National Bike/Walk to Work Day

Friday, May 16, 2008

With the recent week of great weather we hope everyone has taken their

bike out to check the brakes, tires and give it a spin. If you are walking,

we hope you are already breaking in a new pair of walking shoes.

The 4th Annual Upper Valley Bike/Walk to Work day is Friday!

New this Year:

More Breakfast Locations (link)

Ride and Walk Groups (link)

The 2008 Bike/Walk to Work Day Socks!  

A Give-away drawing with more surprises than ever (link)

A Summer Challenge (link)

Event goes on Rain or Shine!

Employers - Encourage participation!

Local bike/ped clubs and groups - Join in!

Everyone - if you want to participate as a resource, volunteer or poster distributor, please contact one of the organizers:

Upper Valley Rideshare at 802-295-1824 x208 or x204

Upper Valley Trails Alliance at 802-649-9075

or via e-mail to sberry@uppervalleyrideshare.com

or trails@uvtrails.org

Please check back for more information.

NEW NH & VT BIKE MAPS!

Check out these links for local bike maps:

New Hampshire: http://www.nh.gov/dot/nhbikeped/maps.htm

Llimited number of New 2008 maps available from UVRS.

See Ride and Walk Groups for more information.

Southeastern Vermont: http://www.rpc.windham.vt.us/bikemap/

OLD NEWS-

But still worth reading for anyone wondering how to truly embrace a new commute!

Bicycling to Work Takes Off

Bike-to-Work Week: Meet five bicycle commuters in five cities

Posted on: 05/07/2007

National Bike-to-Work Week (May 14-18) is an excellent time to start pedaling to work, to enjoy glorious weather and join the community of bike commuters.

Bicycling pays off: you save gas money, avoid traffic, get exercise, help curb global warming pollution and often save time, too. (More about the growing popularity of biking to work.)

Real stories from commuters:

Read about the joys and pitfalls of the daily pedal from five who commute. How scary are New York City streets for cyclists? Who cycles in Chicago in the winter? And more.

Link: http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentID=5480&linkID=200

Additional NH & VT Bike/Walk to Work Event information

For additional information on southern New Hampshire events please check:

www.BWANH.org

www.walknh.org 

For information on Burlington, VT commuter events visit:

www.WayToGoVT.org or www.LocalMotionVt.org.

(Information updated 4/29/08)