Bike Month Activities this May include the Mayor’s Annual Bike to Work Day this Friday
WHAT:
This Friday, May 6, 2016, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will lead hundreds of Central Florida residents as they pedal into work as part of National Bike Month and the City’s 17th annual Bike to Work Day event.
As part of the event, participants will get free coffee and bike tune-ups before the ride, which will take cyclists from Orlando Festival Park into Downtown Orlando.
WHY:
Participants will not only celebrate Bike Month by taking part in this event, but also help the City further its efforts in becoming the City Bikeable.
Since 2003, Mayor Dyer has helped to transform Orlando’s urban environment and enhance and invest in bike amenities, including installing bike repair stations and wayfinding signage, expanding our bike trails and creating the first sharrow route and adding green bicycle pavement markings.
Today, Orlando is home to more than 300 miles of urban trails, signed routes and lanes created specifically for biking, with nearly 35 miles of these off-street.
WHEN:
Friday, May 6, 2016
- 7:30 a.m. – Onsite registration and check-in
- 8:00 a.m. – Ride starts
- 8:30 a.m. – Ride ends – **Media Interview Opportunity**
HOW:
Participants can register in advance by signing up at Bike.GoDTO.org. Single riders and teams are welcome.
On-site registration is also available the morning of the ride starting at 7:30 a.m. at Orlando Festival Park.
Juice, Orlando’s Bike Share program, will be offering one hour of free ride time for residents to rent a bike and use it to participate in Bike to Work Day by entering promo code “B2WDay2016” at juicebikeshare.com.
WHERE:
Orlando Festival Park
2911 East Robinson Street
Riders will register and check-in at Orlando Festival Park. The Bike to Work Day ride will start from there on Robinson Street and head west into Downtown Orlando, turning south onto Orange Avenue and ending at Orlando City Hall.
SPONSORS:
This annual event is made possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, including: Ace Metric, Bike Sag – David’s World, Bikes Beans & Bordeaux, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Juice Bike Share, Kyle’s Bike Shop, Orange Cycle, OUC, Red Bull, reThink, Retro City Cycles, VHB and Winter Park Cycles.
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