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Home arrow Campaigns arrow Transportation: Pedal Power and Beyond
Thursday, 04 September 2008
Transportation: Pedal Power and Beyond
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HOT WHEELS The 2007 Kids' Art Bike Parade

The EVCC is dedicated to improving our community's infrastructure and encourages sustainable transportation including walking, bicycling, scootering, skateboarding, and other human powered transportation.

1.  Lower East Side Kids' Art Bike Parade

The EVCC's Second Annual Lower East Side Kids' Art Bike Parade will be held Saturday October 4 from 11am - 2pm.  Hundreds of children and adults will ride art decorated bicycles through our streets.  Bike decorating workshops will be held throughout September.  Bike Safety, Learn to Ride, and other bike related workshops will be held the day of the parade.  EVCC is working with local stores, artists, and other not-for-profit and government organizations on this extraordinary event.

There are many ways YOU can participate!


  • Donate: bikes, materials, or money to the Parade.
  • Volunteer at bike-decorating workshops and parade day – you'll have a blast and get a free t-shirt.
  • Sign up for a workshop date to decorate a bike.
  • Sign up to ride your bike in the parade.

For more details about how you can join this year's ride, click here.

For fun photos of the 2007 ride, see our gallery.

2.  Bicycle Lanes

The EVCC encourages the Department of Transportation to increase the number of bicycle parking racks and bicycle lanes and throughout our neighborhood, making sure lanes and routes connect safely and integrate with other forms of transportation throughout the City.  Dedicated Bicycle Lanes, physically separated from cars, trucks, and buses, are integral to urban bike safety and convenient sustainable transportation.  The EVCC encourages the Department of Transportation to create Dedicated Bicycle Lanes throughout our neighborhood.

3. Avenue A Amble

The EVCC is working with Transportation Alternatives to open Avenue A between 6th Street and 10th Street as a pedestrian mall on Sunday afternoons during 2009.  

To share your thoughts about the Amble, click here.

 

 

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rogerm  - Bicycles are great 2008-09-09 10:40:30
I'm pleased to support any bicycle events, particularly those involving youth.

3.23 Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."
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