A Bike Valentine from Long Beach
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Posted By: acrawford | February 14th, 2012 | Features | Comments: none |
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| Bikeable Communities is offering the Go Big or Go Home T-Shirt in memory of our dear friend Mark Bixby whose life ended tragically in an accident on March 16, 2011. Mark's favorite motto was "Go Big or Go Home" and in that spirit we will continue the pursuit of his mission for bicycle advocacy. | |
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Women on Bikes initiative launched
Melissa Balmer - BIKEable Communities director for Women on Bikes
Getting women and girls on bikes will make a difference in your community….and there are lots of people in the Southern California…working to make it happen.
Yesterday Bikeable Communities launched the Long Beach based Women on Bikes Initiative.
The purpose of the initiative is to encourage and enable more women and girls to include bicycling in their routine activities in order to provide them with a more active and healthy live style.
We know that Long Beach, like most other communities throughout the US, has a health issue; over 20% of our students between grades 5 and 9 are obese. The numbers for grade 5 are a staggering 31%. And we know that active living can make a big difference with this issue. Read more »
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Posted By: acrawford | February 10th, 2012 | Features | Comments: none |
Avoiding the parking lot rush….
Want to avoid the parking lot rush????
The Saturday Parking Lot Scramble....
Pretty much every Saturday the Trader Joe’s parking lot in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach looks like this.
What can you do to avoid this scene…and frustration?
Thanks to the Pedalers’ Society it is as easy as 1-2-3…
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Posted By: acrawford | February 5th, 2012 | Features | Comments: none |
BIKEable Communities goes to the Hub
BIKEable Communities and twenty ardent supporters spend a few hours at “The Hub” building bikes and working on the facility.
The Hub is a volunteer based non-profit organization in Long Beach that takes old bikes (with a few newer ones thrown in), reconditions them and then either gives them or sells them at low cost to people in the community in need of a bike.
The Hub started two years ago with some help from the City of Long Beach and a $10,000 grant though Waste Management to recycle bikes.
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Posted By: acrawford | January 29th, 2012 | Features | Comments: none |
There is a lot to learn from Long Beach
I’m over the top enthused about the video on Bike Friendly Long Beach done by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and his team. It says so much about how Long Beach is setting the standard for being bike friendly….and more importantly the difference it is making in our community.
“There is a lot to learn from what Long Beach has done…very impressive”
LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
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Posted By: acrawford | January 21st, 2012 | Features | Comments: none |
The Power of an Advocate
Mark Bixby in fall of 2009 helping to install Patrick Vogel's Penny Farthling sculpture
On Monday December 19th, 2011 the Long Beach Harbor Commission approved a revised Environmental Impact Report that gave final authorization to proceed with the replacement for the Gerald Desmond bridge…including a separated bike path.
But this would not have happened without the voice of one person…Mark Bixby.
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Posted By: acrawford | December 20th, 2011 | Advocacy, Features, G-Desmond Bridge | Comments: none |
Join Us for a Jingle Bell Ride to Wurstkuche!
Looking for a way to shake the holiday doldrums from too many goodies? Or just an excuse to get out and ride? Have you perhaps been hankering for some really good wurst? We’ve got you covered! Join us Friday Dec. 23rd at 9:30 am for a 19.5 mile cruise from the Bixby Knolls neighborhood of Long Beach to downtown L.A. up the Los Angeles river trail to downtown L.A.’s famous “Wurstkuche” for an early no host lunch of some terrific wurst and even better craft beer.
See the Route! Click here for a map of the route on Luciano’s Journal of Training. Only up for 1/2 the ride? Wurstkuche is located at 800 E. 2rd St. in downtown Los Angeles 90013. Tel. (213) 687-4444.
The Details: Leave at 9:30 am sharp from the brand new Long Beach Cyclery 3756 Long Beach Blvd. near Bixby Rd. The more the merrier! Ride at the pace right for you – Martin Howard will be in front! Questions? Email bikeablecommunities@gmail.com.
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Posted By: Melissa.Media | December 19th, 2011 | Getting People to Ride | Comments: none |
There is nothing like a parade to help celebrate the holiday’s. And this year Bikeable Communities joined into Long Beach’s Belmont Shore festivities. With over 35 participants the group came together to promote the message of Share our Streets and to raise funds for bicycling advocacy and education.