ABC thanks June sponsor: Sidebar
Bring in your bike helmet to get 50% off food every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Sidebar, Atlanta's true neighborhood bar
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Count 'em!
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With gas prices rising and environmental awareness growing, it's no
surprise we're seeing more bicycles on the roads. But how many more?
ABC was being asked this question so often that we finally decided it
was time to come up with some answers.
We are planning a bicycle count to take place the week of june 24th, and we need your help - click here to sign up for the volunteer training Saturday, June 21st.
Our goal in counting bicyclists is to establish a baseline against
which to measure future bicycling populations. This count will be just
the first of a recurring project, so that we have trend data to show
whether bicycling is rising or falling.
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Pedal Powered Pride Float
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by  Tom Caulfield
"Proud to be a cyclist"
Come
join us on July 6, 2008 for the Atlanta Gay Pride Parade. The Atlanta Bicycle
Campaign will be making history by creating the first bike-powered parade float
in the history of this Atlanta tradition! The theme of the float will promote
the 3-feet rule, which calls for automobile drivers to leave a distance of 3
feet when passing cyclists on the road.
The overall theme for this year's
parade is: "Your Vote, Your Rights, Your Future." That ties in exactly to what Atlanta Bicycle Campaign and other
organizations are trying to accomplish during the 2009 legislative session - to
enact a 3-feet safe passing law to secure the rights and future of cyclists across the
state.
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Pedal me to the moon
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by Rebecca Serna A few months ago, I got a call from a man on a mission. He was  getting married and his bride wanted to be pedaled off into the sunset as they left their wedding reception. Was there a pedicab company in Atlanta, he wondered? A day later, a nice couple from Wisconsin who operated a pedicab company there (and who'd actually gotten married on bicycles), wrote to ask the same question. I was intrigued. After doing some research, I found there had been a company during the 1996 Olympics and that a city councilperson had talked about adopting a pedicab ordinance a few years later, but that was it. What were the young lovers to do? Read more here... |
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Help us hit 1,000
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As we kick off our Grand Membership Drive in an effort to reach
1,000 members, you can help. We believe having 1,000 members will help
take us to the next level of effective advocacy, and help us succeed in
getting a 3-feet safe passing law in Georgia!
Below is an
example of an email one of our supporters sent out to her friends. Feel
free to lift from this, and please consider sending a similar email to
your cycling friends and family. For every new member who lists your
name in the "referral" field of our membership form, you will be
entered to win a prize in a raffle. Plus you'll have the satisfaction
of playing a role in increasing our membership, which we'll leverage for
real change.
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Pitch from an ABC supporter
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By Lisa Safstrom
If you have ever considered
joining ABC, now is a good time. Please check out their website at
www.atlantabike2.org.
ABC does a lot for us- with new leadership (some of you may know
Rebecca Serna, also one of the founders of Citizens for Progressive
Transit - cfpt.org) they
have been and will continue to make real progress.
ABC was instrumental
in getting the Dekalb Avenue railroad tracks removed (people had been
trying for years to get these removed, as many cyclists had gotten
injured there). They recently organized festivities for riders on
Bike-to-Work day, and the BikeFest in Woodruff Park. They created the
'I'm on that bike' advertising campaign, which can be see on buses,
billboards, etc.
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ABC night at the East Point Velodrome
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 Come on out to East Point to enjoy the July Festival of Speed at the Dick Lane Velodrome, a local treasure. Saturday, July 12th from 5-9pm is ABC Night at the Velodrome. Bring a friend and get two-for-one admission. You're also welcome to help ABC reach new audiences by sitting at our table at the entrance that night. The East Point Velodrome Association, Inc. (EPVA), is
a 100% volunteer-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the
rehabilitation, care and growth of the Dick Lane Velodrome, located
in East Point, Georgia.
In addition to being a great place to watch a bike race, the EPVA conducts Youth Service Activities, including the highly acclaimed Bicycle
Little League, Summer Camps, and Bicycle Safety
Clinics. They hope their pioneering
grass-root programs will ignite positive changes in kids and
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Bike-sharing takes Castle(berry)
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By Dayna Cotter
Luckyfish, a visual style agency in Castleberry Hill,
has taken upon itself to initiate a community bike sharing project,
aptly named RideFree.
Hoping to garner the support of local businesses
and residents alike, the program would make available to patrons of the
historic distric loaner bikes on which they could explore the harder to
reach, albeit profoundly interesting nooks of the area.
Still in its infancy, the RideFree project is being driven by
design-oriented, eco-minded individuals that advocate bikes as
recreation and alternative forms of transport.
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Biking freely across Paris
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By Scott Schuessler
I recently returned from a trip to Paris to meet up with some
old friends. I thought it would be much more enjoyable to get around
the city on bicycles, so I asked if they still had theirs. That's when
they told me about "Vélib." Vélib is a bicycle program put together by
the city of Paris. It consists of over 20,000 bicycles and 1,000
locking stations. The idea is to have a citywide bicycle transit
system.
Here's how it works - locking stations holding 15-20 bicycles are spread throughout the city
of Paris. The stations are spread out strategically so that you are
usually within 1000 feet of one. Each station includes an automated
machine that accepts Euros or credit cards. You just purchase a pass
and select a bike. You then ride to your destination and drop off your
bike at the nearest locking station.
The machines recognize that the
bike is now located at the new station and you are free to go on your
way - it's that simple!
But here's the best part: if you ride the bike
for less than thirty minutes, the cost of the bike rental is FREE.
That's right, free.
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Notes from the road: BRAG 2008
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By Byron Rushing
The trip went great! The ride on Saturday took me from Decatur to Conyers, where I
stopped in to a bike shop to adjust my brakes and pick up a few
critical items that I needed, to Covington and into Oxford at the Emory
campus. The route was very easy for the most part with a section on the
Arabia Mountain PATH near Stonecrest Mall and only a bit of riding on
the highway access road.
Sunday was the first day of BRAG, leaving from Oxford and traveling
down to Griffin. The riding was good, traveling through several small
towns, and very nearly riding past Fresh Air. I could have made a
detour to stop for a sandwich, but chose to press on instead since it
was still 8am.
Read more here...
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Share the Street - Give 3 Feet!
Century Challenge 2008
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ABC
and Atlanta Cycing are proud to announce that the Challenge has
returned! We are now accepting registration for the 2008 Century
Challenge online or by mail (contact us for the mail in registration form).
Our
theme this year is Share the Street - Give 3 Feet! Your entry fee
and donations will help ABC and our partners (including Georgia Bikes!) educate the public on the
need for a specific safe passing law that will increase the safety of everyone
on the road.
Early Registration: $25.00
Day of Ride: $30.00
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