Bicycle Resilience in Disasters

Imagining a future where communities use bicycles to ensure reliable, agile, and equitable resource distribution in response to diverse hazards

Bicycles can be a powerful tool in disasters, especially when roads are blocked, fuel is limited, or traffic is overwhelming. A Bicycle Resilience Hub brings together bikes, cargo bikes, tools, supplies, and trained volunteers to support local preparedness, response, and recovery. In everyday life, it can serve as a place for repair workshops, education, and community connection; during disasters, it can help deliver food, water, medicine, information, and mutual aid where cars may not be able to go. (Icon Designed by Elizabeth Davis)

Simulating for Bicycles in Disasters
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Experts Perspectives
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Community Perspectives of Using Bicycle in Disasters
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Community Perspectives of Resilience Hub
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Our Team Member

Dr. Chen Chen
Assistant Professor

School of Fire, Construction, and Emergency Management, Oklahoma State University

Dr. Katherine Idziorek
Assistant Professor

Dept. of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia

Dr. Stephen Wong
Assistant Professor

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

Dr. Andrew L. Dannenberg
Affiliate Professor

Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Dept. of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington

Mike Cobb
Bike Industry Designer-Fabricator-Vendor

Disaster Relief Trials

Framebuilder Supply

Dr. Elizabeth Davis
Research Scientist

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

 

Qianli Qiu
Graduate Research Assistant

Fire and Emergency Management Administration Program, Oklahoma State University

Upcoming
Events

Disaster Relief Trials
Stillwater, OK.
TBD

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