Three-Mile Ride to the US Capitol – Open to the Public – Weds. September 25, 2013

[nikki_d]

Giving this a bump as I take a break in my packing for Climate Ride. Hope to see some of you Wednesday!

[consularrider]

Good luck on the ride!

[nikki_d]

I will (try, Tmobile signal pending) to post some pictures along the ride on Instagram: climateride_nicole

Also, “You can follow our daily progress on the Climate Ride website. Just click the homepage banner to interact with rider-generated photos, daily blog updates, and more. We’ll use hashtag #climateride to post updates to Twitter and Instagram as well.” http://www.climateride.org/

[Arlingtonrider]

Giving this a bump. I can’t get off work early enough today to do much of the ride in, but might try to meet up with the group at or near the Capitol. They’d like to have as many people as possible. DBB reports that his ride has gone well!

@nikki_d 63239 wrote:

http://www.climateride.org/blog/three-mile-ride-to-the-us-capitol-open-to-the-public-weds.-september-25-201

Three-Mile Ride to the US Capitol – Open to the Public – Weds. September 25, 2013

Caeli Quinn on September 4, 2013, 9:33 PM

Three miles. Join hundreds of cyclists. FUN!

Join the Climate Ride as we pedal to the US Capitol September 25th, 2013!!

Everyone is invited. We would like to have as many people as possible (bike/walk advocates, students, non-profits, green jobs advocates, environmentalists, diplomatic staff, family friends, everyday folks who like to rally for a great cause!). Be at the end of an historic bicycle ride and meet more that 200 cyclists who pedaled from New York City to Washington DC and raised money for more than 60 beneficiary organizations including 350.org, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green America, Environmental Defense Fund, 1% for the Planet, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Washington Area Bicyclist Association, and Transportation Alternatives and many more.

WHAT: Bike Rally to celebrate the end of Climate Ride, a 300-mile benefit bike ride to raise awareness of sustainability, active transportation, clean energy and climate change, beginning in NYC and ending with a rally at the U.S. Capitol.

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 – There are three ways to participate:

1:30 PM – Meet up with Climate Riders in downtown Silver Spring and ride the last 18 miles with the “Green Peloton.” Riders will be gathering on Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring, MD between 1 pm and 2 pm. Riders must depart Silver Spring by 2:15 pm. Note: we don’t all ride together until we reach the staging area at the Thompson Boat Center, so you can find the Climate Ride support staff in Silver Spring, say hi, and then ride the Georgetown Branch of the Capital Crescent Trail to the Boat Center.

3:15 PM – All riders will gather at Thompson Boat Center (corner of Rock Creek Parkway and Virginia Ave NW) at 3:15pm for a 3:30 en masse departure to the US Capitol. Be sure to arrive with a bicycle for this segment.

Don’t have a bike? You can pick up a Capital Bike Share bike near the Thompson Boat Center and then return it to a station near the Capitol later. Use the smartphone app to determine availability. Note: Riders will pedal all together up Constitution Ave. to the West Front Lawn of the US Capitol– please obey traffic laws and stop for lights.

~4:15 PM – Rally at the Capitol and Greeting of Riders

Speakers to be announced.

CONTACT: Caeli Quinn, Climate Ride Co-Founder, 406-871-5477

We will have a photo opportunity at the Capitol with photographers.

[nikki_d]

For those of you that didn’t make it- we had a police escort that let us run all the red lights from the Boat Center to the Capitol. It was fabulous!!

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