🚴  2023 Oklahoma Bicycle Summit  October 13 -14, Rose State College🚵🏿🚴🏾🚴🏽🚵🏼

BikeOklahoma and the Oklahoma Bike Summit are excited to bring together transportation professionals and officials, public health staff, cyclists, and their champions to explore what Oklahoma can and what Oklahoma is doing to provide more trail building and trail use opportunities.  Ken Bryan from the Rails to Trails Conservancy will be leading off each day with their take on Oklahoma becoming more conducive to Rail Trails.

Need some tips for trail maintenance, lessons learned in providing bike infrastructure, or the importance of connecting communities with more than just roads? Several sessions on Friday will provide some important tips for community and local transportation planners. And, for planning beyond the next ten years, there's a discussion on Climate Change and how it will impact alternative transportation planning.

Summit participants will be updated on the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s Active Transportation Plan and other important ODOT updates. The Advocacy 101 and Knowing Your Legal Rights sessions will demonstrate how working with officials at the community level can have greater impact on policy changes and implementation. Other sessions show the importance of supporting your local bike shop, speak to having the right bike equipment and clothing in extreme conditions, and highlight a proposed Vian to Arkansas gravel route connection. Time is given to speak with exhibitors and organizations that provide services, support, and counsel for better community and regional planning, policies, and facilities.

The Summit’s sessions are meant to not only inform but also inspire participants to do more. Join us as we explore those possibilities. Continuing education certs will be available for Professional Engineers (PE.)

Oklahoma Bicycle Summit - Who We Are

The Oklahoma Bicycle Summit's Purpose: The promotion and benefit of bicycling, delivery of programs for scientific, historic, educational, ecological, recreational, transportation, or tourism opportunities. To promote all forms of bicycling including but not limited to equal access to roadways, safety, education, and legislation.

Our Mission: To enhance Oklahoma’s culture of safety around bicycling and pedestrian envioronments through education, discourse, and training. Educational opportunities include hosting state biannual Summits and supporting bike safety classes.  

Founded in 2013, the Oklahoma Bike Summit with BikeOklahoma has hosted six educational events throughout the state.

 We're a non-profit 501c3 corporation with a member all volunteer board composed of:

Current board members are:

Bonnie Winslow, President

Bill Elliott, Treasurer

Vacant, Secretary

Tony Carfang

Max Harris

2023 Summit Planning Committee;

Bonnie Winslow, Guthrie

Bill Elliott, Okalhoma City

Max Harris, City of OKC Transportation Planner

Brandon Bundy. City of Midwest City Transportation Planner

Cynthia Gedra, Stillwater

Sharon Bennett, Stillwater

Portland Andrews, Oklahoma City

Tony Carfang, Oklahoma City

The Summit board is fortunate in having a broad skills set with a city planner, a former bike racer and daily bike commuter, and three experienced cycling advocates.  

Oklahoma Bicycle Summit Bylaws