Green Options Buffalo

Green Options Buffalo Community Workshop
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Website	http://www.greenoptionsbuffalo.org
Founded	2008
Location	Buffalo, New York, United States
Language	English;
Services Offered	DIY Repair Services; Pay Repair Services; Earn-A-Bike Services; Workshops; Bicycle Advocacy; In-School Programs;
Mission Statement	Green Options Buffalo (GO-Buffalo) works to create healthy, environmentally sustainable, community friendly transportation in the Greater Buffalo Region. Through advocacy, infrastructure improvements and community programs, GO-Buffalo strives to make positive impacts in our environment, community, personal health and economy by enhancing Buffalo’s quality of life attracting others here to live, work and play.

This page is a work-in-progress

Green Options Buffalo is a non-profit organization for bicycle advocacy and programming in Buffalo, NY.

As of December, 2011, programs include Recycle-a-Bicycle, Bicycle Benefits, Bike-to-Work Toolkit, Commercial District Bicycle Parking, Complete Streets and the Community Bicycle Workshop.

Contact Info

640 Ellicott St. Ste. 447
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 218-7161

Services Offered

Recycle-a-Bicycle

Inspired by non-profits and community organizations of the same name, our Recycle-a-Bicycle programs are after-school initiatives for at-risk youth within the city of Buffalo. Students learn about bicycle repair and maintenance, as well as safety, health and the environment, while building their own bicycles from refurbished parts. Recycle-A-Bicycle gives youth the chance to learn basic mechanic and problem solving skills, learn how their actions can impact their health and the health of their communities and have a positive impact on their environment through reducing the amount of used bicycles entering the waste stream, curtailing car emissions and circulating hundreds of bicycles back into the community.

Bicycle Benefits

Commercial District Bicycle Parking

This was established in partnership with the City of Buffalo to provide custom-designed bike racks along the city's thoroughfares. To date over 170 bicycle racks have been installed with several hundred more scheduled for installation throughout 2012.

Community Bicycle Workshop

The Green Options Buffalo Community Workshop is a place where people can go to volunteer, become members, learn to repair and maintain their bicycles and learn more about what we do.

We have complete refurbished bicycles for sale, along with a stock of used parts available to everyone.

Our shop also serves as a place to donate your used and/or unwanted bicycles.

Complete Streets

History

Recycle-a-bicycle around 2001. Inspired by Toronto's Yellow Bicycle program, started Blue Bikes WOrked w/ city to use old Police Precinct 17 Evolved over time