Bicycle Indiana in
conjunction with IndyGo and the City of Indianapolis, are pleased to announce
the Indianapolis Bike-to-Work Day on Friday May 21, 2010. With
the goal of promoting bicycle commuting as a viable mode of transportation,
the event highlights the month of May, recognized nationally as Bike
Month.
Bicyclists will commute
to Monument Circle where they will enjoy free bike parking, breakfast,
giveaways and information about bicycling and regular commuting. Organized
commuter rides led by experienced cyclists from the Indianapolis community
will leave from 11 different locations around the greater Indianapolis
metropolitan area beginning at 6:30am and arrive at the circle no later
than 8:00am. For the start location nearest you, please click Here for more information.
From 8:00 - 8:30am Bicycle Indiana and its sponsors will host a press conference to emphasize the environmental,
economic (think gas prices) and healthy lifestyle benefits of regular
bicycle commuting. Following the press conference, IndyGo will demonstrate how to use bus bicycle racks.
Again this year, Bicycle Garage Indy (BGI) will sponsor the Corporate
Challenge, a competition
open to all public and private corporations, businesses, organizations
and government agencies. BGI Corporate Challenge winners are determined
according to the total miles ridden by company employees. Because some
riders cannot geographically ride a bike for their entire commute, riders
may use public transportation for a portion of their trip and ride a
bike for the remainder. Points will be awarded in the following
manner: 1 mile of bicycle riding = 2 points; 1 mile of transit riding
= 1 point.
Bicycle Indiana
201 S. Capitol, Ste 800
Indianapolis IN 46225
317-466-9701 BicycleIndiana.org
