Car Free CAT-Coalition for Appropriate Transportation

CAT-Coalition for Appropriate Transportation, CAT Bicycle Cooperative

Website	http://www.lvcat.org
Email	cat*at*lvcat.org
Founded	1994
Location	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Language	English
Services Offered	DIY Repair Services Mobile Repair Services Bike Sharing Services Earn-A-Bike Services Bicycle Valet Services Workshops Bicycle Courses Group Rides Bicycle Advocacy In-School Programs
Mission Statement	CAT–Coalition for Appropriate Transportation strengthens our Lehigh Valley community and our environment through bicycling, pedestrian accessibility, and public transportation.
Other Contact Info	http://www.car-free.org

Car Free CAT-Coalition for Appropriate Transportation is a non-profit organization dedicated to assist individuals with transportation that is healthy, environmentally responsible and socially sustaining. CAT advocates to local municipalities, promoting bicycling that is safe, legal and effective. CAT serves to support bicycle education in the Lehigh Valley: certified instructors, police officers, public works officials and bike shops.

Contact Info

1935 W Broad St Bethlehem, PA 18018 610-954-5744

History

CAT was formed in the early 1990's to encourage independence from the automobile. These were times of increasing sensitivity to environmental concerns, public health challenges of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and asthma, and socio-economic fragmentation due to faster traffic and highways dividing neighborhoods. Truthfully, not much has changed, because culture is hooked on the concept of speed=efficiency=good, but with new strategies to offer choices for people ready to make a change, as well as engaging people where they're at.. not ready for a big change, but testing the waters of possibilities, such as recreational cyclists trying more functional trips, such as car-commuters trying public transit just once, or a few times, such as walking or rolling a wheelchair from point A to B...

Services Offered

Welcome to CAT!

• CAT stands for transportation education in the Lehigh Valley.
• CAT helps people bike.
• CAT helps people walk.
• CAT helps people ride the bus.
• CAT helps people enjoy our local trails.

• CAT is for kids and grownups.
• CAT is for bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians.
• CAT means choices for mobility, environment, and community.
• CAT’s mission is universal to all gender, race, social, and economic groups.

• CAT helps people cross the street.
• CAT asks drivers to be looking for pedestrians.
• CAT sees that the law says pedestrians go first.
• CAT agrees that our transportation system relies on everyone’s exercise of care.

• CAT takes pride in our regional public transit system.
• CAT invites anyone to try transit by riding LANta bus.
• CAT’s Adopt-a-Bus Stop volunteers are here to help.

• CAT’s Bicycle Cooperative is not a bike shop.
• CAT teaches you how to take care of your bike or build one from the frame up.
• CAT helps you get a good bike when you can’t afford one and you can’t afford not to have one.
• CAT rebuilds bikes for the community.
• CAT partners with schools, police departments, and bike shops.

• CAT teaches kids the basics and reminds adults that we are not beyond the basics.
• CAT teaches kids to be responsible drivers.
• CAT teaches adults to cooperate, play nice, and feel like kids again.
• CAT shares skills for rebuilding relationships between people driving bikes and cars.