Att'n Cyclists: ....And after the Farmer's Market, please feel free to cycle around the inlet to Cass Park Pavilion (near Rte 89), to join us for Sustainable Tompkins' Community Picnic (Sat, Jun 7, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm)!
- Jan Quarles [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elan Shapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Sat June 7 Cyclovia - Bicycles take to thestreets! > > We hope you can join us this Saturday for the second of many Saturday > Market cyclovia's in Ithaca. We will meet at DeWitt park at 10:00 and > bicycle in a group to the Farmer's Market. The term "cyclovia" was > coined by cyclers in Bogata, Colombia who take over the streets for > festive fun bicycle rides every Sunday and holiday. They attract 2 > million cyclers regularly in Bogata. > > This cyclovia is an initiative of Connect Ithaca and serves the dual > purpose of supporting the creation of a network of safe bicycle > corridors throughout the city while having fun. > > See press release below for more details. > > Joan Bokaer and Elizabeth Harrod > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > For Immediate Release, May 28, 2008 > > Imagine roads full of a diverse group of people of all ages walking, > cycling, line skating, and pushing a stroller or a wheelchair having > fun and feeling confident. Starting Saturday, May 31st, you can do > more than imagine it, you can experience it. > > Connect Ithaca, a group committed to promoting principles of > ecological city design in the Ithaca area, is launching Cyclovia > Saturdays. Cyclovias will create a bicycle- and pedestrian-transit > corridor from Downtown to the Ithaca Farmer's Market every Saturday > morning, providing an enjoyable group travel experience for people of > all ages and abilities. Cyclovia Saturdays will promote safe > bike/pedestrian habits, provide tips and skill-building, and help > people of all experience levels have a great time as they travel to > the market. > > Ithaca already has a large population of people who travel without a > car, and the ultimate goal is to support efforts to establish even > more bicycle/pedestrian/wheelchair-accessible corridors throughout > the city. > > "Ithaca is a perfect place to launch the Cyclovia Saturday > initiative. We have the highest percentage of people biking and > walking to work in the state of New York. We want to continue that > kind of commitment and work to increase it by helping even more > people feel comfortable biking and walking to their destinations," > says Joan Bokaer, a member of Connect Ithaca and the initiator of the > Cyclovia Saturday project. "When people experience how much fun it is > to enjoy the streets, we think they will want to leave their cars > behind more and more." > > "Cyclovia Saturdays fit in perfectly with the City of Ithaca's > 'sharrows' project on Cayuga St., where we want to reinforce the idea > that a range of users can safely share the road," says city > transportation engineer Tim Logue. "The City is very excited to > support this event and to see more and more people out on their > bikes. We hope that with events like Cyclovia, returning and new > bicyclists will have a comfortable place to (re)learn how to ride > confidently in the street." > > The first Cyclovia Saturday will take place on May 31 beginning at De > Witt Park at 10:00 AM, following Cayuga Street to Tompkins, turning > left to Third Street, and then continuing to the Farmer's Market. > There will be a designated bicycle parking area for Cyclovia > participants at the Market. > > Participants of all ages and abilities are encouraged to join the > Cyclovia. Veteran bikers and members of Recycle Ithaca's Bikes (RIBS) > will be on hand to support novices. > > Cyclovia, or bicycle days, originated in Bogota, Columbia in 1976 and > now hosts more than two million bicyclers every Sunday and holiday > enjoying festivities along bicycle streets. > ============ > > Joan Bokaer, Connect Ithaca > [EMAIL PROTECTED], (607) 277-2483 > > > > > -- > Elan Shapiro > Sustainable Tompkins Community Partnership Coordinator > Sustainable Living Associates, Principal > Frog's Way B&B > 211 Rachel Carson Way > Ithaca, NY 14850 > 607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell > > "We must be the change we want to see in the world" > Mohandas Gandhi > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1482 - Release Date: 6/4/2008 > 7:10 AM > > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
