We Bike Rochester Partners with OurStreets

How safe streets advocates use OurStreets as a traffic safety tool

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OurStreets
2 min readJun 22, 2020

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At OurStreets, our mission is to make streets safer for everyone — that’s why we partner with hyperlocal advocacy groups to understand the challenges that vulnerable road users face around the country. We provide users with a simple tool to record their experiences and help their local advocacy organizations at the same time. That’s why we’re so excited to announce our latest partnership with We Bike Rochester!

We Bike Rochester is a non-profit organization in Rochester, Minnesota, providing classes on bike safety, hosting social rides, and sharing updated trail maps and advocacy resources to connect people with their local officials and bike-friendly local businesses. We Bike Rochester members can use OurStreets while they ride to share traffic safety issues. With OurStreets, you help gather critical data organizations like We Bike Rochester need to advance their advocacy work — because everyone deserves to cross the street safely.

When people walking and biking use OurStreets, they’re contributing to the work of organizations like We Bike Rochester across the country. With OurStreets insights and dashboards, We Bike Rochester can see how and where users are impacted by traffic safety issues. Identifying trends like reported drivers with prior citations or locations with dangerous traffic patterns is one step towards understanding what needs to change. OurStreets helps advocates clarify the problems that their communities face, hone their messaging, and make a compelling case for local change.

What gets measured, gets managed, and OurStreets is the tool to make it happen. From road bike warriors to electric bike speedsters, everyone on two wheels can use OurStreets to help their local advocates fight for safer streets.

What gets measured, gets managed, and OurStreets is the tool to make it happen.

Partnering for safer streets

With OurStreets, We Bike Rochester can see and quantify where and when cyclists and pedestrians are vulnerable to traffic violence. OurStreets is a critical tool for lobbying city leadership for geographically specific, data-driven solutions. Together, we can design a better future for our communities.

Start Sharing with OurStreets

Are you an advocacy organization interested in bringing OurStreets data to your next council meeting? Reach out to us at contact@ourstreets.com to learn more.

Download OurStreets from the App Store or Google Play today! If you are a We Bike Rochester member, use OurStreets on your rides to support the work We Bike Rochester does to make streets safer for everyone.

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