Join Adventure Cycling Association for their regional gatherings in Santa Monica. Adventure Cycling director Jim Sayer will be on hand to talk about the latest in national, and global, bike travel news, including: cool new bike routes all over North America (such as the new Bicycle Route 66 and the forthcoming Texas Hill Country and Chicago-NYC routes), bike overnights, the U.S. Bicycle Route System, partnerships with Amtrak and the National Park Service to promote cycling, national and state advocacy efforts, and big plans for Adventure Cycling’s 40th anniversary in 2016. You’ll also enjoy some beautiful imagery of bike adventures from around the planet. There will be refreshments and a chance to hob-nob with Jim,  the peeps at Santa Monica Spoke and fellow cyclists. Please join us and bring a friend!
You can still RSVP and invite your friends – Please RSVP@SMSpoke.org so we have enough goodies and snacks to go around.
We are marinating up some Sangria, and have some brews and snacks to enjoy while mingling and enjoying Jim’s exciting updates and beautiful imagery of bike adventures from around the planet. Please join us and bring a friend!
Some logistics –
— Entrance is at the BACK of the building.
Bike parking:Â We’ll have racks inside the venue for you.
Car parking: Check signs as many streets have residential parking restrictions. Colorado Ave and south of the Expo Station are your first best options.
Other events on the tour
Pasadena
When: Monday, December 7 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Where:Â Pasadena Central Library, Donald R. Wright Auditorium
The library has requested that we not use their parking lot. Biking encouraged! If you’re willing to help with snacks, contact Beth at (406) 532-2751
Irvine
When: Wednesday, December 9 from 6:45 to 8:15 p.m.
Where: University Community Park (UCP), Room 2, 1 Beech Tree Ln., Irvine, CA 92612 (see map here) If you’re willing to help with snacks and drinks, contact Beth at (406)532-2751 or bpetersen@adventurecycling.org
Climate Action Santa Monica (CASM) will host its fifth public forum, “What a Way to Go – Bike, Bus Expo,† at the Church in Ocean Park.
Focusing on Santa Monica’s transportation revolution, the forum will feature a keynote address by Rick Cole, Santa Monica’s new City Manager on “Grand Overview of How Expo Revolutionizes How We Move in the City.”
Emceed by Belinda Waymouth, Environmental Journalist and Huffington Post writer with a Master in Environmental Studies from UCLA. Additional will presentations include William Selby, Santa Monica College Geography and Earth Sciences Professor on “El Nino and Hot Climate News,” Cynthia Rose, Director of Santa Monica Spoke on “Biking in Santa Monica and Santa Monica’s New Breeze Bike Share System,” Aimee Wyatt of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus system on “New BBB Routes and Expo Integration,” and Tom Jasmin and Stacy Yamato, Metro Rail Start up Manager and Metro Community Safety Director, on “Expo’s Safe and Far-Reaching System.”
Mayor McKeown & Council Member Pam O’Connor, will share important announcements about the upcoming Paris COP21 Climate Summit which they will be attending. O’Connor will be representing the United States as a member of our Delegation.
Denny Zane Executive Director of Move LA will be joining the program to discuss important future transit funding sources.
The program will include an interactive Transportation Festival between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm featuring a parked Big Blue Bus, the new Breeze Bike Share bikes and live music.
Attendees are urged to use public and active transportation. For more information about the November 22 Forum, contact CASM at ClimateActionSantaMonica@gmail.com or call 424-259-3194.
Climate Action Santa Monica, a program of The Church in Ocean Park, empowers people to learn about climate change, locally and beyond, and directs their talents, habits and passion toward bringing Santa Monica to climate neutrality and community resiliency. Visit their website at Climate Action Santa Monica
When I say festival – I mean FESTIVAL. This will be a day full of activities for the whole family!
Join us at this free event that will feature, FREE Bike Rodeo / skills course, demos, wood bike banked track, FREE giant slide, FREE raffles, FREE rock climbing wall, DJ entertainment, games, craft booths, local merchants. Breeze bike share, bike shops with test rides and accessories, route planning and information, FOOD AND FUN!
We are especially excited about the great commitment and enthusiasm building at McKinley for sustainable, active transportation for walking ad biking and to the rockin’ McKinley Sustainability & Beautification Committee we are supporting for this event! They have connected to totally awesome local partners of all types to make this event super fun!
Schedule:
—–11am – 3pm Bike Skills Course / Santa Monica Spoke
—–Noon commencement
—–3pm Family Group Ride
—–4pm End / Final raffle
Come one and all to this great fun event – we will be adding the links to our supporters and local partners very soon. Meanwhile you can get more specifics on the event here
Volunteers needed email us Volunteer@SMSpoke.org
McKinley Elementary, *enter on Chelsea Ave
In conjunction with National Walk to School Day (Oct. 7th), SMMUSD students and their families are encouraged to Bike It! Walk It! Bus It! during the week of October 5-9, 2015. Held in the spring and fall of each year, these days provide traffic relief on neighborhood streets and parking congestion associated with school trips. Not to mention, encourage kids to be active and inspire families to try something new that might just make their lives easier.
Be sure to check in with your child’s school’s PTA and/or administration to find out what special activities will be taking place. This year, the Big Blue Bus will be offering free rides for all SMMUSD students during Bike It! Walk It! Bus It! week. All they have to do is present a coupon (paper or digital) available at bigbluebus.com or santamonicasaferoutes.org
