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Bike Indianapolis works with city officials and other organizations to ensure that our public facilities are bicycle friendly. This includes bike lanes, bike trails, greenways and even bike parking.
We are actively involved with local groups including the Complete Streets Coalition, the Indianapolis Cycle Commuter Task Force and the Indianapolis Greenways Development Committee. In addition, we work with Bicycle Indiana on statewide initiatives that impact central Indiana bicycling and are active in national bicycle organizations including the League of American Bicyclists, People for Bikes and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.
Our efforts have helped to extend the Monon Trail hours and to pass an Indianapolis Complete Streets ordinance. We continue to advocate for better bicycle facilities and ordinances throughout central Indiana. If you have suggestions, please contact us.
2024 Bike Guide
The Bike Guide is a never-ending project to map Indianapolis’ growing bike network. Year after year, Bike Indianapolis advocates for safer, more connected bike infrastructure, and as the City of Indianapolis builds more trails and bike lanes, we update the Bike Guide to help keep you in the know and get you where you’re riding. Click the map below for a larger look and to see both pages.
Central Indiana has an ever growing system of bike trails and multi-use paths and greenways, in addition to the many roads with bike lanes. Here are links to notable ones in the area:
Trails & Greenways
You can also find information on trails all across Indiana by visiting the following sites:
Groups
Central Indiana hosts many different riding groups and events. No matter what kind of rider you are (or want to be), there is likely a group waiting for you to join. Here’s a list:
Parking
The efforts of Bike Indianapolis have the ultimate goal of getting more people in central Indiana riding bicycles. We help to provide destinations for riders. Commuters already know their destination. For other riders it’s nice to have someone plan an activity every now and then. Bike Indianapolis will work with local businesses and other community organizations to create opportunities for riders to cycle safely to a fun destination event.
Many of our events involve adding bike parking to an existing event of festival. We believe that providing free valet parking, we make it easier for people to choose cycling over other forms of transportation to the venue. We further use the bike riding attendance at these events to demonstrate the need for permanent bike parking to the managers of these venues. We also provide information on other rides in the area thru our community calendar, where you can find rides being conducted by different groups in the area. If you are organizing an event and would like bike parking, please fill out this form.
Bicycle Parking Consulting
It’s simple. Notice where bike racks should be, but aren’t. Then let Bike Indianapolis help solve the problem.
If you see a place that obviously would benefit from a bike rack, contact the owner/manager and tell them you’d do more business with them if you could ride your bike there. Then fill out the form below. If you can provide a warm introduction, that would be even better but either way, we’ll contact them and get the ball rolling!
We work with the Minneapolis-based bike rack manufacturer, Dero. Dero builds commercial-quality bike parking solutions for municipalities, universities, and businesses throughout the country. Choosing a Dero rack helps support Bike Indianapolis.
Bike Indianapolis will have a qualified Rack Rep do a site visit and work to determine the type of bike rack(s) and placement that will best fit the site. We can help choose and order a rack, and have it installed. To set-up a consultation time or learn more about this program, please fill out this form or call 317.207.9376.
Meter Ring Installation
These are on public property, so -anyone- can do this! Feel free to have one installed at your favorite location; you don’t need to own the business to have a rack installed out front! Riders, property owners or businesses can contact Bike Indianapolis, and for $110 get a rack delivered and installed on the meter post of their choosing (subject to approval by ParkIndy & the City of Indianapolis’ Zoning Dept).
Order a rack here!
This program is brought to you through a collaboration between Bike Indianapolis, ParkIndy & BGI.
Racks Around Town
If you visit a place that needs bike parking, ask the owner or manager to contact Bike Indianapolis about getting bike parking installed, and then tell us about it so we can follow up.
Want to know if there’s a rack at your destination? Search “Bike Rack” on Google Maps. Because there are so many locations, you have to zoom in to just a few blocks around your destination to search. Many of the locations include pictures. If you click on their pin, you can get a view of the rack and surrounding area. As you use this map, please rate and review the racks to help other riders select good parking. We can also use that feedback to persuade business and property owners to improve bad parking or increase capacity of good parking. If you find a bike rack that isn’t listed on the map, or discover that one has been removed or upgraded, please take a picture and send it, along with location info to IndyBikeParking@bikeindianapolis.org.
Near Northwest Bike Library
Don’t have a bike? Borrow one through the Near Northwest Bike Library!
Groundwork Indy and Bike Indianapolis are excited to announce the launch of the Near Northwest Bike Library. The mission of this program is to expand access to cycling and grow a more inclusive bicycling culture in Central Indiana. How do we do that? Refurbished bikes are made available for use for free. With a valid ID, participants can borrow a bike for a two week period and it comes with a helmet and bike lock.
If you are interested in trying out riding, can’t afford a bike, have no bike storage, or just want to ride around for a few weeks, check out a bike! Start the process by filling out the Program Registration form.