Bike to Work Week & Beyond: BTWD, BikeDC, BikeFest
May 16th, 2011 | 
Author: With so much bike-related going on this week and over the next month, here is a very quick list of the top items and the links you need:
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Bike to Work Day, Friday, May 20th. Over 8,000 registered. Still aiming for 10,000. WABA staff, board members, and volunteers will be throughout the region at pitstops, in addition to operating the Freedom Plaza pitstop. If any part of your commute on Friday takes place by bike, REGISTER HERE and be counted. |
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BikeDC, Sunday, May 22nd. Closed streets, riding at your own pace, coasting down the GW Parkway with other cyclists. BikeDC is 20 miles of no cars and great views, and perfect way to spend a Sunday. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. |
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BikeFEST, Saturday, June 11th. BikeFEST is the summer’s hottest ticket. A bike-carnival themed fundraiser and celebration of cycling in the region: there will be bike art, music, games, raffles, a live auction, and a bike-build contest between local bike shops using recycled parts & held to a strict price limit of $250. It’s a fun way to celebrate cycling and help support our serious mission to get more people onto bikes and make cycling safer and better for all. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS. |
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Bike to work? I would love to but I travel far to get to my office. I do use a bike to get around the facility. If I only lived near, I would certainly be on two wheels to work.
http://youtu.be/9msJYeGLAKg In case there is still any doubt, DC Mayor Gray is a great advocate for cyclists in DC.
I need to share a sobering story from bike to work day. My wife and I were heading out for dinner in Fairfax around 7pm last night, when we witnessed a truck literally run over a cyclist. The cyclist was going west on Rte 236, and the truck pulled out from a side street near Burke Station Rd without seeing him, possibly because he was on his phone. We were first on the scene before the ambulance arrived and it was terrible. The young man in his 20's was screaming in pain from the tire tracks on his back, and we tried to keep him still. There were bits of his purple bike to work shirt rubbed into the pavement. We are hopeful that he will recover, since he could move his legs and remained conscious. However it was beyond sobering, as we have contemplated biking to work many times. As a civil engineer, I am going to renew my efforts to create safe bike lanes, and hopefully can still find the courage to get out there on my bike. Drivers please wake up and realize the life and death responsibility here.
Just found the location/time for the Shirlington convoy on the website. FYI, a heads up on the Four Mile Run trail condition: it was under about 6 inches of water in places yesterday morning. Hopefully it will not rain too much tonight to give it a chance to drain before tomorrow's Bike to Work day but it will likely still be very wet.
URGENT: Bike to work day Shirlington convoy??? I've tried to email the bike convoy leader for Shirlington, Carol Goodloe, twice but her email bounces back. Is this convoy really happening and where and what time do we meet? Thanks, Susan