May is National Bike Month in the United States, and with gasoline
approaching $4 per gallon in the United States now is as good a time
as any to ride your bike to work, to the store, to school, to the
park or just for fun.

The League of American Bicyclists suggest 50 ways to celebrate Bike
Month (large PDF), Bike Snob NYC critiques some of those ideas, and
cyclist groups outside of Colorado are organizing Bike To Work Day
events.

In the past, transportational bicycling was just one of many parts
of bike promotion events during Bike To Work Month. In 2008, though,
commuting by bike seems to take center stage. This article from New
Hampshire exhorts people to "Get in the car free habit." The
Sacramento Bee encourages readers to bike to work. College
newspapers tells students to park their cars and bike to work and
school. Even the insurance industry reminds cyclists to lock their
bicycles so they don't have to make a theft claim.

The 2008 Bike Commuters of the Year were announced last week in the
San Francisco Bay Area. A bike commuter from each of the nine
counties of the Bay Area is selected.

The League of American Bicyclists also announced 11 new Bicycle
Friendly Communities this morning. Colorado Springs, CO; Durango,
CO; and Minneapolis, MN each received a "Silver" designation, while
new "Bronze" level Bicycle Friendly Communities are Arcata, CA;
Bainbridge Island, WA; Charlotte, NC; Charlottesville, VA; Coeur
d'Alene, ID; Oxford, MS; Port Townsend, WA and Sitka, AK.