Reckless driving is killing us. St. Louis deserves more than paint and photo ops. 1/9

A young St. Louisan proudly rolls a BWorks balance bike along past a fake care at one of Earth Day earlier this year.

After we wrap up a busy day of classes, retail & more, we're headed to the Shrewsbury Fall Festival this afternoon and evening! We're pulling out all the stops for the little riders out there as we deploy our balance-bike course on this beautiful day. Join us! www.shrewsburymo.gov/news_detail_...

St. Louis cannot afford to treat traffic violence as a branding exercise. Lives depend on action, not appearances. 9/9

Instead, we are given cosmetic improvements to very specific vocal neighborhoods, producing favorable photographs and social media posts.

On the ground, conditions are not improving. They are deteriorating. 8/9

• We expect dangerous driving to be addressed with traffic enforcement, especially in residential neighborhoods, near parks, and around schools. 7/9

• We expect advocates to support victims and families in becoming whole again, not to use their stories merely as justification for new projects. 6/9

Since no one else is saying it,

• We expect a community where no driver leaves a child—or any person—in the street after a crash, regardless of who is at fault. 5/9

Yet from politicians and organizations that rarely miss a ribbon-cutting, there has been no public outrage, no accountability, and no serious response. Only silence. 4/9

Just this week—during what was promoted as “car-free week”—at least four people walking or biking were struck by drivers, including a child stepping off a school bus. 3/9

Reckless driving continues to claim lives in our city, and St. Louisans deserve more than symbolic gestures in response. Green paint, staged photo opportunities, and curated social media campaigns do not make our streets safe. 2/9

Reckless driving is killing us. St. Louis deserves more than paint and photo ops. 1/9

We could start by tossing out advocacy that only allows for built environment upgrades? Be open to discussing regional advocacy instead of hyper local? Share when we have crashes and not be afraid of letting people know about them?

And we are at 4 hit and run crashes on pedestrians this week.

Have you heard the big news?

-Our Offer Has Been Accepted!
-Return Of The Bike Bus!
-Gana-Una-Bici A Success
-Exhibition opening of ‘Dream Machines’

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Students join teachers Erik and Chad by blue MCT Critter sculpture "Steel" the fox today in Granite City after an ice cream stop at Mr. Twist before heading back toward Wilson Park and the Six Mile Regional Library that helped bring two Earn-A-Bike cohorts to Granite City this summer.

Four Oak Hill SLPS students line up for a bike drill Wednesday morning in south St. Louis.

Eight of today's amazing volunteers, who banded together to load a shipping container full of bikes headed toward a fellow bike nonprofit in Ghana, pause after a big job well done today.

✔ 12 dedicated instructors bringing classes to 6 schools and 4 #STL municipalities
✔ 111 BWorks students showing up ready to learn
✔ 470 bikes headed to Ghana
✔ Countless smiles and a ton of hard work by our amazing volunteers and staff!

BWorks volunteer teacher Joel helps lead Thursday's graduation ride in U. City.

Weekly recap: Sept. 21-27

How do you measure a week in the life of BWorks? Here are some numbers this week:
✔ 7 brand-new riders graduating from our Tuesday evening Learn-To-Ride cohort
✔ 31 meet-your-chosen-bike-for-the-first-time moments

Some very proud-looking kiddos pause with their practice bikes as their dedicated BWorks teachers smile in the background after leading the group of seven Learn-To-Ride students through their pre-practice-ride safety checks.

It's a beautiful day to celebrate our seven newest independent bicycle riders, #STL! After the downpour this afternoon, the skies calmed down just in time for this dedicated crew's final week of Learn-To-Ride class. Big thanks to teachers Cate and Chad and to all seven brand-new BWorks grads! 🚲🌧️🤩

★ Meeting some of our soon-to-be Earn-A-Bike students at the International Institute 3/3

Six freshly adorned helmets sit on the desks of the Earn-A-Bike students currently taking bike class as part of their school day at SLPS's Patrick Henry Downtown Academy

A pink "puzzle bike" is in need of just a touch of TLC after students from SLPS's Humboldt Academy in Soulard accidently put one of the pedals on the under-bike side of a crank arm :) Appropriately, the frame of the puzzle bike has a sticker on it that happens to say "LOL"

★ Arriving to work this morning to surprise coffee and donuts from dedicated volunteers
★ Decorating helmets at Patrick Henry elementary school
★ Realizing a puzzle bike got put *nearly* back together correctly by a team of Humboldt students (can you spot the single mixup on the pink bike? :-)) 2/3

Some of the 36 BWorks riders who joined us on bikes for the Balloon Glow alumni adventure last week pause for a picture at Turtle Park just prior to rolling out to the event in Forest Park.

Colorful balloons light up the sky at Emerson Central Fields last night while BWorks families enjoy the event before biking back together.

Volunteer BWorks teacher Pat leads dream-bike show-and-tell with one of our City Garden fourth-grade cohorts

Weekly recap: Sept. 14-20

A few moments of joy this week in no particular order (and not all pictured)…
★ Gathering with 36 BWorks riders of all ages for our Balloon Glow adventure
★ Sharing dream-bike drawings at City Garden on Day 2 of Earn-A-Bike 1/X

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Each year BWorks donates overflow mountain bicycles that we dont have the manpower to be able to refurbish, to various charities around the world. These bicycles find new life by helping provide much needed transportation options.

Shipping Container Loading (Sept 27th) 8 to 11 OR 11-3pm

On September 27th Bworks is loading a shipping container and could really use some help! Getting a shipping container out of STL right now is really finicky and so we dont have much notice on this loading!

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Great STL volunteer opp ⬇️

Sign up to help with BWorks' Fall 2025 bike buses! Bring your bike and helmet and ride along with local elementary students as BWorks supports their fall semester bike buses! By signing up in advance through this form (or by emailing evie@bworks.org ...

All aboard the #bikebus! Our team is supporting bike-to-school efforts at several local #STL schools in the coming weeks — and we're recruiting a small army of adult riders to help keep these great students rolling safely and joyfully on specific dates. Able to join us? Learn more and sign up 👇🚲🍎🚸

BWorks teacher Cate works with several girls in their second week of Learn-To-Ride class Tuesday evening.

... to pursue their dreams, care for the world around them and explore new possibilities through experiential learning. We're grateful for this growing village and appreciate your support! 3/3

Two of the teenagers in our current Granite City cohort pose with BWorks teachers outside a Six Mile Regional Library branch after meeting their chosen bikes for the first time this week.

... that in just a few weeks are headed home with graduating BWorks students — and also pushed through a lot of transport, organization and other logistics required to make this magic happen. Meanwhile, partnering entities assisted tirelessly as well, helping inspire these great great kids 2/3

Mr. Chad and eight graduating Earn-A-Computer students pause for a quick pic Saturday after individually choosing desktop computer systems to take home, having just finished six weeks of class at BWorks.

Weekly recap: Sept. 7-13

This week’s activities included 14 BWorks staff and volunteer teachers running 12 classes at seven different locations: four schools, a rec center, a library and, of course, at our headquarters! At the shop, our mechanical crews refurbished dozens of bikes and computers 1/3

And just for clarification it looks like this is city workers or contractors who just used a nearby trash can instead of hauling trash back to the “office”……