MAYOR STRESSES VALUE OF CYCLING AT SEPTEMBER HUB ON WHEELS BIKE FESTIVAL
Mayor Thomas M. Menino greeted the participants at September 25th Hub On Wheels citywide bike ride and festival with the intention to expand opportunities for cyclists and to work with state agencies, such as the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), to make travel easier for people on foot or bikes. Nearly 700 people participated in one of the event,s many bike rides that went through many of the city,s neighborhoods, Harbor areas, and off-road park and riverbank paths.
Newly appointed DCR Commissioner Stephen Burrington told the crowd that the state agency was committed to better maintenance of its cycling and pedestrian facilities and would involve them in planning for renovations on the Long Fellow, BU bridges, and Mass Ave. bridges.
Hub On Wheels Executive Director, Steven E. Miller, said, "Bicycling is good for physical health, good for reducing traffic congestion and pollution, and fun. It is also a way to bring people together from different parts of the city and suburbs to discover Boston,s neighborhoods, natural beauty, and fabulous diversity."
Cyclists came from as far as New York and Canada. Riders selected loops of 15, 25, or 40 miles, or participated in a 2-mile Family Fun Ride around the Park. Chris Carrigg, of Roslindale, commented, "Although I have lived here most of my life, I had never seen several areas that we rode through - and they are jewels!"
There were also performances by HiWheelers riding huge antique bikes, as well as, the Free Force doing jumps and tricks on their BMX bikes and the Art Bike Extravaganza featuring some seriously strange- wheeled contraptions. Mayor Menino took a turn driving the Busycle, a 15- person pedal powered bus which made its inaugural appearance at the festival.
As per:
http://www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/October2005awards.htm
The City of Davis has become America's first Platinum level bike city
as awarded by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). Our hats are
off to bike coordinator, Tim Bustos and Mayor Ruth Asmundson for the
very large parts they have played in making this a reality for their
city.
It is with this in mind that we may change next year's Folsom to
Davis ride into a two day event. In no as yet determined order, we
will likely ride from Folsom to Sacramento on one weekend day and
then let Tim take us on a tour through his city's bike infrastructure
on another. And as he assures me, this could easily be an all day
event.
Now that his monstrous LAB application has been accepted, soon we
will be getting that filing so that we can greatly simplify it for
for our NBG Biking Report Cards at:
http://nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/BikingReportCards2005.php
Most of the incompletes are in process and we expect that most, if
not all, will be complete by the end of the month!!
In other news, we just got the interview on line that we did with
Eric Gilliland of the 7000 member strong Washington Area Bicyclist's
Association (WABA). See:
http://www.bikeroute.com/NBGPodcasts.php
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