In celebration of National Bike Month, we have a couple of events for your pedaling pleasure this weekend.
Tomorrow morning, on National Bike to Work Day, your Savannah Bicycle Campaign is hosting a special 2 Wheels 2 Work departing Habersham Village at 7:30 AM for a spin downtown to Ellis Square where we will again be treated to free coffee and breakfast from Jittery Joes and our partner for this month, the Chatham Environmental Forum (CEF). Chatham County Commissioner and CEF Chairman Patrick Shay will join us for the convoy and say a few words at Ellis Square about the CEF and its Join In Plan. We like the way they think, since one of their transportation goals is to increase trips by bicycle in the county to 3% by 2012 and 5% by 2015.
Much ado about the new bike lane on Washington Avenue (see column by Tom Barton in yesterday’s SMN), and it looks as if the striping is nearly complete! Noon to 2 PM on Saturday, ride the brand spankin’ new Washington Avenue bike lane into Tiedeman Park for the Kids’ Ciclovia, where the streets will be opened to bike and pedestrian traffic only (i.e. no cars) in the block surrounding the park. There will be bike games and activities for kids, food, a ribbon cutting for the new Washington Ave bike lane, and giveaways for 2 new bikes from Perry Rubber Bike Shop!
We’ll see you there!