Bay Area Bike to Work Day 2007: (From L-R) Joe Kinyon, Jenny Stock, Amanda Eichsteadt, David Press, Frederick Smith, Marshall Livingston.

West Marin Bike to Work Week: 

Sunday May 11 to Saturday May 17.

Highlights:

Bay Area Bike to Work Day: Thursday May 15   For more information: click here

Bike to Point Reyes Day and Raffle Drawing:

Saturday morning May 17 at Black Mountain Cycles in Point Reyes Station.

Contact: For more information, contact Frederick at 663-9312 or email eac@svn.net

In honor of National Bike Month, the League of American Bicyclists, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin and Black Mountain Cycles are sponsoring West Marin Bike Week from Sunday May 11 through Saturday May 17. Participants are invited to bike commute as many days this week as possible.

Cyclists should stop by and visit Mike Varley at Black Mountain Cycles in Point Reyes Station (www.blackmtncycles.com) and pick up an orange reflective triangle and pin it to your seat bag, backpack or jacket. This way you are easily identified as a West Marin cyclist using your bicycle for a local trip. Motorists keep an eye out for your neighbors who are sparing the air and giving their car a break.

For every day you bike to work or school, we’ll enter a raffle ticket in your name, featuring prizes from local businesses. We’ll set up reporting locations in each of West Marin’s towns to make it easy for you to show your participation.   West Marin Bike Week will culminate with a “Bike to Point Reyes” day on Saturday morning May 17, when we’ll do the raffle drawing and report on how many car trips were saved.  To learn more about how to participate and volunteer, contact Fred at 663-9312 or email eac@svn.net.

If you can only participate for one day, please join us on Thursday May 15th as a part of the Bay Area’s 14th Annual Bike to Work Day, a fun way to show community support for fossil-free transportation.

If you wish to participate in a Bike to Work day ride from Inverness, meet Fred at 8 a.m. at the Inverness Store parking lot for the bike ride via Olema to Point Reyes Station.  He will make the return trip at 6 p.m. from the EAC office in the Livery Stable Building on 3rd Street. Energizer stations will be set up at the Bear Valley Inn (Olema) and Black Mountain Bicycles for food and nourishment along the way.

Bike to Work Day organizers expect 50,000 to 100,000 people in the Bay Area will participate. By supporting alternative transportation you are promoting a healthy lifestyle, helping to reduce air pollution and showing on the ground support for a safe, environmentally friendly pathway system in West Marin.

When you ride, follow the rules of the road (it’s the law) your bicycle is a vehicle and should be driven like one.

• Ride on the right side of the road (never ride facing traffic)
• Obey stop signs and signal your intentions for other road users.
• Don’t ride so far to the right that you risk running off the road or hitting car doors if they are opened.
• Be seen and recognized early – wear bright contrasting colors during the day and use lights at night.
• Share the road with other users (limit two-abreast riding) and yield the right of way when appropriate.

See you all out on the roads!

Frederick Smith

Executive Director

Environmental Action Committee of West Marin www.eacmarin.org

Amanda Eichstaedt

Board Chair

League of American Bicyclists www.bikeleague.org