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Beware! Don't Park Your Bike in Front of Centre City Tower Downtown
Free Ride Named 2nd Best Bike Shop in the Burgh in City Paper Readers' Poll
Notice: South Side Trail Temporarily Closed from 2nd to Station Square
Make Pittsburgh a Better Place to Live - Become a Member of Bike Pittsburgh!
Please Take the New Bike PGH Survey!
Bike Pittsburgh needs your feedback in order to better serve area cyclists and the public at large. We want to know your needs as a cyclist, and your unique ideas about our future direction. It will only take a moment of your time, and is vital information for us to use as we grow. Thanks in advance! Click here for the survey.
Beware! Do Not Park Your Bike in Front of Centre City Tower!
There have been reports of the management of Centre City Tower, located at 7th and Smithfield Streets, cutting locks and confiscating bikes that are parked in front of the building on public sidewalks. The reason they give is that this is a major drop off point for handicap access vans and shuttles, and bikes, according to the property manager, are obstructing the van/shuttle doors from opening. Bicyclists should definitely be sensitive to this, but there is absolutely no signage notifying cyclists of this fact. Nor do they notify cyclists after they have cut the locks and confiscated the bikes. This needs to stop immediately!
Free Ride Named 2nd Best Bike Shop in the Burgh in City Paper Readers' Poll
Free Ride in being ranked by City Paper's readers as the number two bike shop in Pittsburgh between Gatto Cycles and Kraynick's Bike Shop. Nice work!
Calendar of Events: December & January
Here is a sample of upcoming cycling events in the Pittsburgh Region. For complete details and updates be sure to check out our Google Calendar and subscribe! If you have a bike event you'd like to submit, just email us at submit@bike-pgh.org. Be sure to answer all the typical questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how much.
December 24th
Pittsburgh Critical Mass
5:30 PM
Location: Carnegie Library in Oakland
January 1st
Join local cyclists for the first fun, leisurly ride of the new year.
Location: REI
Contact: Marc Yergin home 412-422-9826, mobile 412-559-0054.
- If you're looking for some fun and easy rides in the city, be sure to check out Team Decaf (every Tuesday evening) or Team Caffeine for some more intense riding (every Thursday evening). Both rides leave from Enrico's Tazza D'Oro Cafe at 1125 N. Highland Avenue in Highland Park at 6:15pm sharp. For more information please contact John Strait. More rides can be found at WPW, P.O.R.C., and Venture Outdoors
Spare Parts: News & Links
Bike Pittsburgh in the News:
- City Paper: Free Ride Named 2nd Best Bike Shop in Pittsburgh by Readers
- Tribune Review: City faces uphill pedestrian challenge
Be sure to check out these articles as well:
- Post-Gazette: Candid camera: Peduto's plan for city traffic deserves a trial Links
- PG: City Council puts brakes on traffic camera proposal
- PG: Bicycle Trail now connects to Maryland
- PG: City slow moving on pedestrian safety
- Baltimore Sun: Trail's opening eyed as a path to prosperity
- Tribune Review: Upgrades urged for 6 dangerous crossings
Links:
- Bike Pgh Forums: http://bike-pgh.org/xdforum
- Our Blog: http://www.bike-pgh.org/blog/
Make Pittsburgh a Better Place to Live - Become a Member of Bike Pittsburgh!
Membership in Bike Pittsburgh enhances the quality of life in Pittsburgh by directly supporting bike lanes, shared lane markings, bike route signs, bike racks, traffic calming, the removal of cycling hazards, safer pedestrian facilities, maintained streets and trails, and just downright good urban design. Other things we're working on are bike maps, educational brochures, and fun events like BikeFest and Bike to Work Week. Phew, that's a long list... You really get a lot for your money.
With your tax-deductible donation you will receive a Membership Card good for discounts at participating businesses, invitations and discounts to special Bike Pittsburgh-sponsored parties and events, and the satisfaction that you are making a difference for all of us who ride in Pittsburgh. Membership is affordable and sends a strong message that you want a better city to bike in. Join us today!
