Active Transportation Committee
Humanizing Transit
We are a neighborhood group with a mission to build community and connect neighborhoods by making walking, biking, and public transit safe, accessible, and pleasant.
All ages and abilities are welcome. If you want to join but need a bike, reach out!
Safe Routes to Schools: Phase I
Exciting News!!!
Bryn Mawr Elementary school has been awarded a Safe Routes to Schools Planning Grant! We will be collaborating with the school to create a strategic plan now through May 2026, and we need your help. Please reach out to us to get involved.
Advocacy
We are striving towards a more walkable, pleasant environment in our neighborhood. Our outreach efforts include meeting with local elected officials and municipal city planners to share ideas about how to make Bryn Mawr more connected.
Help us build bridges where everyone can walk, bike, and roll across.
Meetings
The Active Transportation Committee meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm. Meeting location is typically in the More Light room at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church at 420 Cedar Lake Rd S, Minneapolis. (Reach out to us to confirm!)
Our Vision
“Our vision is to connect the people of the Bryn Mawr and adjacent neighborhoods to build a vibrant, healthy, and sustainable community. We envision a neighborhood community where people can, and want, to use active transportation for daily trips to schools, groceries, cafes, entertainment, etc.
Multi-modal trips will be simple, reliable, and pleasant forms of transportation. We want to make walking and biking not only safe and accessible, but also easy to use and inviting so that people of all different ages, gender, race, and socio-economic levels can choose active transportation because of its benefits for their own health, the health of our neighborhood, and the health of our shared environment.
By accomplishing this in Bryn Mawr, we will demonstrate that this can be done in all parts of Minneapolis and Hennepin County.”
Benefits of Active Transportation
🤝 Community-building: Transportation on a human scale builds community
☮️ Equitable: People of all different backgrounds can afford high-quality options
♥️ Public Health: Improved physical & mental health outcomes, better air quality
🌳 Sustainable: Bus, bike & walk have near zero emissions
🏪 Economic: Businesses thrive with active transportation options
Events and Fun
Join us for a pastry bike ride with Piecycle, a bubble-themed walk to Trailhead, a stroll with your local politician, a ride to the grocery store, and more!
All ages and abilities are welcome. If you want to join but need a bike, reach out!
Past events include bike rides to pastry shops, grocery stores, holiday decor, trailhead music and walk with your local elected official.
Check the Events Calendar to stay caught up on the latest.
Contact our committee chair at activetransitchair@bmna.org
Follow us on Instagram at @activetransit.brynmawr!
2025 Schedule of Events:
April 26: Piecycle Ride
May 24: Playground Crawl
June 14: Ride to Mill City Market + Stone Arch Bridge Festival
August 15: Trailhead Bubble Ride
August TBD: Aquatennial Ride
September 13: Tap In Restaurant Ride
September 19: Park(ing) Day
October TBD: Pumpkin Ride
November TBD: Holiday Tree Bike Ride to Farmers Market (Cargo-supported! We will haul your tree back for you)
December 6: Holiday Lights Ride
January TBD: Book Club
