Happy National Bicycle Month!
Have you decorated your bike tree and cookies yet? Sung your bike carols? Anxiously waited for the Bike Month peloton to land on your rooftop? I hope so.
With gas prices climbing and environmental concerns increasing, this is a particularly good year to celebrate National Bicycle Month. Started in 1956, National Bike Month is still going strong and growing.
To celebrate, take a minute (well, two) to watch this great little video about one man’s bike commute.
Mat’s Commute from Mat Barlow on Vimeo.
NEW NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Complete Streets Bill Now in House and Senate
(05.05.08) Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) took an important step on Thursday, May 1 for safer, better designed streets yesterday by introducing the Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2008 (HR 5951) into the U.S. House. Click here to read more.
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 16: Bike to Work Day
Not a centralized national event, so you might want to Google “Bike To Work Day 2008″ for more events in your area.May 21: Ride of Silence
Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn’t aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.
FOR MORE BICYCLE AND CYCLING ADVOCACY INFO
Bikes Belong Coalition
(very nice design, excellent up-to-date content)League of American Bicyclists
(great advocacy info and contact forms to talk to politicians about cycling rights/issues)Bicycling Magazine’s This Just In blog
Please feel free to share links and resources that you find helpful. Happy National Bike Month!
For all of you Milwaukee residents, the Bike Federation of Wisconsin has this great schedule of events for next week.
More Great Bike Advocates!!
Here’s a cool photo collection of the Kansas City Urban Cyclist Project… cyclists who call KC home and keep the pedal to the metal: http://flickr.com/photos/professorchrisgo/sets/72157603889400820/
Happy Bike to Work Week! I succeeded in biking every day this week, which was easy, fun, saved me $, and thanks to Alterra Coffee, I enjoyed free coffee and camaraderie w/ fellow bikers all week at Alterra Foundry. I hope more people will do it next year.