For any
of you who bike in Boston and want to give feedback to the city, and
discuss ways to make the city a safer place to bike, here is your
opportunity.
Sheila
Watertown Bi-Ped Committee
Please join us for Mayor Menino's Bicycling Safety Summit on Wednesday April 21, 2010 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at BU’s Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA.
The Summit
will gather area bicyclists
and high-ranking city officials to discuss ways of improving safety for
everyone who uses Boston’s
roadways.
The session will feature short speeches followed by a longer, open
question and answer session. Our goal is to collectively begin to
understand
how to make Boston's
roads
as safe as possible for all users.
Featured speakers and/or panelists include:
Mayor Thomas M. Menino
Boston Police Commissioner, Ed Davis
Boston Transportation Commissioner, Thomas
Tinlin
Boston EMS
Chief, James Hooley
State Transportation Secretary, Jeffrey Mullan
MBTA General Manager, Rich Davies
Boston
Bikes
Director, Nicole Freedman
The Mayor’s announcement of the Summit
comes in the wake of a third recent bike accident and ahead of Boston
Bike Week
next month. For more information, please see: http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/default.aspx?id=4624
Please also remember to register for Boston Bike Week, Bike Fridays and Hub On Wheels at www.bostonbikes.org.
Nicole Freedman
Director, Boston Bikes
One City Hall Square, Rm 932
Boston, MA 02201
(617) 918-4456 (work)
(617) 429-8440 (cell)