FW: [Goshen Bikes] Join us for the Mayor's Ride on Monday, May 14
John Yoder
All,
Several people have pointed out that Bike Michiana is promoting the next week as Bike-to-Work Week. I was going by the national dates from the League of American Bicyclists: http://www.bikeleague.org/index.php Why the Bike Michiana people want to create their own week is beyond me. It’s obviously confusing when the national news broadcasts talk about this week, as they have, and South Bend makes their own week.
We had this same date issue with South Bend when they scheduled a different bike-to-work week two years ago. Last year South Bend followed the national dates, and since I thought that they were now going to follow those date this year, I never checked to see if they were doing that or not. Although, I do recall an email from Paul Taylor about it sometime ago asking for our events for the week, but the different dates didn’t register with me at the time. I thought we’d solved the date issue.
The mayor’s office sent out the news release based on information I gave them. It’s too late to change now. But there’s no reason you can’t proceed as planned, and we can still have a Mayor’s Ride on Monday. We’ll have two weeks of bike to work in Michiana.
John Yoder
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From: Glenn L Gilbert [mailto:gl...@goshen.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 10:50 AM
To: jdyo...@frontier.com
Subject: Re: [Goshen Bikes] Join us for the Mayor's Ride on Monday, May 14
Some confusion. I thought bike-to-work week was May 21-27. http://michianabiketowork.org/
That's the week I'm trying to organize the college to join as we have the past couple years.
- Glenn
Ride with Mayor Allan Kauffman on Monday, May 14, to kick off Bicycle-to-Work Week. Bicycle-to-Work Week is May 14-18, and the Maple City Bicycle Advisory Committee (MCBAC) is encouraging people in Goshen to consider the possibility of biking to work that week.
As a way to kick off the week, the MCBAC has asked Goshen Mayor Allan Kauffman to lead an after-work “Mayor’s Ride” on Monday, May 14. Any interested cyclist is welcome to join the 4.5 mile ride. Last year the first Mayor’s Ride attracted about thirty riders.
The Mayor’s Ride will start at 5:15 p.m. from the parking lot east of City Hall, 202 South Fifth Street, proceed south to the Goshen dam pond, return north on the Mill Race Trail and end at The Chief. The Ride is free, and no advanced registration is necessary.
The purpose of Bicycle-to-Work week is to encourage people to leave their cars at home for a week and try cycling instead. “For trips of less than two miles, it’s often faster to go by bicycle than by car in the city,” said Evan Bontrager, a MCBAC member. “We hope people will ‘test the water’ of bicycle commuting next week and enjoy the exercise and not having to pay the high price of gas.”
The MCBAC is a partnership between dedicated residents and City employees to address bicycle-related issues covering recreation, commerce, transportation, parking, and safety.
The League of American Bicyclists is the national sponsor of Bike Month, Bike-to-Work Week, May 14-18, and Bike-to-Work Day, Friday, May 18.
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Glenn L Gilbert
I do think that the Michiana group has put together a good event, good website, and a nice system for documenting participation.
It is bike-to-work month, so all is good.
- Glenn Gilbert