The 29th Annual Dry Run, which is to be held on September 12, 2010, is a beautiful bicycle ride that takes you through scenic central Ohio. The ride is not a race or contest of speed, but a leisurely ride through scenic central Ohio. The ride will depart from Westerville Central High School as early as [...]
Mark your calendar to celebrate Car Free Day Columbus on Friday, September 17! Car Free Day seeks to challenge residents of central Ohio to consider and experience the environmental and money saving benefits of a variety of travel options, including transit, bicycling, walking and all alternative modes of transportation to meet daily travel needs. By [...]
Dear Friends, I'm forwarding you this important and urgent action alert from the Alliance for Biking and Walking. The Alliance is working with the League of American Bicyclists, Adenture Cycling, and USA Cycling to get highway departments around the country to adopt and implement "bicycle-tolerable" rumble strip policies. To get more information about [...]
MORPC Volunteers Needed! MORPC Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts – Wednesday, September 22, 2010 (See below for full project description). First of all, many thanks to everyone who has volunteered for this project in the past. A report from the May 2010 count can be downloaded from:http://www.morpc.org/transportation/bicycle_pedestrian/project.asp Wednesday September 22 is the next count date. As [...]
The Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks began talking with Metro Parks more than a year ago when a team, looking at ways to cut expenses, recommended a partnership. The economic advisory committee, which was appointed by Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the City Council, was the same group that recommended the Columbus income-tax increase [...]
Tour De Grandview, June 26 and 27 If you're making your plans for this weekend, don't forget to put the Tour de Grandview Cycling Classic activities on your calendar. Here's a short summary of the weekend's activities, and I'd like your help in sharing this information with family, FaceBook friends, customers or co-workers so that [...]
What happens when the Columbus high tech community intersects with the low impact mission of the Columbus biking community? You get the HiLo Bike Ride – a rolling and rocking, two-day bike ride featuring a 42-mile scenic ride (each way) overnight camping on a beautiful organic farm, live music, great food, and a community testament [...]
Sat. June 12th, 2010 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm 1442 W. Lane Ave 614.486.TREK (8735) Storytelling with Bob Roll 2 to 5pm Come sit around the ‘camp fire’ and listen to stories, see pictures, get autographs and more with Bob Roll – TV commentator, ex-pro cyclist, author and all-around wise guy. Compete against Columbus [...]
Consider Biking is excited to partner with the Mayor "Bikin’ Mike" Coleman, the City of Columbus, the Institute for Active Living and numerous other organizations to present a weekend festival on Friday, July 16 – Saturday, July 17, and Sunday August 1, 2010. We are excited to build a festival that brings together multiple bicycling endeavors, will [...]
