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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 32
Sign: Capricorn

City: ROCHESTER
State: New York
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/22/2007
Sunday, February 10, 2008 
Trivia: This month's Critical Mass is on a February 29th, which only happens about once every 30 years or so I imagine. So don't miss it!

The League of American Cyclists organizes Bike to Work Week every year nationally, and this year it's on May 12-18. But I don't think there's been a specific campaign to bring it to Rochester yet. Do you think Rochesterians can get fired up about biking to work?

We're going to make a section on RocBike.com explaining the purpose of Bike to Work Week, what bike commuting is all about, and featuring businesses, government agencies, blogs, civilians, and other organizations that help us out. We'll want to start talking to local businesses — from bike shops to smoothie bars — about holding special events or free giveaways for bike commuters during the week. We'll also want to think about promoting a couple rides that week to get people interested in the social aspect of bike riding.

RocWiki.org has a great section on biking in Rochester: http://rocwiki.org/Biking, but it probably deserves a page specific to bike commuting. It could include info on what routes to take to get downtown, how to use the bus racks, dealing with Rochester weather, etc. Then we'd make this "Bike Commuting Guide" a big part of our promotional materials. Let's set it up at http://rocwiki.org/Bike_Commuting

The League of American Cyclists has some great materials on their site, including an organizer's kit and various brochures.
http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/promo.php

Take some time to look things over, think about what you'd like Bike to Work Week to be like and what you'd like to do to promote it, and if you'd like to help, send me an e-mail.

Thank you,
Adam Durand
adam.durand@gmail.com
4:40 PM
 
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