Bike to Work Day: Thursday, May 13, 2010

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Save the Date and Get Ready to GET ROLLING again for the East Bay's 17th (Bay Area's 16th) annual bike extravaganza

• Nominations Open: Bicycle-Friendly Business Awards

• Lineup of Bike to Work Day Events

• Call for Energizer Stations

• Promote Your Business in our Bike to Work Day Guide in the East Bay Express, May 5

• Sponsorship

Bicycling in the East Bay continues to grow at amazing rates–43% increase in 2009; bicycle mode share doubled in the last three years! For 2010, the East Bay Bicycle Coalition will feature bridge bike commuters, bike-friendly businesses, bike commuters of the year, the always fun Team Bike Challenge, and lots of Energizer Stations on Bike to Work Day. If you are not a bicycle commuter yet, consider taking one of our free urban bicycle safety classes and learn how to get started. If your kids are starting to ride, sign up for a free Family Cycling Workshop. If you don't know how to ride a bike, we also will be offering classes to get you up on the saddle.

Nominations open for Bicycle-Friendly Business Awards

Know a company that super-promotes bicycling? Want to recognize them? All you have to do is...

Deadline for nominations: March 26, 2010. Each winning company will receive an award certificate from the East Bay Bicycle Coalition recognizing their company as an official “bicycle-friendly business,” a membership in the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, and an EBBC bike commute starter kit that includes bike maps, bike lights, stickers, bicycle lapel pins, EBBC newsletter and more.

Bike Commuter of the Year Award Nominations open April 1, 2010.

Want to help as an EBBC Volunteer?

Every year, hundreds of volunteers help with Bike to Work Day, staffing neighborhood energizer stations, helping get food & drink donations, rounding up goodies for the musette bags, putting up posters and flyers around town, media outreach, event planning, hauling things, coordinating help for our big Bike Away from Work Party, and much more. If you are interested in helping, please contact our Outreach Coordinator, Carrie Harvilla.

Lineup of Bike to Work Day Events:

• Bike to School Days: May 5-13
  Local schools can choose the date between May 5 and May 13 to hold a Bike to School Day event including energizer stations, poster contest, and Safe Routes to School program. Each school can pick their date within this window (let EBBC know the date when you submit your energizer station information–see below).
• Urban Assault Ride: Sunday, May 2
  A bicycle scavenger hunt in Berkeley, a benefit for the East Bay Bicycle Coalition and sponsored by New Belgium. Don your best costume, chase chickens, search for bigfoot and answer some ridiculous riddles all while raising money for the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, and bonding with your friends - or the person you meet in the check-in line and decided to sign up as a team.
  
  
• Bike to Work Day: Thursday, May 13
  
  
  Energizer Stations everywhere, morning and afternoon
  Pancake Breadfast at Frank Ogawa Plaza

  Bike Away from Work Party

  Thursday, May 13, 2010, 5:30-9:00pm in downtown Oakland.
  We plan to wrap up the excitement of Bike to Work Day with our biggest, most extravagent ever Bike Away from Work Party, which will feature The Crucible's Hyphy Bike Program, Beyond Bikes Art Exhibit, Cyclecide Heavy Pedal Bike Rides & Show, music, raffle prizes, awards, food and beer from Trumer Pils Brewery in Berkeley and sponsored by the East Bay Express. More details soon.

  Bike to Market Day: Saturday, May 22
  Discounts for cyclists at many markets around the East Bay, including Farmer Joe's, Whole Foods, Safeway, Monterey Market, and Pacific Coast Farmer's Markets.
  
  
  
  

  Bike-in Movies: various dates
  Oakland Whole Foods-Friday, April 23
  El Cerrito Theater-Wednesday, May 12
  Alameda Theater-Saturday, May 15 (matinee sponsored by Bike Alameda)
  Berkeley-Trumer Pils Brewery, t.b.d..(sponsored by the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition and the Albany Strollers & Rollers)
  Oakland-Swan's Market, t.b.d.
  Oakland-WOBO bike-in movie night, Friday, May 21 (location t.b.d.)
  Check the calender for specific locations, times and movie listings.

If you would like to host an Event leading up to Bike to Work Day (a bike repair workshop, outreach event, fun event like a film festival, or anything you like) and want the Event listed in the Bike to Work Day calendar, please contact our Bike to Work Day Coordinator Dave Campbell with the following information:

1. Name of Event
2. Location of Event
3. Date of the Event
4. Host info: name and contact info

And mark your calendars for EBBC's 3rd annual Bike Away from Work Party, Thursday May 13, 5-9pm in downtown Oakland–lots of fun planned again for our 3rd Annual post BTWD party.

We've set a BTWD Calendar deadline of April 15, 2010.

Energizer Stations

It’s time to reserve your Energizer Stations for Bike to Work Day
First, thanks again for volunteering to host an Energizer Station last year and for taking good bicycle counts. We saw huge increases last year in the number of bicyclists out on the street (43% increase!) and for 2010 we intend to keep the momentum rolling. Please contact our Bike to Work Day Coordinator Dave Campbell if you plan to host an Energizer Station again for 2010. We need to know:

1. Name: of Energizer Station
2. Location: of Energizer Station
3. New?: Is this a new Energizer Station
4. Hours: of Energizer Station operation
5. Host: Name and contact information (email and phone#)
6. # of bags: that you request (the number of bags you are allotted depends on many factors, but starts with how many you would like)

A quick heads up, we are planning on expanding our membership outreach efforts this year at the Energizer Stations and will have more details at the March planning meeting. But plans include trainings for Energizer Stations volunteers so that everyone is more comfortable and excited about helping out this year. Thus, it’s not too early to start rounding up volunteers.

We would like to have your Energizer Station requests by March 31, 2010.

Promote Your Business in our Bike to Work Day Guide in the EAST BAY EXPRESS, May 5

The Bike to Work Day Guide is an 8-12 page insert in the May 5 issue of the East Bay Express. It contains all the information cyclists need to know to start bike commuting on a daily basis and to get ready for Bike to Work Day, Thursday, May 13, 2010.

The Guide includes:

• A full map of all East Bay energizer stations.
• Information on using bikes and transit.
• Feature articles on the Bike Commuter of the Year Award winners.
• Details about upcoming events.

Many fun activities are planned for Bike to Work Day 2010, starting with Bike to School Days, Bike to the Market Day, Bike Nights at the Movies and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition’s culminating celebration–the Bike Away From Work Party in downtown Oakland.

Thousands of Bike to Work Day posters, put up all around the East Bay, direct cyclists’ attention to the Bike to Work Day Guide. The Bike to Work Day Guide is a great opportunity to feature your bicycle-friendly business to ten of thousands of bicyclists in the East Bay and gain exposure for your business in over 50,000 copies of the East Bay Express.

to advertise in the Bike to Work Day Guide contact:
EAST BAY EXPRESS: 510-879-3700 Jody Colley, Publisher
Download our Bike to Work Day Guide Ad Sheet [pdf: 676 KB]

Sponsorship of Bike to Work Day

There are many opportunities to promote your business to thousands of bicyclists on Bike to Work Day. These opportunities include our posters, t-shirts, musette bags, newspaper advertisements, EcoMetro Guide sponsorship, energizer station signs, Bike to Work Day Guide, and participation in many fun events. That's right, there are many fun events in addition to just Bike to Work Day–including Bike to School Days, Bike to Market Day, Bike-In Movies, and more. You got it. Bike to Work Day is about oh so much more than just getting to work. It's a clean, healthy and fun lifestyle that you can help support by becoming a sponsor.

Download our Local Sponsorship Opportunities Sheet [pdf: 536 KB]

2010 East Bay Bike to Work Day sponsors:

Next Bike to Work Day Planning Meeting

Friday, March 26, 2010, 3:00-5:00pm
250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 4th Floor, Lake Merritt Conference Room
Oakland Office of Community and Economic Development
Posters, Registration Cards, Team Bike Challenge Flyers ready for distribution

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Snacks and drinks provided.

Last year we saw a 45% increase in bicycling on Bike to Work Day over the previous year (good work everyone!), which itself saw a 25% increase over two years ago (Wow! supergood work). We are moving, err–riding, in the right direction. We’ll have much to discuss including plans for a series of events: Bike to School Day (date: t.b.d.); Bike to Work Day on May 13; Bike to the Market Day on May 22 (10% discount for bicyclists); and Bike Night at the Movies on various dates in May.

Hope you can join us. And please feel free to pass this invitation along to anyone who may be interested. Thanks.

Dave Campbell
Program Director
East Bay Bicycle Coalition
Cell: 510-701-5971
dcampbel@lmi.net