In this Issue of the Bike Pittsburgh E-Messenger:
September Car Free Fridays, South Side Edition! (Friday!)
PARK(ing) Day Lounge and Bike Ride (Friday!)
Route & Signage Plan Meeting
Bikestravaganza: Off the
Chainring Tour Comes to Pittsburgh
Join Bike Pittsburgh to support a better biking Pittsburgh
Bike Pittsburgh Calendar: Rides and Other Bikey Events Around Pittsburgh
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September's Car Free Fridays: South Side
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IT'S TIME TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT
TRANSPORTATIONThis month Car Free Fridays heads to the South Side to promote Car Free living in one of the city's wonderful historic and cultural centers. On Friday morning, September 17, stop by REI in the South Side Works or in Market Square to pick up your voucher for discounts to South Side, Downtown and Oakland businesses as well as enter the car free
raffle. You may also sign up to enter online.
 Friday, September 17 Events:
Car Free Fridays Breakfast and Sign up
7:30-10:00am - REI SouthSide Works
- Market Square
Free Pedicab Rides - 7:30 -
10:00am South Side Bike Tour - 6:30pm -
8:30pm
meet at REI SouthSide Works
Take the pledge!
Pledge to go car-free on September 17 and be entered into our raffle! We have lots of great prizes available.
CLICK HERE for more info about the South Side's Car Free Fridays
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PARK(ing) Day Lounge and Ride: Friday, September 17
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Ride on over to visit the Bike
Pittsburgh Lounge to see how we've transformed a
parking space into a temporary lounge for PARK(ing) Day 2010. Whether
you are going to work, on your coffee or lunch break, you cannot miss
this! - 8:30am-4:00pm: Visit us on Craig St in Oakland, near Caliban Bookshop!
(Photo by Flickr user Flatbush Gardener from a PARK(ing) Day event in NY last year)
What's the Bike Pittsburgh
Lounge? And what's this "PARK(ing)
Day?"The Bike Pittsburgh Lounge is the parking spot we'll be transforming
Friday for PARK(ing) Day: the annual, one-day, global event where
artists, activists, and citizens transform metered parking spots into
temporary public parks. There are over 25 locations around town that will be transformed! Bike Pittsburgh staff and volunteers will be interviewing people for
the very new Bike
Pittsburgh Channel. We'd like to hear what you like about biking in
Pittsburgh and what you would change if you suddenly had magic powers.
Also, we'd just really like it if you stopped by to say hello. (We'll
only share your opinions if you want us to).
But I just want to ride my
bicycle, bicycle, bicycle...
You're in luck! Industrious and illustrious Bike Pittsburgh
volunteers are orchestrating a lunch-time bike tour of all (or most) of
the 25+ temporary parks. Meet at the Bike Pittsburgh Lounge for the ride
at 11:45 to leave at noon. Ride for as much or little as you like.
See our blog for more information.
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Route and Signage Plan Meeting
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| Exciting Chance to Share Your Opinion and Wisdom about the Streets of Pittsburgh!
We've launched the next step in a major project that BikePGH is working on with the
City of Pittsburgh: The Bicycle Route and Signage Plan!
Portland's got the right idea with signage!
Often the best bicycle route between
two points isn't the same as the "better known," congested driving
route, leaving many cyclists, and would-be cyclists, intimidated and
frustrated. The Bicycle Route and Signage Plan will
create a network of signed on-street bike routes that will help guide
cyclists between neighborhoods and attractions. Based on BikePGH's Pittsburgh
Bike Map, it will also help inform the City where on-street
bicycle improvements, like bike lanes and sharrows, should be located. The steering committee has picked a consultant, who is now looking for
public input to help them fine tune the Plan.
What they need to know is - which of the preferred routes on the
BikePGH Bike Map should be signed with Bike Route Signs providing
directions, destinations, and distances?
Tell us where signed routes should be established and which
destinations should be included on the signs. Let us know which hills
are preferred and which ones to avoid. Can you think of a street that
could really benefit from additional signage or a contra-flow bike
lane? Tell us!
Public Open House
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 5-8pm
Kingsley Center, 6435 Frankstown Ave, East Liberty
CLICK HERE for More Info
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Bikestravaganza: Off the
Chainring Tour Comes to Pittsburgh
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Bike Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Library, and OTB are partnering to bring you a traveling road show of bicycle talk, movies, zines, and transportation activism and advocacy.
The show goes from 6pm-7:30 at the Carnegie Library in Oakland.
THEN we'll get on our bikes and ride together to OTB for an after-party and discussion with yummy food and drink specials.
Bike Pittsburgh worked hard to get this event to Pittsburgh for you: we're one of only two stops on the East-ish side of the country!
Elly Blue and Joe Biel will present short videos and a slideshow about Portland, Oregon's famous bicycle culture and infrastructure, followed by an interactive discussion of the future of transportation infrastructure and advocacy in Pittsburgh, Portland and beyond.
Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the conversation. Microcosm Publishing will have a table of books, zines, and movies. [Suggested donation is $3 to $10 sliding scale]
* Please email lolly@bike-pgh.org if you plan to attend so we can determine capacity.
More Details about Bikestravaganza
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Cycling Calendar of Events
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| All Things Cycling in the Greater Pittsburgh Region!
Here are some highlights:
Fri, September 17: Bike Pittsburgh Lounge and Bike Ride on PARK(ing) Day We'll be transforming a parking into the Bike Pittsburgh Lounge for PARK(ing) Day: the annual, one-day, global event where
artists, activists, and citizens transform metered parking spots into
temporary public parks. And Bike Pittsburgh volunteers are leading a bike ride of all the spots for your enjoyment.More Info
Fri, September 17: Car Free Fridays: South Side
Pledge to go car free, get discounts in the South Side, Bike Tours, raffles and more! More Info
Fri, September 17: Millvale Trail Ribbon Cutting - Celebrate the opening of the newest section of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in connecting Millvale to the Northside. Millvale Riverfront Park More Info
Fri, September 17: South Side Bike Tour - Ride on the flats and slopes of the South Side exploring some of the wonderful views, history, and amenities of the neighborhood. More Info
Fri, September 17: Flock of Cycles - A slow paced ~10 mile party-style ride
through the city. Ends in Schenley Park for pot luck picnic. Bring
food to share or money to buy something. More Info
Tues, September 21: Volunteer Night at the BikePGH Office - One of those old fashioned writing,
folding, stamping, and licking volunteer nights. Email lolly@bike-pgh.org to sign-up for some of the behind the scenes work that keeps Bike Pittsburgh alive!
Thurs, September 23: Bike Route and Signage Plan Public Meeting - The City is embarking on a complete
bicycle route and signage system and they need your input.
Fri, September 24: Critical Mass - The time honored tradition. 5:30 Carnegie Library Dinosaur
Wed, September 29: Bikestravaganza - Traveling road show of bicycle talk, movies, zines, and transportation activism and advocacy. More Info
Fri, Oct 1: Flock of Cycles Midnight Mass - A quick, fun, hilly, no-person-left-behind ride. Length varies between 15-25 miles. Everyone welcome
Click on the button below for info on these as well as other events
Click here
to view the Pittsburgh Cycling Events Calendar For
details click on the individual events. If you have a Google Calendar you can easily subscribe to our events listing.
If you have a
bike event or ride you'd like to submit, simply contact us. |
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Bike Pittsburgh gratefully acknowledges the
Richard King Mellon Foundation, Heinz Endowments, The Sprout Fund, The Benter Foundation, The Alliance for Biking & Walking and our members for their generous support.
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