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Bike to Work Day: May 18th
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Mark your calendars and gear up!
Every year Bike Pittsburgh organizes local festivities during National Bike to Work Week. Invariably it rains. This year we're shortening it to Bike to Work DAY. So tune up your bike and ride to work!
Biker Breakfasts:8am-10am (City-County Bldg Portico): Join us Downtown at the City-County Building Portico for a free biker breakfast and giveaway!
8am-10am (Carnegie Mellon University): Join Bike
Pittsburgh and CMU's Green Practices Committee for a free breakfast and
giveaway on CMU's campus in Oakland near the University Center. All
cyclists are welcome, not just the CMU cycling community.
8am-10am (REI - South Side Works): REI will be
hosting their own biker breakfast with giveaways on Bike to Work Day.
If you live or work in the South Side, this will be the most convenient
place to get some food, bike swag, and hang out on Bike to Work Day.
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We're Turning Five!
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And you're invited to our party!
Mark your calendars bike people. Bike Pittsburgh is turning five
and you're invited to celebrate this momentous occasion with us!
There's going to be good food and drinks, as well as a brief award
ceremony honoring dedicated bike advocates. We'll also be showing the
short bike advocacy film, Contested Streets. It's going to be a great time!
When: Friday, May 18th (Bike to Work Day), 6-10pm (movie starts at 7pm)
Where: Attack Theatre (corner of Penn Ave & Mathlida St, Garfield)
Donation: $3 with membership card, $5 non-member
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Iron City Populaire
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 Rescheduled for Sat. May 5
Due to poor weather on April 14th, the ride has been rescheduled for May 5th. The
ride will begin at 9:00am (still at Beleza in the North Side), with
registration beginning at 8:30am.
This is a long distance, self supported benefit ride for Bike Pittsburgh ($5 donation). It's all about having fun, and testing your own limits, be that simply
finishing within the time limit, or riding flat out.
For more details and to see the route, click here.
Or view the poster.
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Bike the Vote 2007
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 The Primary is Tuesday, May 15!
Bike Pittsburgh is once again making cycling a political issue this primary election. We sent a questionnaire to all the candidates in order to gauge their interest in helping make Pittsburgh a bicycle friendly city.
Click here to see the candidates' responses to our questions.
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Ride for Climate USA is Coming to Pittsburgh
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 Series of Events, May 13-15
Bill Bradlee and David Kroodsma, climate-change fighting superheroes, are cycling from California to Patagonia
raising awareness about climate change, and will be in Pittsburgh from May 13-15 for a series of events.
Check out this interesting interview about what they are doing and what Ride for Climate USA is all about.
May 13- Tour de Tree - Allegheny Commons and REI
May 14- Lecture and Raffle - Chatham College
May 15- Lecture - Robert Morris University
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BikePGH Receives Bike Infrastructure Grant
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What to expect: Bike Lanes, Shared Lane Markings, and Signs
We are pleased to announce that the Richard King Mellon Foundation has given us a grant to assist the City of Pittsburgh in getting more bike lanes, SLMs, and bike route signage throughout Pittsburgh. We are excited about our new partnership with the Department of Public Works, and we thank the RK Mellon Foundation for their continued support!
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Save the Dates: BikeFest '07!
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June 28 - July 8
We've set the dates for the third annual Bike Pittsburgh BikeFest - a ten-day celebration of cycling in Pittsburgh. For those of you who aren't familiar with BikeFest, it's an event of, for, and by the Pittsburgh cycling community. BikeFest is not an organized event, but a framework for cyclists, like you, to organize events. It's a lot of fun, so get your thinking helmets on, come up with an interesting event, and propose it to us. Learn More »
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Pittsburgh Trails Advocacy Group Launches New Website
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A great way to get involved
PTAG, a project of Bike Pittsburgh, is a group of dedicated mountain bikers who design and build sustainable IMBA
style singletrack trails in Western Pennsylvania. We work with the
land managers from each park to design, reroute and maintain trails.
Check out their new website to plug right in!
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Bridge Closings and Construction Updates
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These bridges are either closed or have construction that you should be aware of
 South Milvale Bridge- Closed. until April 2008. Check out our blog post for an alternate route
- Birmingham Bridge- Open, but under construction. Check out our message board thread for useful safety information and updates
- Fort Duquesne Bridge- Closed due to construction of Point State Park. Use Roberto Clemente Bridge (Sixth St) instead
- 31st St Bridge- Closed for constuction. Use 16th St Bridge instead
- Hot Metal Bridge- Street section is rideable, but narrow and not recommended. Trail section is under construction and due to be open by fall of 2007
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Get Linked In to Local Bike Culture
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 Don't forget to check out our new local online forums!
Ask questions, find out about Pittsburgh cycling events, meet other cyclists, peddel your wares, or just hang out on the Bike Pittsburgh Forums.
It's FREE, fun, and a great way to get involved.
Click here to get connected today!
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Calendar of Events
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| All Things Cycling and More!
Click here
to view our full calendar of events. For
details click on the individual events. Our calendar is syndicated so
be sure to 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, where, when, why, and how much.
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Thu April 26 - Public Mtg: McKeesport Riverfront Trail Development, 6:00 PM
Fri April 27 - Critical Mass, 5:30 PM Carnegie Library Oakland
Sat April 27-29 - League of American Bicyclists Road Course-1 Bill Hoffman, a League-certified instructor, will
lead the ten-hour course. Sat April 28 - Walk and Ride (WAR) Against Hunger, Benefit for the Rainbow Kitchen Community Services Sat May 5 - Ride for Habitat, Family Friendly Fundraiser, West Deer Twp, PA Sat May 5 - Iron City Populaire, 80km Randonneuring Ride and Benefit for Bike Pittsburgh, 8:30 AM registration, Beleza Coffee Shop, Northside
Sat May 12 - PTAG- Frick Trail Maintenance, Second Saturdays at Frick Park, 10:00 AM
May 13-15 - Ride For Climate USA Events
Sun May 13 - 2nd Annual Pussycat-Women's Only Alleycat, Competitive and Fun Categories followed by a BBQ in Highland Park Fri May 18 - Bike-to-Work-Day Fri May 18 - Bike Pittsburgh's Fifth Birthday Party Sat May 19 - Venture Outdoors Festival, learn more about outdoor recreation in the region
Sun May 20 - Pedal Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's largest cycling event, a Benefit for the Community Design Center
___________________________________________________ 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.
Every Friday a group leaves from Pittsburgh Pro at 6:15PM: confirm with Jason More rides can be found at WPW, P.O.R.C., and Venture
Outdoors
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Become a Member of Bike Pittsburgh
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 Invest in Your Community!
Imagine Pittsburgh as a city where the choice to ride a bike is an
easy one. A vibrant city where the roads are less congested, the air is
cleaner, and folks are healthier. A place where we can all safely get
to work and the grocery store while burning calories not fossil fuels.
Bike Pittsburgh works every day on behalf of our members to make to
make this vision a reality. Invest in your community - become a member
today!
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Bike Pittsburgh gratefully acknowledges the
Richard King Mellon Foundation and the Heinz Endowments for their generous support.
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