User:Davidstreever/Elm City Cycling

Elm City Cycling (ECC) is a non-profit organization which promotes cycling for fun, fitness and transportation through advocacy and education, focusing their efforts in the city of New Haven, CT. A §501(c)(3) nonprofit, ECC was officially founded in 2009, but grew out of earlier efforts and ad-hoc groups which used both the Elm City Cycling name and a variety of others.

History
Founded in New Haven, Connecticut on May 19, 2009, the group originated out of a non-incorporated group of cycling advocates who were loosely connected with the name Elm City Cycling through a yahoo list serv. The list serv was created on November 10, 2001.

The list serv operated as a discussion forum for members of the Go-Alition

Elm City Cycling works heavily with the the city of New Haven, and has written the cities bike plan, mapped cycling routes , honored city staff who work directly on bike projects , and helped organize a traffic count of bicyclists and walkers.