Friday, September 23, 2011

First Bike Train a huge success!

Zak Schwank led the first Bike Train, leading dozens of students who rode their bicycles to Paloma Valley Elementary School Thursday. Congratulations to all the students, parents, school administrators who made this possible. And thanks to Paul Gallaher from the Valley News for the story and photos. I am posting one, and here is a link to all of them. Lots of smiling faces, which happens a lot when your ride your bicycle:

http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/58845/




We can see more of these happening in schools, and a community wide Bike Rodeo soon. There are hundreds, thousands of cyclists, and future cyclists, in Temecula. We need to make it safer and easier for them to ride their bicycles, and this event was a great first step.








Saturday, September 17, 2011

Today was historic. The first meeting of the Temecula Bicycle Coalition. We function as the advisory committee to the city on cycling issues, education, amenities, facilities. We have projects underway, bike trains for school kids, community bike events, a survey of the city's bicycle lanes (wherever they exist) and more. Our goal is to make Temecula a better place to cycle, and not just for us. We should be raising a whole new generation of cyclists, so let's start early. Getting kids to ride bicycles to school. Get them to safety events. Get their parents involved. We know there are obstacles. We want to remove them from the bike lanes. Help us survey them. We will soon have a map up to track our progress.
Join us. Post a message here or email ricksterrider@gmail.com We are on our way!