Metro Boston Bike Week 2001
Saturday, May 12 through
Sunday, May 20

Bike Week is part of Bike Month, a national event to celebrate and encourage bicycling.

Send your Bike Week (or Bike Month) events to Doug Mink, dmink@massbike.org as soon as you have them scheduled. See the pages for previous bike weeks for ideas.

With the abolition of bike passes on the MBTA, Boston installing bike racks all over the city, work proceeding on the Neponset Trail and the South Bay Harbortrail in Boston, and the imminent release of Boston's Bicy6cle Plan, we have a lot to celebrate!

Check out the City of Boston's Bike Week page and MassBike's Massachusetts Bike Week page!

All Week:

Cycle Challenge 2001:
A Bike Odyssey
Bike to Work
Corporate Challenge

Check with your local Transportation Management Assoc. or Boston the Transportation Department to participate in the Bike to Work Corporate Challenge during Bike Week May 12-20th. Here are the rules. Click here for help concerning bike commuting from the League of American Bicyclists.

Sunday, May 13:

Emerald Necklace
Greenway Festival
11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Francis Parkman Drive, Jamaica Plain
Join a plethora of bicycle, pedestrian, and open space groups in celebrating Boston's Emerald Necklace and campaigning to make it complete.

Monday, May 14:

Boston City Council
Bike Week Kick-Off
8:00 am

Congress St. behind City Hall next to the flag pole
Boston City Councilors Ross and Scapicchio say, "We'll ride everywhere and you should, too" for Bike Week. Meet them, get a free water bottle and cool stuff, hang out, spread the word, and start off Bike Week right!

Tuesday, May 15:

Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 9:30 am	Broadway Bicycle School, 51 Broadway, Cambridge Meet your fellow bicycle commuters over free coffee and pancakes. See the faces behind some of the names you see on the Internet.
Boston Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting 6:00 - 8:00 pm	Boston Public Library Mezzanine Lounge Meet the Boston Bicycle Advisory Committee at this open meeting and help us figure out how to implement the recently-released Boston Bicycle Plan.

Wednesday, May 16:

Cambridge Commute
a Better Way Day
8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Come to Cambridge City Hall (795 Massachusetts Avenue) and get information about transportation options such as cycling, walking, the MBTA, and carpooling. From 11:00am - 1:00pm, special guests from the MBTA, CARAVAN for Commuters, the Cambridge Police Bicycle Patrol Unit, and the Cambridge Walks campaign will be on hand to give out more detailed information. Commute a Better Way Day is part of GoGreen Month, Cambridge's annual celebration of environmental awareness and action.
Contact: Joseph Barr; 617-349-4671; jbarr@ci.cambridge.ma.us

State House
Bike Week Reception
Postponed to
Tuesday, May 22

Outside the State House near the pillar with the Eagle on top.
Rep. Ann Paulsen will host a Bike Week reception at the State House for activists and legislators. Please encourage your legislators to attend. Lyall Croft of Boston Bike Tours has graciously offered to lend bicycles to MassBike for legislators to ride. We're hoping to do a circuit around the State House a couple times.

Thursday, May 17:

Dorchester to Downtown Bike Week Ride 7:30 am	Gather near Meeting House Hill at the corner of Bowdoin and Quincy Streets. We're building a posse of Dorchester, Mattapan, Milton and Quincy folks to make the morning bike commute together. Our destination will be the cyclists' breakfast at the Prudential. Please contact Larry Slotnick, slotnick@thecia.net, to confirm meeting place and time.
Back Bay Breakfast and Bike Week Celebration 8:00 - 10:00 am	Join us at the Boylston Plaza of the Prudential Center for free breakfast, bike tune-ups, vendors, exhibits, and more. Extra bike parking provided. Brought to you by the Prudential Center merchants , Boston Properties, and the Artery Business Committee TMA. For more information contact the ABC TMA at 617-557-7322.
Boston Bicycle Festival 11 am - 2 pm	Come to Boston's City Hall Plaza for a celebration of bicycling in the city.
Mean Streets Ride East Cambridge 6:30 pm	Start in Boston at Copley Square Park, Boylston Street between Clarendon and Dartmouth for an urban evening 10-mile Charles River Wheelmen ATB ride. Mountain or hybrid bikes de rigueur. Lowlights: Explore retro-grunge industrial sub-culture, including the MBTA engine terminal, Lechmere area, Kendall + Tech Squares, and the MIT campus. Lots of dirt, gravel, glass, steps, ramps and other choice terrain. Leader: Charles Hansen, H: (617) 734-0720, W: (617) 572-0277

Friday, May 18:

Cambridge Bicycle
Commuter Appreciation
7:30 - 9:00 am

Do you use your bicycle to get to work? If so, the City of Cambridge and the Cambridge Bicycle Committee want to thank you for helping to reduce air pollution and traffic congestion. Volunteers from the bicycle committee will be giving away thank you packets at locations throughout Cambridge (along heavily cycled routes), so stop by an pick up some goodies (on your bike, of course). The Bicycle Appreciation Giveaway is part of GoGreen Month , Cambridge's annual celebration of environmental awareness and action.
Contact: Joseph Barr; 617-349-4671; jbarr@ci.cambridge.ma.us

Saturday, May 19:

Brookline Artists
Open Studios
Noon to 5:00 pm

Riding your Bicycle is the best way to experience Brookline's Artists' Open Studios event and see this vibrant artistic community. Since there are 43 different locations featuring the artwork of over 100 artists, your bicycle will take you between the artists' homes and studios more efficiently than any other mode of transportation.

Brochures and maps for this event can be picked up at Brookline Booksmith, Brookline Town Hall, The Brookline Arts Center and many other locations. For more information call 781-433-7163 or visit http://www.brooklineart.cjb.net

This year's limited edition promotional poster was designed by husband and wife artist/cycling enthusiasts Christine Cavalier and Marc Lisle, who will be celebrating 12 car-free years in Boston during this same weekend. The first 25 cyclists who show up at the home/studio of Cavalier Lisle Art & Design with a bike helmet, and some form of evidence that they have visited at least three other artist locations, will receive a free, signed copy of the 21" x 15" poster.

Sunday, May 20:

Bike-Arlington Ride 9:30 am	Meet at Spy Pond Playground near Arlington Center (just off the Minuteman Bikeway) for a free, easy-paced, and family-friendly bicycle ride around town, sponsored by the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Arlington Police Dept. Free of charge, it will be approximately 10 miles, ending with complimentary refreshments at Trader Joe's in Arlington Heights. Steady rain will cancel. All riders will be responsible for their own safety. Helmets are required.
Brookline Artists Open Studios Noon to 5:00 pm	Same as Saturday, May 19.
Sixth Annual Redbones Bike to Work Week Party 3:00 - 9:00 pm	Get a great barbecue sandwich, beer or soda, valet parking for your bike, and entry in a raffle for a fee which goes to benefit bicycle-related causes.

Trail Report Release
10:00 am

In Room 437 at the State House, State Senator Cheryl Jacques (D-Needham), Chair of the Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, will release the report, "Getting on Track: Common Sense Ideas to Expedite Rail Trail Development in Massachusetts." Despite recent progress, the report finds that unlike other states, Massachusetts has failed to make trail preservation and development a priority - resulting in a backlog of almost 100 bicycle and pedestrian projects waiting for action or funding through the Massachusetts Highway Department. All are welcome to attend. On the morning of the release, the report will be accessible on the Internet, or if you would like to receive a hard copy of the report, please reach Amy Panek at: Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, State House Room 312B, Boston, MA 02133 (617) 722-1555, APanek@senate.state.ma.us

State House
Bike Week Reception
Noon - 1:00 pm