Bike to Work day May 21

Please be considerate and give plenty of room to bicyclists commuting to and from work. I saw my friend and Watkinsville City Council member Brian Brodrick biking up dangerously narrow Simonton Bridge Road last night and I always give any bike rider plenty of room when I drive by and feel guilty burning diesel in my big red pick up truck.

Also drivers please be extra wary of large turtles and armadillos not to mention bicyclists. I have heard tell or seen dead two of each recently in my repeated commute.

I was very pleased to see my thoughtful mail carrier Bob Mason go well out of his way Tuesday to pick up and move a huge snapping turtle and move it across the road, only to see a bigger than football sized shell smashed somewhere between Morgan Manor Estates and Taylors Landing subdivisions soon thereafter on the other side of Simonton Bridge/Whitehall Road.

Brian and Tony Glenn told me there was another large smashed turtle or tortoise shell up by the cemetery closer to downtown Watkinsville. Reminder to help clean up Watkinsville this Saturday morning starting at the First Baptist Church on Simonton Bridge Road at 9:00 am ending up at Jittery Joe's for a well earned coffee or hot chocolate afterward.

CONTACT:    John Devine

                Northeast Georgia Regional Commission

                (706) 369-5650

               

Bike to Work Day Athens Events to be Held May 20-21

-Pre-Bike to Work Day Rally to Kick Off the Festivities-


ATHENS, GA (May 6, 2010) Been looking for an excuse to get out of your car?  Interested in trying a new way of commuting?  Want to encourage greater health among your co-workers? It's time to get you and your bike tires pumped up for Bike to Work Day!


The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRC) has teamed up with BikeAthens and the Athens-Clarke County Energy Conservation Committee to host Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 21 in conjunction with a national event of the same name. To get Athenians excited for the main event, a Pre-Bike to Work Day Rally will be held at the Jittery Joe's Roasting Company on East Broad Street on Thursday, May 20.


The Pre-Bike to Work Day Rally will take place from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and will give participants a chance to mingle with other bike commuters, pick up valuable information from local organizations and businesses, and enter to win door prizes.


Participants should also visit www.biketoworkathens.com, a website that is serving as a clearinghouse for all Bike to Work Day-related information.


"Bike to Work Day is a great opportunity to demonstrate that bicycle commuting is a safe and healthy alternative to driving," said John Devine, Senior Planner at NEGRC and frequent bicycle commuter. "We invite Athenians to strap on their helmets and join us for the rally and ride to work."


Bike to Work Day is an annual event held on the third Friday of May across the United States and Canada to promote the bicycle as an option for commuting to work.


The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission is involved in local and regional planning related to land use, transportation, recreation, natural resources, and economic development.


BikeAthens promotes transportation and land-use policies that improve alternative modes of transportation, including pedestrian, cycling, and public transit options. BikeAthens' mission is to encourage increased use and safety of bicycling as a mode of transportation in Athens, Georgia.

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