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Yeah you do.
This Friday is Bike to Work Day! And for the 5th consecutive year, Mayor Michael Nutter is joining us for a bike ride to work.
If you read our blog, there's a good chance you already bike to work. So take this opportunity to convince a co-worker to give it a try! It's a short ride, the forecast is looking perfect, and your co-worker will be able to say that the first time they biked to work, they had a police escort! Makes for a good story.
National Bike to Work Day
Date: Friday, May 18th
Gathering time: 7:30 - 8:30 AM (ride leaves at 8:30 AM)
Gathering point: Lloyd Hall
Coffee: free and available
We'll be leaving Lloyd Hall at 8:30 sharp and biking down the Parkway to Love Park. There will be a short press conference at the Park, with Mayor Nutter and our own Alex Doty offering remarks.
And don't forget to log your ride in the I Bike PHL Challenge. It's a 1.7 mile ride, so that's 22 points (20 for riding on Friday)!
1 comments:
Let's face it - Bike to Work Day is a sham - it's a day for motorists to pretend they're cyclists for one day a year. As a person who cycles to work every day, I don't want to have anything to do with that. If that many motorists really want to be cyclists, all they have to do is cycle more often than they drive - it's that simple. One day a year not only doesn't cut it - it's a shameful and disgusting embarrassment! For a cyclist like me to participate would be a betrayal of what I believe cycling is - a lifestyle, not merely a holiday. I'm tired of the posing that goes on at this event. I refuse to be counted among the charlatans.
I am calling for Bike to Work Day to be renamed the “Motorists’ Day of Cycling” (which is what it SHOULD be called).
I will walk my commute tomorrow. My bike will stay in the garage, safe from any association with the poseurs.
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