St. Claude Ave - Lower 9th Ward Bike Ride Come join a fun bike ride along St. Claude Ave. Starting at the Green Project, riding into the Lower 9th Ward through the St. Claude Bridge and passing Sam Bonart Park and the Make it Right Houses. Then visiting the Bayou Bienvenue viewing platform with free canoeing opportunities available and back to the Green Project.

Saturday 4 April 2015 Ride to connect the Upper and Lower 9th Ward and advocate for safe transportation options for bikers and walkers on the St. Claude Bridge!

Sponsors

New Orleans Wetlands Bayou Bienvenue

New Orleans Canoe and Trail

Connect the 9 3rd ANNUAL

COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE

Saturday 4 April 2015

For more information call the Sierra Club at (504) 861 4835

For information about the St. Claude Bridge, visit www.bikeeasy.org

More events to come! Check the Facebook event for updates

Connect the 9 Shirts - $10

What makes the St. Claude Bridge Unsafe?

Dangerous infrastructure on the St. Claude Bridge includes:

• Extremely narrow road conditions for bikers and walkers

• Lack of signage and crosswalks on the bridge

• Speeding vehicles and lack of enforcement of speed limits

• Shared bicycle and freight lane, putting bikers in direct conflict with large trucks

Quick Fixes:

• Improving signage on the bridge to indicate that bicycles may use the full lane

• Re-stripe the roadway to reinforce the shared lane

• Enforce speed limits on the bridge

From the University of New Orleans Connect the 9 Report

Join us for this FREE ride 10:30am: ride starts at the Green Project (St. Claude and the rail road tracks).

11:15am: Lower 9th Ward start at at Sam Bonart Park (Forstall St. and Marais St.).

12pm: ride stops at Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Platform with canoeing in the Bayou

1 pm: Ride back to Green Project at your own leisure

Start: Green Project 2831 Marais Street

End: Bayou Bienvenue