Los Angeles, CA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: Multiple bike audits will assess safety and access near a major transit station. Findings will inform transportation agencies about conditions affecting older riders.

Rutland, VT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports addressed barriers that limited older adults and adaptive riders from using wooded trail systems where path width and design often made three wheel bikes difficult to navigate. In a state with a large older adult population, trail managers lacked clear assessments of whether existing routes could safely support these riders. The project conducted adaptive bike assessments across three trail systems, supported by GPS photos shared with land managers. The work increased awareness of how trail design affects access for older adults and adaptive riders. Some trail systems began making upgrades based on the findings. A project lead said the effort reinforced that everyone deserves the opportunity to recreate outdoors.

Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.

Hartford, CT

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Bike Audits

Description: Community bike audits will take place at high-risk Hartford locations identified through injury and crash data. The audits will highlight safety concerns and guide updates that strengthen bike infrastructure and safer riding conditions.