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| Bike to Work Day Registration is Now Open! |
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Join Bethesda Transportation Solutions at our 2013 Bike to Work Day Pit Stop!
This year's event wil be held on Friday, May 17 from
6:30am - 8:30am at Reed Street (corner of Woodmont & Bethesda Aves, along the Capital Crescent Trail).
Registration for for the Downtown Bethesda pit stop is now open!
Register and enjoy great entertainment, refreshments and lots of raffle prizes!
Several sponsors have already signed up to support this great event. There's still time if your company would like to join in! Contact Jennifer at jzucker@bethesda.org or (301) 656-0868 x118, if you'd like to get your company involved. |
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| Bethesda Named a Bicycle Friendly Community |
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 Bethesda's commitment to bicycling put our community on the national stage this month when the League of American Bicyclists named us a 'Bicycle Friendly Community'. Baltimore, Frederick and Rockville are also on the list, and Maryland ranks as the League's eighth most bicycle-friendly state in the U.S
"I am so pleased to see Bethesda earn this distinction," says Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner, who chairs the Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee and represents Bethesda as the District 1 Councilmember. "Making Bethesda more bicycle-friendly is a goal shared by many, but especially by the Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Transportation Solutions, which helped Bethesda earn this recognition."
The League's Bicycle-Friendly Community program recognized Bethesda at the bronze award level, citing the community's bicycling promotion, education programs, infrastructure and pro-bicycling policies.
Bethesda has seen a significant increase in the number of employees who bike to work regularly, according to Montgomery County's Annual Commuter Survey. It also had the third-highest attendance out of the regional Bike to Work Day celebration this past May.
"We hosted the first Confident City Cycling Course in the county on October 20 at the B-CC Rescue Squad parking lot on Battery Lane," notes BTS Director Kristen Blackmon.
The class consisted of two parts: cycling on a closed course (the parking lot) around obstacles simulating real-life hazards and a short trail ride, where participants were able to put their newly acquired skills to use.
Class participant Laura Burns from Monument Bank said after taking the class that she feels much safer biking down busy thoroughfares to work because she is now armed with emergency stopping maneuvers that she can use (after some practice). "Maybe I'll actually try to bike to work soon," she said.
BTS will be hosting another Confident City Cycling Course on May 5, 2013, once again at the B-CC Rescue Squad.
Click here for more information and to register for the class!
For more information on the American Bicycle League's list of Bicycle-Friendly Communities, visit: www.bikeleague.org.
Learn more about bicycling in Bethesda here. |
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| Capital Crescent Trail Update |
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The detour on the Capital Crescent Trail is history!
The seeding an mulching alongside of the trail is complete, and work on the overhead protection is done as well. The Trail has will reopen on its original path.
The intersection crosswalk on Bethesda Avenue is now operational.
For more information on the Lot 31 project, click here. |
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