenni Stolarski, a neighbor and volunteer likes the small-town feeling that I Bike Rosemont fosters. She said “Last spring, 7 of the 10 regular volunteers were Kings Highway neighbors who don’t have children, but want to support the school.”
Each successive event sees an increase in the number of riders. Because of this, the I Bike Rosemont team could use additional volunteers and sponsorships. To participate in either, please contact Christian Johnson at christiancjohnson@gmail.com or 214-763-8767.
Donate to iBike Rosemont: Creating Safe Routes to School in Oak Cliff
July 14, 2011 § 1 Comment
Over the past couple of years, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has advocated for the use of a bicycle as an alternative mode of transportation throughout Oak Cliff and the entire city. It’s group rides have brought out more first-time and old-time bicyclists, and reacquainted them with bicycling again. BFOC has helped lead the efforts that created the first updated Dallas bike plan in over 20 years. Those efforts are starting to come to fruition with iBike Rosemont.
iBike Rosemont is one of several early demonstration and implementation efforts identified in the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan that will be hitting the pavement within the next several months, but it won’t happen unless we get your support! We are actively speaking to local businesses and community leaders to raise $5,000 towards the costs of the project. Please consider donating in large or small amounts what you can! It’s important that we get private community support in order to get these improvements made. 
Or stop by Sunday, August 7th at 4pm to celebrate Eno’s third year anniversary fundraiser for iBike Rosemont. Click here for the details!
iBike Rosemont week at Eno's for a rootbeer float
The plan is to create the first Safe Routes to School bicycle infrastructure near Rosemont Elementary’s upper campus located at Mary Cliff Rd and Stephen Forest Dr. BFOC has identified and outlined the following draft plan based on input from the school administrators, parents, and this past school years iBike Rosemont week sucesses:
- Bicycle infrastructure:
- include a two-way buffered bike lane along the northside Stephens Forest Dr from Mary Cliff Rd to Stephen’s Village Dr.
- include one-way buffered bike lanes along Mary Cliff Rd
- Pedestrian enhancements
- raised cross walk on Stephens Forest Dr extending the direct walkway perpendicular to the school’s entrance
- signage for yielding and dismounting bicycle
- painted unloading zone and signage on opposite side of Stephen’s Forest to allow parents to drop off children who are traveling east bound on Stephen’s Forest
- re-paint cross walks at Mary Cliff and Stephens Forest Dr
- paint cross walks at apartment driveway on Stephen Forest Dr and at intersection of Stephen’s Village Dr
- Street enhancements
- planters/bollards within 2 turnouts along Stephens Forest Dr to deter parents from doing U-turns
- Bicycle parking
- Increase front door parking units to 50-100 bicycles
- Use cage as overflow
