The virtual gathering highlighted evidence-based ways to advance youth and community well-being through bicycling.

On July 28, Outride hosted its 2021 Research Summit, “Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being through Cycling.” More than 600 people tuned into the virtual, one-day event, which covered topics as wide ranging as measuring brain activation and youth development to programmatic models centering youth voices to biking as a social justice issue. A first-of-its-kind convening of individuals, researchers, community organizations, and educators, the event spoke to the importance of diversifying the next generation of riders and taking an active role in the well-being of our youth. 

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Researchers spoke to the power of bicycling to enhance attention, boost energy and increase social connection. Other speakers shared memorable and life-changing experiences, from riding bikes and empowering women in Afghanistan to intertwining youth programming with the cultures and practices of the Navajo and Zuni Nations. As part of a session on “Measuring for Change and Elevating Youth Voices,” PeopleForBikes’ own data manager, Rebecca Davies, presented on the Bicycle Network Analysis tool and how it can be used to pinpoint opportunities for safety improvements around schools.

With 22 people presenting around six different themes, there was an abundance of actionable insights and food for thought. Notable sessions touched on ways to build community around bicycling and how to promote access and safety through policies and programming. While we encourage you to read Outride’s comprehensive summit recap, here are five high-level learnings that emerged:

Bicycling is a powerful activity for our bodies, brains, and overall well-being — and for creating social connection! 


The needs and voices of youth, as well as caregivers, are critical to include in any design process. As Alex Baum of the Dutch bike organization BYCS noted in his presentation, “A city planned and programmed for infants, toddlers and caregivers is a city fit for all.” 


Although there’s a gap in affordable and free youth bicycling programming in the U.S., there are many organizations doing incredible work in this area. Those doing it well focus on fun, access and cultural relevance to youth. They also enlist mentors, coaches and family to engage youth in bicycling. 


Access to bikes, trails and programming is not equitable. There’s also a lack of data on what works best to alleviate the divide. What people agree on: Invest in program evaluation and connect with community researchers to push our collective understanding forward, promoting safe and equitable access in the process. 


There’s a lack of centralized resources on how to develop youth bicycling programs. As a result of the summit, folks from many different fields came together to share information. This resulted in many great conversations and discussions, which Outride plans on synthesizing in one comprehensive resource list.

If you were unable to attend the summit in person, all six sessions are now available to watch online.

Read Outride’s recap of the 2021 Research Summit, “Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being Through Cycling.”

Learnings From the 2021 Outride Research Summit

In Arizona’s Verde Valley, PeopleForBikes and other partners are coming together to create a community hub for mountain biking.

Roughly 100 miles north of Phoenix, in the geographic center of Arizona, the Verde River flows from north to south, carving through a stretch of land defined by red rocks, scenic mountain vistas and dense Ponderosa Pine forests. Known as the Verde Valley, this 714-square-mile area encompasses the towns of Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Camp Verde, Jerome and, most well known, Sedona. It’s here that a 2021 PeopleForBikes grant recipient, Verde Valley Wheel Fun, is building a mountain bike skills park. 

Although Sedona is generally known as a wealthy retiree community with a New Age vibe, the rest of the Verde Valley isn’t all art galleries and five-star spas. As is often the case with centers of wealth, many local residents work in the service industry or trades, raising kids on low-wage jobs. In fact, roughly half of the children attending school in the Verde Valley are enrolled in the National School Lunch Program, a federally assisted meal plan that provides low-cost or free lunches to students. Where the bike skills park is being built, at the Oak Creek Elementary School in the unincorporated town of Cornville, the landscape is more rural and tourists are a rarer sight.

Sedona and the surrounding area is famous for mountain and road biking, a year-round destination for people drawn to two-wheel fun on red dirt and long stretches of pavement flanked by incredible views. Most of the area’s trails are the result of Forest Service and community efforts including the Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition, an organization comprised of both road and mountain bikers that’s worked to improve the region’s bicycling environment since 1992. In 2017, the nonprofit began to focus on giving back to the local community beyond trail building and maintenance, launching a series of after-school mountain bike clubs. By 2019, it became its own entity, Verde Valley Wheel Fun (FUN).

“We just started growing faster than we could imagine,” said Kevin Adams, co-founder and treasurer at FUN. “This fall, we’ll start our thirteenth after-school club at 13 different schools here. We keep adding schools based on how fast we can raise money and get bikes.”

With the current programming in place, there will be some 130 kids participating in after-school mountain bike clubs throughout the Verde Valley, coached by 33 trained volunteers. As Adams sees it, one of the benefits of the clubs is that they get young people off their electronic devices and active outside. Since participating in the after-school clubs is a privilege, not a right, youth are also motivated to keep their grades up. Reports from the schools indicate that kids in the yearlong program either maintain or improve their reading levels and math scores. The bike clubs aren’t just for boys, either, with about 40% of participants identifying as female (as well as half of the coaches).

Alongside the $7,500 in funding received from PeopleForBikes, the Trek Foundation committed $60,000 to fund the Oak Creek School Mountain Bike Skills Park. Additional donations from the Catena Foundation, the Mountain Bike Association of Arizona, Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai County, Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona and private individuals led to a total of more than $140,000 in funding. The bike park will break ground on January 3, 2022 — the best time to build in the desert — and will take six weeks to complete. A youth-led project to build a fitness course will be located adjacent to the park and is set to be completed this September.

Last year, FUN secured a $15,000 grant from the Outride Fund — the matching community grant program offered by the youth bicycling organization Outride — to build a mountain bike skills park at Mountain View Preparatory, a public K-8 school in Cottonwood. That bike park, which opened in April 2021, serves as a proof of concept for the new project and is part of what’s making the region a true bicycling ecosystem. Outride, a PeopleForBikes partner, believes investing in bicycling communities not only creates a more equitable, accessible and diverse bike industry but also leads to improved health outcomes among youth. 

“So often, bike trails are inaccessible to kids whose parents aren’t cyclists,” said Andy Cunningham, who manages the Outride Fund. “One of the things that’s great about Verde Valley Wheel Fun is that they’re building bike parks adjacent to schools, where kids are actually living. That way, kids don’t need a parent to ride and can go there with their friends.”

Complementing FUN’s after-school programs is Outride’s Riding for Focus program, a middle school bike curriculum designed to be implemented as part of a typical physical education class. Once FUN completed its first skills park, it reached out to the principal of another nearby middle school in the district, the Cottonwood Community School, to see if they’d be interested in applying for a Riding for Focus grant. Cottonwood Community is located downtown in a part of the city that has 85% participation in the National School Lunch Program and a student population that’s about 58% Hispanic. For the school, applying for the program was a no-brainer.

“The outcome of that is going to be a fleet of bikes in the middle school plus a trained P.E. teacher, so those kids are going to learn how to ride safely,” said Cunningham. “Once they have that basic level of confidence, they can actually walk over and ride on the new bike park that’s down the road. It's pretty awesome.”

Outride’s own research has shown that beyond the many physical benefits of riding, biking is a great way for kids to build social connections and community. Youths who regularly engage in physical activity report less depression and anxiety symptoms, have higher self-esteem and also perform better academically than kids who are inactive. Through the Riding for Focus program, kids become excited about P.E. and many gain access to a bike for the first time.

Long term, Outride wants access to bikes and bike programs to be as ubiquitous as our public libraries, ever-present even in America’s smallest towns. That means helping to grow bicycling communities through Riding for Focus and new bike parks, as well as educational initiatives, earn-a-bike programs and even bicycle cooperatives. In the nearby Four Corners region, which encompasses parts of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and the Diné (Navajo) nation, Outride is working with community partners like Silver Stallion Bicycle & Coffee, a mobile bike shop, and Project Bike Tech to build a bicycling ecosystem. There, like in the Verde Valley and other rural communities, bikes play a crucial role when it comes to connecting people and improving both mental and physical health outcomes for children. 

“In a lot of these small, rural, isolated towns, there’s often not a lot kids can do — especially in the last year, when indoor spaces were shut down,” said Cunningham. “For these kids that can safely ride in a bike park? There must be such a sense of joy and freedom. That’s a pretty cool gift we can bring that hopefully doesn't benefit just children, but families and the whole community too.”

On July 28, tune in for evidence-based ways to advance youth and community well-being through bicycling. While the event is totally free, registration is required.

After students in her class began riding bikes more frequently, Lacey Munden saw a noticeable improvement in their confidence and mental health. Munden, a classroom teacher at RL Clemitson School, was impressed, attributing the change to Riding For Focus, Outride’s middle school bicycle education program. “The increase in confidence I have seen on and off the bike has been shocking,” said Munden. 

To date, Riding For Focus has been established in 200 schools throughout 44 U.S. states and Canada. The program provides schools with everything they need to get their 6th-8th grade students riding, including bikes, helmets, curriculum and intensive teacher training. Students participating in the program consistently self-report stronger peer relationships and better focus at school. 

Outride’s 2021 Research Summit, "Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being through Cycling,” will showcase similar findings from the Riding For Focus program, as well as more general bicycling research from organizations around the world. The conference will take place on July 28, 2021, and although it’s completely free and open to the public, registration is required. From 11:30 am - 7:30 pm EST, Outride’s own research team and others will highlight the impact of bicycling on health, equity, happiness and community well-being, with a specific focus on youth. 

“The summit will be a space where people doing the work to strengthen their communities through cycling can learn from each other and put that research into practice,” said Esther Walker, Outride’s research program manager. “Our bigger goal is to create a space for sharing and empower people to make an impact locally,” 

Each summit presentation will feature actionable research insights so that attendees will come away with applicable, relevant lessons for their communities. Attendees can expect virtual presentations covering a wide range of topics from the impact of bicycling on cognitive function and mental health, to presentations on women’s empowerment through bikes and gendered barriers to bicycling. The research summit's full agenda can be previewed here. 

PeopleForBikes’ team member Rebecca Davies, a product manager and data analyst, will highlight the PeopleForBikes’ Bicycle Network Analysis tool and its potential to measure how accessible school locations are by bike. We’ll also hear directly from youth about how bicycling impacts their lives and communities, including representatives of the National Youth Bike Council, a group of teenagers organizing young leaders in bicycling communities around the country. 

As a leading national youth bicycling organization, Outride is working to get more kids on bikes and build more diverse, equitable and healthy cycling communities in partnership with schools, communities and researchers around the country. We’re proud to partner with Outride and hope you’ll join us at the 2021 Research Summit.

Click here to learn more about the 2021 Outride Research Summit and register to attend.

Want to advance bicycling locally? It’s time to reconsider how we apply our messaging around bicycling and bike infrastructure.

If the 24-hour news cycle and partisan politics of the last decade have taught us anything, it’s that messaging can make or break even the best policies. If you’re reading this article, you’re likely in agreement that more biking is a good thing. But maybe you’re short on staff, lack funding for infrastructure or don’t have strong community support to make it happen. Cities of all sizes across the country have overcome these and other obstacles — the key to success lies in the strategies and tactics used.

After years of helping communities build up bicycling, our Local Innovation team wrote a playbook for city leaders working to construct safe, convenient and attractive places to ride. Drawing from that comprehensive document, as well as PeopleForBikes’ funded research and  first-hand experience, we landed on five strategies every bike advocate needs in order to start garnering wins. As the leaders in the fight for building better communities, the responsibility for messaging falls on us. To win over diverse groups and achieve a bike-forward agenda, we need to shift the conversation.

Bike advocacy work is challenged by perceptions that bicycling is a niche activity, meant for a select few with minimal potential to improve mobility or reduce traffic and air pollution. Too easily, biking is dismissed as a special-interest activity rather than a populist solution. Although we know that’s not the case, in order to change public perceptions and move bicycling into the mainstream we need to rethink our collective definition of “bike advocate.”

The typical bike advocate is often portrayed as quirky, condescending elitist — a wealthy, white male who shows up to work or a public meeting clad in spandex. Our work will be more effective, however, the more people we bring in, including families, people of color and even folks who don’t bike at all. Biking is actually one of the most income-diverse activities in the United States, but those who it’s most important to — the lowest-income commuters who often have few other options — are many times left out of advocacy discussions altogether.

By listening to diverse communities and cultivating partnerships with neighborhood organizations, you can reach people you might not otherwise. Create safe spaces where people can talk openly and then act on what you learn. If you hear that trash on neighborhood sidewalks is more pressing of an issue than bike lanes, tackle that first and build trust. Position bike lanes as an important part of increasing mobility and opportunity, something that will help residents access jobs and move around faster.

Position a “bike advocate” as someone who wants to better their community and create opportunities for other people to get involved, even if it doesn't involve bikes at all. For example, the Providence Streets Coalition in Providence, Rhode Island, offers mini-grants to fund projects that aren’t specifically related to bicycling, such as murals, pop-up art events and culture tours. By emphasizing projects that utilize and benefit from public space and bike networks, you can bring more people together around the common cause of building better communities. 

There’s no denying that we live in a car culture — the vast majority of commuters in the U.S. (around 76% of people) travel alone in a vehicle and it’s important to respect their choice to do so. For drivers, any proposed reconfiguration of public roads and adjacent space can be perceived as a threat to car use, and there’s often concern that creating safer spaces for biking will reduce convenient parking options and hurt businesses. However, we know those bike lanes are actually better for business, contributing to positive economic development, boosting retail sales and even encouraging tourism. 

Bike lanes also fight congestion and can help alleviate traffic for those that choose to drive. In our research, we found that many people would support bike infrastructure if it also meant improvements for better roads and parking. Bike lanes — separate, protected bike lanes  in particular — make bikers less of an inconvenience for drivers and make the roads safer and less confusing for everyone, including pedestrians. Careful planning and smart construction can help everyone can get where they are going in the safest, easiest way possible.

Positioning safety as the responsibility of all parties, bikers included, will go a long way when it comes to getting drivers onboard with bikes. Advance the idea that we can have peace on the road when everyone has a piece of the road, and don’t be defensive when it comes to safety — we’ll all be safer with better infrastructure and once all parties are educated on how to share the road. Emphasizing a Vision Zero approach, or a strategy for eliminating all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, should win over anyone concerned about traffic fatalities.

While bikes have amazing implications for the environment, public health and the economy, it’s important not to oversell them as a cure-all. Communicate how bike infrastructure adds to communities but acknowledge that bikes won’t solve all societal problems. In almost every case, infrastructure changes need to happen in conjunction with other important initiatives to truly benefit people. 

For example, many Black and brown people have vastly different bicycling experiences than their white peers and are often unfairly targeted by an enforcement-centric approach when it comes to safe streets. For these populations, a strategy that reimagines traffic enforcement will be more compelling than one that solely promotes bicycling. In many cases, working to tackle other community issues first will set up a more receptive environment for bicycling down the road.

Make a point to talk about how bicycling infrastructure improves the lives of all, whether or not people bike. By increasing opportunity, relieving congestion and improving recreation, bike infrastructure has economic benefits, adding resources to a community. Continue to emphasize how bicycle infrastructure makes streets safer for everyone, benefits people’s health and provides crucial transportation access to jobs and essential services.  

For decades, U.S. traffic engineers assumed that people on bikes could almost always share the road with cars. But a shoulder — even a striped bike lane — on a street with fast traffic isn’t an appealing place to bike for most people, especially women and less experienced riders. Putting a bike symbol in the middle of a busy thoroughfare does little to make it a place where parents will ride with their children.

We now know, based on both U.S. and international experience, what kind of infrastructure designs give people of all ages and abilities the sense of safety, comfort and enjoyment that makes them want to ride. This includes protected bike lanes, which are located next to the road and physically separated from traffic, as well as things like better lighting, traffic-calming barriers and well-marked crosswalks. While sharrows might have a place in small towns or on low-stress streets, protected bike lanes should be the default for roadways with speed limits above 30 mph. 

As a rule of thumb, if something’s not going to be comfortable to ride for people of all ages and abilities, then don’t build it.

Most cities have built bits and pieces of good places to ride bikes: A path or two along a river, some appealing neighborhood streets and maybe a protected bike lane. The trick, however, is to move from individual projects to clusters of connected networks. Complete bike networks offer bikers the flexibility to travel safely to essential destinations and are key to getting more people on two wheels. If you want to move away from bicycling as a niche, recreational activity, building out complete networks is key.

In Sevilla, Spain, the city went from almost no bike lanes to an expansive citywide network in just a few years. In 2007 alone, the city built 40 miles of protected bike lanes, a 542% increase over existing miles, and continued to double the size of its network over the next six years. The result was a fivefold increase in bicycling trips. In New Orleans, the Algiers Protected Bike Lane Network, inspired by Sevilla’s, is rapidly building out a network in one of the city’s most often neglected neighborhoods.

Rapid implementation is also an important factor when building out networks, as it can help rally public support and hold all parties accountable. Push local leadership to make public commitments by including timelines with all projects. And no matter what, make sure that your messaging stays consistent.

Outride’s #WhatWillYouOutride campaign sparked a national conversation around the benefits of bicycling.

When Outride asked, “What will you Outride?” on Instagram, the response was inspiring. The nonprofit, which supports youth bicycling through their education programs, research and community grants, received an outpouring of responses from folks across the country about the role biking played in helping them address anxiety, stress, pressure, the challenges of the pandemic and so much more. Peruse the #WhatWillYouOutride hashtag or Outride’s profile and you’ll see the myriad ways people are overcoming personal challenges — both big and small — just by getting out on two wheels. 

“These stories are powerful examples of the healing and transformative power of the bike,” said Outride’s Executive Director Skye DeLano. “As we work to build diverse, inclusive and accessible bicycling communities, we want people to share their own stories.”

Many of the benefits people credit to bicycling are backed up by research. For example, Outride researchers measured improved self-esteem and academic performance in students who participated in their Riding For Focus school-based bike education program. PeopleForBikes’ research found that during the pandemic, new bicyclists were motivated to ride because of the health benefits, as well it being a fun, socially distanced way to spend time with others.

Outride posed the “What will you Outride?” question to PeopleForBikes’ staff, eliciting a variety of responses during a recent staff ride around Boulder, Colorado. Check them out below, and ask yourself that same question the next time you go for a ride!

All photos are courtesy of Isaac Novak, PeopleForBikes content and design coordinator. 

“I outride fear — the very specific fear of being hit by a car, which happened to me this past October, as well as the more general sense of fear and anxiety brought on by the pandemic. Continuing to bike allows me to let go of both.” 

“It's easy to hole up at home when it's cold and gray, but that takes a mental toll. Even a 20-minute ride helps me clear my head and remember that spring is around the corner.” 

- Zoe Kircos, director of grants and partnerships 

“Every now and then I am overcome by a creative block, but I always remember that a great bike ride outside helps to reignite my imagination and bounce over those mental blocks.” 

- Isaac Novak, content and design coordinator

“In a world where you're staring at the Zoom screen all day, it's wonderful to give the eyes a rest to take in life in 3D.” 

“Spending so much time at home in the past year has made it hard to distinguish one day from the next. Riding my bike breaks the monotony, enabling me to explore new places and experience a change of scenery.” 

- Rebecca Davies, bicycle networks data manager

“After a day of being cooped up inside and looking at screens, there’s nothing better than getting outside and connecting with our natural world. Going for a bike ride helps me feel grounded, energized and happy!” 

- Ben Malmborg-Wild, executive + administrative assistant

“My home office desk is about ten feet from our kitchen and it might be catching up with me… Here’s to a spring where we can get out and ride bikes and build community as we all work to move forward from the devastation from the last year.”  

We spoke with Esther Walker, Ph.D., about the research work Outride and its university partners are doing to advance youth bicycling. 

Esther Walker was pursuing her Ph.D. in cognitive science at the University of California San Diego when she became a bike commuter. As she studied elements of psychology, computer science, statistics and neuroscience, her bike rides to and from campus became a time to destress and relax. By the time Walker graduated and was working in tech, she’d become a passionate bike racer.

When Walker saw that Outride — a nonprofit dedicated to providing evidence-based bicycle programs for youth — was hiring a research manager, the position felt tailormade to her background and interests. “Data really drives decisions, so being able to collect, analyze and interpret data is super important,” said Walker. “That’s the perspective I have brought to Outride.”

Walker started with the nonprofit in June of 2020, working to build up its research programs and serve as a resource for the bicycling community at large. In February of this year, PeopleForBikes announced a new partnership with Outride to support its mission and expand youth bicycling nationwide. We recently spoke with Walker about Outride’s research, the importance of centering historically-marginalized communities and the ways in which the nonprofit is making its data actionable.

PeopleForBikes: How does research fit into Outride’s larger vision?

Esther Walker: In addition to our Riding for Focus program and the Outride Fund, research is our third main programming area. We are constantly learning from our school and community partners, as well as working with a number of university partners. We’re using all of that data to inform our programs and bicycling initiatives in communities across the country.

For example, if there’s a school that wants to specifically focus on those with ADHD, then we work closely with our university partners to answer those questions and provide evidence-based recommendations in terms of how to implement programming. On the flip side, we also have a big focus on sharing back what we learn from communities.

What has Outride’s research shown so far?

At a high level, we know that physical activity is one of the best things that you can do for your health. So we know bicycling is good for your body, but it really goes beyond that. It’s good for your mind and a really great way to build social connections and community. Youths who regularly engage in physical activity report less depression and anxiety symptoms, have higher self-esteem and also perform better academically than kids who are inactive. We also know that despite all these known benefits, kids today are more inactive than ever.

Physical activity during school represents one of the few environments where kids have the opportunity to get moving but we also know all kids aren’t fans of traditional P.E., and in many cases, they have negative associations and try to avoid it. What we’ve seen is that bicycling really represents an activity that kids are excited about and that it can become a lifestyle.

As we’re teaching more kids to ride that didn’t have access to a bike before, we’re starting to see an increase in self-esteem and confidence, not to mention excitement around physical activity and the joy that comes with riding.

What has the research shown in regards to historically marginalized communities?

One thing that's been made very clear in our data is that there are huge disparities in access to bikes and safe places to ride. So many low-income and marginalized communities have less access to bikes and also less access to repairs, essentially living in bike deserts. So, fewer kids learn how to ride and see it as a safe option, contributing to poor mental and physical health outcomes. What we’re seeing is that communities that could benefit the most from access to bicycling are the ones that have the least amount of resources to support it.

Knowing all this, how does Outride act on the research to make things actionable and lead to change?

When it comes to structural inequities such as infrastructure, access to bike repair or access to equipment — this is where Outride wants to make a difference and help support and create connections within these communities. We’ve really focused on building up communities through bicycling through our Riding for Focus program and our Outride Fund. We specifically grant our programs to communities that are low income or historically marginalized. 

For those who may not know about bicycling or our programs, we do a lot of outreach to let people know that Riding for Focus is available to come to their school for free. Then later, through the fund, we can help build up bicycling ecosystems in those communities. We always want to make sure that our work is done through the voice of the communities and that they’re the ones building up these programs and deciding what works best within each ecosystem. 

Do you always collect a mix of qualitative and quantitative data? Why is that important?

We do collect a mix. The quantitative numbers really help us to track the impact over time that we're having on these schools. The qualitative side really helps us put that hard data into perspective by allowing us to hear directly from the students and communities about what they found effective. The best way to learn is often to just ask someone their perspective.

How do Outride and your university partners solicit research volunteers? Are participants compensated in any way?

Before conducting any research (whether with youth or adults), all projects by our university partners are reviewed by an Institutional Review Board [IRB] to ensure the rights and welfare of any research participants are prioritized. Youth must voluntarily agree to participate in the studies (and also have the consent of their parents), and they can stop participating at any time, for any reason, no questions asked. Each university partner determines how to compensate their participants for their time while ensuring not to coerce participants into participating with excessive compensation.

As for our Outride programs, in order to continually monitor the impact of our school-based physical education programs and identify areas for improvement, schools are provided with pre and post-program surveys. Participating in the surveys is optional for students, and all surveys and data collection processes have been reviewed and approved by an external IRB.

What are some areas you want to dig in or focus future research?

We really want to hear back from communities. Aside from working with our university partners, we’re really interested in learning how we can sustain and support interest in biking and physical activity beyond the classroom. How do we build up sustainable bike ecosystems in prior bike deserts? What are the long-term impacts of introducing bicycling to youth?

Outride is hosting its 2021 virtual research summit this July. What should people know?

Outride’s 2021 Research Summit, “Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being Through Cycling,'' will be on July 28. For the first time, we’re going to be opening up submissions and inviting people to share the great work that’s being done in the world of bicycling. The summit will be a space where those doing the work around the benefits of bicycling can learn from one another and put that research into practice. The larger goal is to capture it all and share it back with our communities to help make an impact locally.

Outride’s 5th Annual Research Summit: Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being Through Cycling will take place on July 28, 2021. Attendance is free and open to the public. Click here to register to attend.

Researchers, community organizations, youth and students engaged in relevant research are strongly encouraged to submit work pertaining to the theme “Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being through Bicycling” and present at the 2021 Research Summit. Submissions are open through May 31, 2021. More information about the call for proposals can be found here. 

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