In DC, a Bike to School day event is planned for Lincoln Park from 7:30 – 8:30. The parent organization behind it spans 11 schools, so it has potential to be a big gathering, and there are bike trains planned from there to the schools at 7:45, 8:00, and 8:15.
We’ve got confirmations from the director of NHTSA, the director of the National Safe Routes to School program, the president of Safe Kids Worldwide, and DDOT’s SRTS coordinator, as well as invitations out to DDOT director Bellamy and Mayor Gray. I’m working on getting some bikeshop swag, but all riders will get medallions or stickers.
We need two things:
* Lots of kids to bike to school that day, especially if they can pass through the Lincoln Park pit stop (help spread the word!), and
* Some bike train leaders who can help get the kids from Lincoln Park to schools safely.
Shortly after students arrive at schools, members of Congress and leaders of bicycle advocacy organizations will hold a press conference to announce new survey data about Americans’ attitudes towards federal funding for biking and walking. The press conference will take place at 9:30 AM at 2nd and C St NE. Participant numbers from Bike to School day will be included in the remarks, so make a plan to get those numbers to Mary Lauran Hall with America Bikes. (@MaryLauran on twitter, mlhall@americabikes.org) – and get to the press conference yourself if you can!
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