May is National Bike Safety Month!
And we have opportunities to start learning about bike safety in April! Please review the following local opportunities, and find out about safe routes to school, tuning up your bike, and National Bike to School Day!
May 9th: NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY
Registration Now Open for Inaugural National Bike to School Day
The National Center for Safe Routes to School, in partnership with the
League of American Bicyclists, is pleased to be organizing the first-ever
National Bike to School Day on May 9, 2012. Let the bike bells ring – event
registration is now open at www.walkbiketoschool.org!
Schools, communities and families can join others across the country in
this inaugural event and will get the chance to win a bike rack. There are
several ways to get involved in Bike to School Day:
The National Center for Safe Routes to School, in partnership with the
League of American Bicyclists, is pleased to be organizing the first-ever
National Bike to School Day on May 9, 2012. Let the bike bells ring – event
registration is now open at www.walkbiketoschool.org!
Schools, communities and families can join others across the country in
this inaugural event and will get the chance to win a bike rack. There are
several ways to get involved in Bike to School Day:
- Be a pioneer. Free event registration is available at www.walkbiketoschool.org for individuals and/or organizations planning a 2012 Bike to School Day event in the United States. Registering an event provides organizers access to a variety of brand new downloadable materials, including stickers, certificates, badges and classroom activities.
- Be a resource. Do you have free expertise, time, materials, information, funding or other resources to share? Register as a Resource and help others find you!
- Be a winner... Did we mention you could win a bike rack?
The inaugural National Bike to School Day will be the first opportunity for
communities across the country to join together to bicycle to school on the
same day. The event builds on the excitement surrounding National Bike
Month, led by the League of American Bicyclists each May, as well as the
popularity of Walk to School Day, coordinated by the National Center for
Safe Routes to School every October.
The National Center is also pleased to launch a newly redesigned website –
www.walkbiketoschool.org – to support celebration of Bike to School Day in
May, Walk to School Day in October and walking and biking to school every
day. The updated website includes new event planning resources as well as a
brand-new, GIS-powered mapping tool. Map-a-Route allows users to create
and share bicycling or walking routes to school via easy-to-use maps!
Enter to Win a Bike Rack
Need an extra incentive to participate in this inaugural event? Registered
schools and communities will be entered into the Bike to School Day Bike
Rack Giveaway! Each Wednesday beginning April 18, two registrants will be
selected to win a Saris bike rack for the school of their choice. A total
of 10 bike racks will be given away. The sooner an event coordinator
registers, the more chances he or she has to win a bike rack for the school
or community. At the end of Bike Month, a registered resource person will
win a bike rack for the school of his or her choice.
National Bike to School Day is an exciting first for both those who are new
to the experience and to those who have been celebrating a trip to school
on two wheels for years. Stay tuned at
www.walkbiketoschool.org/go/
In California:
In addition to the National Center for Safe Routes to School, the
California SRTS Program has additional information on Bike to School Day at
the following website:
http://www.
Here’s to a safe and fun – and first ever—National Bike to School Day!
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