As for that advocacy you’ve come to rely on us for, we are increasing staff and ramping up our efforts this year to bring even more power and authority to the bike voice in Metro Boston. However, with many critical campaigns coinciding right now, this unfortunately means we are forgoing a spring party. (Don’t worry, we’ll still have a big bash in the fall.) This was no easy decision to make. We love sharing beers, and getting jazzed about Bike Month and the season of bicycle traffic jams (!) with you, but we made the choice so that we can focus even more of our efforts on important advocacy and projects that have already shown significant signs of progress. We’re pushing for safer bike facilities on the Longfellow Bridge, campaigning for more money in Boston’s Bike Budget, building a campaign for protected bike lanes on Mass Ave between Roxbury and Dorchester, and planning the second annual Boston Neighborhood Bike Forum, to bring conversations and power to communities under-served by bike facilities, and underrepresented in planning and advocacy conversations.