Upcoming Events - Check the BCGP website for more details www.bicyclecoalition.org Volunteers are needed for all these events, send an email if you can help May 15th Fun Fit and Free in Philadelphia May 16th Tour De Sol May 17th Bike to Work Day June 16th Freedom Valley Bike Ride
Note - May 8 Volunteer Night CANCELLED! to be rescheduled later in the month Montgomery County Bike Maps online - We have added Bicycle Maps published by the Montgomery County Bicycle Committee. www.bicyclecoalition.org/bikemaps.html New Trail Opening - Saturday June 1 is the opening day for the Perkiomen/Schuylkill River Trail Connection. Montgomery County is planning an opening ceremony. We will provide the details as soon as we get them. Help and Donations - Computer expertise needed, Our Linux based firewall has been down for some time now and we desperately a volunteer with Linux experience to get us back online. We also need a another computer. If you can help send us an email at this address. SEPTA update - Thanks to the 187 people at the BCP Swap meet who signed the petition supporting our efforts to preserve reasonable Regional Rail Access. As you know SEPTA plans to restrict bicycles to 1 bike car at all times. Fun Fact: - SEPTA rules require conductors to open all doors at Center City Stations also at least two cars are required to open at all times. Bike on Bus route reliability has been suffering; Routes 77 and 118 have seen buses without racks recently. A driver who left me blowing in the wind recently on Cottman Avenue told me that all the 30 foot buses are in the shop. Meanwhile about 30 more buses with bike racks have arrived with 70 more due in the next two months. SEPTA should have 180 buses with bike racks by the end of July. Funding has been approved for 500 more bike racks, Due to the dispatching problems with the existing routes, the Bicycle Coalition may ask SEPTA to equip buses by depot rather than bus type. New Bike Lane paving starting soon - Several key routes are expected to paved this year including the notorious 5th St tunnel (burying the trolley tracks) Spruce St from 34-38th, Baltimore Ave, Torresdale Av and the Walnut St Bridge. Bike to the Ball Game - Thanks to Mike McGettigan, the staff at Trophy Bikes and the Camden Riversharks for leading the first monthly Bike to the Ball Game ride to Campbells Field. The ball park is a gem in a gorgeous setting that the Phillies stadium could not possibly match. The night ride return over the Ben Franklin Bridge is not to be missed. Each half inning is marked by audience participation events such as sumo wrestling and shopping cart races. As for the Riversharks, well they lost 1-0 to the Somerset (NJ) Patriots in a yawner. But that's not the point now is it, you can always turn around and watch the sun set instead. The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia 215-BICYCLE www.bicyclecoalition.org _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the Bicycle Coalition of the Delaware Valley list named "bike." To subscribe or unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
