The City of Columbus proudly commemorates four miles of the Alum Creek Trail as the Major Taylor Bikeway. Trail dedication renaming and unveiling of a commemorative plaque to Major Taylor will take place on Friday, September 3rd at 3PM. This trail section is dedicated to the first Africa-American to become an international sports star [...]
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 [...]
Click here to see a wrap up video for the 2010 BikeColumbus Festival. It was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who participated. We raised over $20,000 for healthy living and bicycle safety initiatives!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Doug Morgan has been a tireless advocate for “people powered” transportation since hearing a presentation 7 years ago on the childhood obesity epidemic ravaging our community. Although not having been on a bike for over 30 years, Doug “threw away” his car and began biking 20 miles to and from his office 5 days per week, 12 months per year. Conducting this “social experiment” on himself, he has come to the belief that biking and walking for everyday transportation is the surest, perhaps only, path to personal, environmental and community health.
