What We Do
We work across sectors in partnership with elected officials, municipalities, and organizations to ensure that walking and biking — whether for transportation or recreation — works for all Nebraskans. We are Nebraska’s active transportation alliance. Together, we are improving safety, education, and infrastructure for all who walk and ride bicycles in our beautiful state.
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Get to know us and find out how we're advocating for safer active transportation in Nebraska.
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We advocate for safe and accessible active transportation through policy, education, and advocacy.
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We are your Nebraska resource for active transportation issues and initiatives.
News & Notes
Here are the bills we're tracking in 2025, focusing on streamlining the process for infrastructure, influencing drivers' behavior change, or supporting a just judicial process post-crash.
Generally, Bike Walk Nebraska believes that enforcement measures aren’t the most effective way to make biking and walking safer. By focusing on a Vulnerable Road User Law, we can fortify Nebraska’s statute for judges to have more options when sentencing drivers guilty of especially dangerous speeding or when involved in a crash injuring or killing a vulnerable road user.
Bike Walk Give Day is 24-hour, statewide, online giving event created to rally Nebraskans in support of active transportation nonprofits, hosted by Bike Walk Nebraska. The event is designed raise awareness, accelerate community efforts, and target active transportation projects, causes, and organizations across Nebraska.
Together, we can make biking and walking a part of The Good Life.
Dive into our resources & information.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have you ever had a question and didn’t know where to find the answer? If so, you’ve come to the right place.
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What is active transportation?
Active transportation is human-powered transportation, predominantly biking, walking, and rolling. It’s also sometimes called active mobility, soft mobility, or active transport. At Bike Walk Nebraska, we support all vulnerable road users but focus most of our efforts on cyclist and pedestrian safety, access, and infrastructure.
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What do we mean by ‘leading sound policy’?
Policy generates the longest lasting change in how Nebraska navigates decisions about transportation. We work to make sure the needs of active transportation users are not forgotten when decision makers create laws and street designs, by advocating for sound and proven policy.
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Walk? Didn't you used to be just about bikes?
Bike Walk Nebraska started as the Nebraska Bicycling Alliance in 2013. While we focused on bicycling-specific issues, the walkability of a community informed our work. We quickly realized the overlap it has when pursuing a more bike-friendly Nebraska. We officially changed our name and mission in 2018 to expand our advocacy to all vulnerable road users.
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Are you statewide?
We are the only statewide organization advocating for safe and accessible biking and walking. Most of our advocacy happens at the state level with the Legislature and other state entities, such as the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Historically, we are involved in regional partnerships and coalitions with statewide implications but rarely in localized advocacy efforts outside of offering support and insight.
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