Greetings,
I'm writing to alert you to an event that should be of interest to bicyclists and environmentalists throughout the Greater Rochester area.
Saturday, October 24th will mark 350.org's International Day of Climate Action and the end of a week of climate action teach-ins at RIT. The culminating event in Rochester will be a mass bike ride along the proposed Rochester Greenway. The Rochester Greenway goes south from Downtown along the river, past the University of Rochester, through the Genessee Valley Park, and on down the Lehigh Valley North Trail to RIT. The draft GreenRide poster sketches the route.
Once at RIT, the Rochester Bike Summit will be held in the new Center for Student Innovation. Its goal: to discuss a number of exciting bicycle and alternative transportation initiatives, and to make connections between the bicycle community, city planners, and environmentalists. We might also consider the need for a "common cause" organization that could help these initiatives become realities. For more information, see the draft Rochester Bicycle Ecology Poster (attached), and look for details coming soon toRochesterGreenway.org. Your input and projects would be most welcome additions!
Among the attractions planned for the Rochester Cycle Summit
- volunteer-manned stations for free bicycle maintenance
- exhibits on pedal power and bicycles as energy-conservation solutions
- posters and exhibits describing numerous bike initiatives
- an ultra-wide screen short describing the potential for making Rochester a world class center for recreational and functional transport
- free rides on electric bikes and recumbents
- · your bike shop, project, or proposal!
We'd like your help shaping the event and recruiting participants. The attached materials are still evolving, but time is short. Please pass this message on to others who would be interested, and let me know, how you or your organization would like to be involved.
Associate Professor Rochester Institute of Technology
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