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12-18-08, 02:49 PM
I just received word that the Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka Bike Texas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears on Wednesday, January 21 in Austin. The focus of the luncheon is to learn how we can change the dynamics of transportation in Texas, while building healthy communities and reducing traffic. There will be a ride after the luncheon as well with 50 loaner bikes available to early registrants (like I need a loaner bike!)
The guest speaker will be Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá. For those of you unfamiliar with Peñalosa, he is most famous in the cycling community for popularizing the ciclovía, the temporary, often all day closing of streets to automobiles to allow pedestrians and cyclists full use of the streets.
The luncheon is $60 and sponsorships are available. You can register online at BikeTexas’ website at http://www.biketexas.org/shiftinggears/.
I just put up a video from StreetsFilms on ciclovías here (http://austinbikeblog.org/2008/12/18/shifting-gears-luncheon-scheduled-for-jan-21/) if you are interested.
The guest speaker will be Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá. For those of you unfamiliar with Peñalosa, he is most famous in the cycling community for popularizing the ciclovía, the temporary, often all day closing of streets to automobiles to allow pedestrians and cyclists full use of the streets.
The luncheon is $60 and sponsorships are available. You can register online at BikeTexas’ website at http://www.biketexas.org/shiftinggears/.
I just put up a video from StreetsFilms on ciclovías here (http://austinbikeblog.org/2008/12/18/shifting-gears-luncheon-scheduled-for-jan-21/) if you are interested.