Bike to Work Week Underway Today
Monday, May 28, 2012 @ 3:56 AM
Prince George, B.C. – Keep your eyes open this morning if you are driving as this is Bike to Work Week in Prince George, and there may be more bicycles on the road than normal.
This is the fourth straight year for the event which encourages people to bike to work or to school.
This year’s event offers more than ten ‘Celebration Station’ pit stops through the course of the week and thousands of dollars in prizes for participants. To be eligible, cyclists need only sign up online and log their cycling activity during the week.
“Last year we had 76 teams and over 600 cyclists participate” says coordinator Laura Sapergia, “Our goal for this year is to reach 100 teams.”
The event is designed to challenge commuters to leave their cars at home and pedal to work or school, and is designed especially for new and beginning cyclists who benefit from all the extra support. That extra support comes in the way of Bike Rodeos for youth – a basic bicycle skills course for elementary and middle school aged children and the extra information and support offered at the Celebration Stations.
Bike to Work and School Week is also hosting a challenge for the high school grad classes, offering a $200 prize to support the Dry Grad of the grad class with the highest cycling participation rate during the week.
The week kicks off at City Hall this morning with a breakfast, and while there are plenty of events scheduled throughout the week, there will also be a $500 cash giveaway at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday.
Every time a participating cyclist stops by a station, they can enter their name in a draw for $300 in bike shop gift certificates, and each commute they log on bicycle increases theirs workplace team’s chances of winning the grand prize: a bike rack installation in the location of their choice. Cyclists showing their participant stickers will also receive free transit during the week, to make commuting to and from distant areas a little easier.
Comments
sure would be nice if they took the gravel off the roads in pinewood so you could enjoy a bike ride or even a walk for that matter
How about January.
We aren’t talking about January. It’s May.
the last two years they came in early may to sweep the gravel off, but they still had 5 feet of snow piled on our curbs
Maybe the bicyclists will actually obey the laws too this year …that’s a laugh riot
Maybe the bicyclists will actually obey the laws too this year …that’s a laugh riot
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