3 Weeks Until BikeFriday

posted by Joe on 9/08/2006 | 0 Comments |

I know that 3 weeks is quite far away, at first glance. For me, however, it is only 3 weeks, as I'm intent on getting politicians and organizations involved.

Here's what is new since last week:

I've started posting Group Commute times and meeting points.
The times are adjusted a bit from last month, to avoid any unneccessary rushing, and to make sure everyone gets to work okay. Essentially, the rides going downtown (via Yonge & Bloor) start at 7:30, with a meet-up at Yonge & Bloor at 8:00. At 8:15 we head south on Yonge, and then swing onto Queen, getting to City Hall at approx. 8:30.

Two new Queen St. rides leave Queen West (at Sorauren, west of Lansdowne) and Queen East (at Woodbine) at 8:00, them getting to City Hall at 8:30 too.
We still need a Queen East contact person, if you are interested.

The two York Region rides are still going as well, lead by Darren and Andrew.

Learn more about the commutes on the BikeFriday site, and feel free to add your own commutes. Your commute can start anywhere and end anywhere in Toronto (or the GTA) at any time, and we'll add it to the site. The BikeFriday Group Commute is all about cycling with others so cars give you more room on the road, so let us know where and when your commute is!

The Politicians
The Mayors office and all the City Councillors know about BikeFriday (atleast they should, since to date they've all received atleast 3 emails from me since mid-August), but no one has committed to riding or hosting a bike-related event on September 29th.

Having said that, Joe Mihevc biked with us on August 25th (and I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up again), and we had commitments from Mayor Miller and Adam Giambrone to join us "in the future". I also know that Sandra Bussin is discussing it with her staff.

Organizations / Businesses
I'm still contacting a lot of these, and the only firm answer I've gotten is from the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (who were instrumental in getting the Dundas East bikelanes installed), who will publicize it to their members, so we should get some Queen East riders. :)

I'm sure I'll hear from more people as September 29th gets closer.

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