Bike Walk Tennessee Information

Communities across Tennessee are embracing bicycling and walking as never before. In 2009--the year Bike Walk Tennessee was founded--our state ranked forty-third in Bicycle Friendliness. This year we rank twentieth. In that time we have seen the creation of dedicated funding for bicycling and walking from TDOT, the adoption of Complete Streets policies in every major city and the passage of laws that protect bicyclists and pedestrians. These changes don't just happen on their own. They follow the will of the people. Bike Walk Tennessee is a connector, cultivator and promoter of this community will. Our Mission Bike Walk Tennessee advocates for better biking and walking in Tennessee. Bike Walk Tennessee serves as a statewide voice to advance public policy that improves economic development, health equity, and quality of life. Bike Walk Tennessee connects and educates members and constituents to create regional, statewide, and national efforts that support biking and walking in Tennessee. Our Values We have a vision. We are inspired by the potential of bicycling and walking to invigorate and transform the cities, communities and rural areas of Tennessee. We are multi-modal. We work for a balanced transportation system where every type user is accommodated, a philosophy defined as Complete Streets. We are statewide. We work hard to be an organization for all of Tennessee; for the large cities, smaller communities and rural areas. We believe in the power of coalitions. We embrace partnerships with civic, transportation, recreational, educational, social-change, health, environmental, business, development and community organizations. We are grassroots. We believe in the power of communities joined together in common purpose; from neighborhoods to the state house, we believe that individuals can work together to make a positive difference.