Hi everyone. This morning was the first BikeFriday Morning Commute, and I think the potential of rain hurt the turnout a bit, but we still had groups of several cyclists biking from the startpoints around the city. The 4 groups that ended up downtown made up about a dozen.
Martino took a bunch of great photos... here are a couple. I'll make a little photo gallery on the BikeFriday site soon. Thanks Tino!
At the meetup point at Yonge & Charles (just south of Bloor)
Most of us gathered at City Hall
It was a small start to hopefully something huge. All the media attention should help - I've been rather surprised by all the attention that some cyclists riding together has generated. I've been interviewed by 1 paper (the Star), 2 radio stations (CFRB and Metro Morning on CBC), and two television stations (a Live Global Interview this morning at Danforth & Woodbine, and CTV at City Hall).
The Biker's Breakfast at the Danforth location of Grassroots Environmental Products was super too! Lots of yummy vegan muffins and danishes, with organic fair-trade coffee!
BikeFriday isn't over yet, either - there's Critical Mass (6:00 PM at Bloor & Spadina) and TBN's Friday Night Ice Cream Ride tonight!
I'll be at Critical Mass. Look for my blue shirt and say hi.
If you can't make it, mark September 29th (the next BikeFriday) on your calendars, or, even better, come up with your own events for the 29th, and I'll publicize them on the site, which I'll be switching over to publicize September 29th over the next few days.
Have a great BikeFriday,
Joe.
ps. special thanks to Jamie from CFRB, and City Councillor Joe Mihevc (Ward 21, St. Paul's West), who both biked with us this morning!
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