JERUSALEM FOR BICYCLES
Registered Amuta # 6-613-028-58
"Our aim: to promote bicycling in Jerusalem"
http://bike.org.il/jm

Bike Path phone-in and Critical Mass Ride this week for April

In this mailing: (Activities almost every day this week!)

1. Critical Mass bike ride reminder and message from the Chairman (Friday)
2. Open Sport phone line to City Hall -- Ask about Bike Path (Thursday)
3. Green Event at Givat Ram campus of Hebrew University (Wednesday)
4. Earth Day Happening at SPNI (Monday)

Note: All rides currently advertised by the Amuta in our newsletter or on
the Internet are only suggestions. The Amuta takes no responsibility for
these rides or their participants. People come and ride spontaneously.

1. Critical Mass bike ride reminder and message from the Chairman

This month's CM ride is this Friday 26 April 2002.

CM REMINDER: Fri., 26 Apr 1pm. Meet in front of the HaMashbir in the city
center. Critical Mass, last Friday of the month demonstration for cyclists'
rights. Bring the kids. Ride single file. We don't disturb the traffic. We
are the traffic. We will be polite to everyone including motorists. Come
early and get sign for your bicycles 1/2-hour before the CM.

Further CM questions? Call Leon (053) 801-867.

Critical mass is alive and well, despite the small turn out on the last
Friday of March. We'r going to have a bumper turn out on the last Friday of
April, that is 26th April as usual in front of the Mashbir at 1300 hrs. I'll
bring balloons and placards. See you ! -- Leon

2. Open Sport phone line to City Hall -- Ask about Bike Path

Here's a chance to make a difference. On Thursday 25 Apr 2002 starting at 4
PM (and probably open only 'til 6 PM) City Hall (the "Iriya") will have
another open telephone line on Sport. You can phone and ask about the
progress of the bike path. The number to call is: 106 or 531-4600.

You can then speak directly to our Mayor Ehud Olmert or one of the othe city
officials connected with Sport. Tell them how much you want a bike path all
around Jerusalem, and ask what's hapening with it. Please call!

3. Green Event at Givat Ram campus of Hebrew University

"Megama Yeruka" events at the Givat Ram campus of Hebrew University on
Wednesday, the 24th April, Wednesday from 9 AM to 2 PM. Please turn out in
great numbers and show that we support Green Week with our bicycles.

4. Earth Day Happening at SPNI (Monday)

This just in from Baka/German/Greek Colony community organizer Rosalyn
Gelcer.

Monday, 22.4.02 - Sustainable Jerusalem Earth Day Happening; environmental
and recycling games and workshops for children, market of
environmentally-friendly products, short tiyulim focussing on urban ecology,
lecture, musical performances and films; 16:30 - 19:30; at SPNI Sergei
Couryard, 13 Heleni Hamalka St. No charge, security provided.

Details: Taffy, 625 7682

(By the way, if you live in the Baka/German Colony/Greek Colony area of
Jerusalem and want updates on more green events as well as neighborhood/city
planning events, you can write to Rosalyn Gelcer at roz1@...
and ask to be added to her list. Bicyclists from those neighborhoods can
make a double difference!)
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REGULAR (no fee, free) RIDES CALENDAR:

Critical Mass
The last Friday of every month at 1:00 PM in front of the HaMashbir in the
city center. Demonstration for cyclists' rights by circling the city center
for 45 minutes.
Details: Leon (053) 801-867.

Mountain Biking Sat.
Every Saturday at 7:00 am. We leave from the Binyanei Ha'Uma (Convention
Center) parking lot. This is a fun and challenging 3-hour ride in the
Jerusalem hills. No prior registration required. Details: Benny van Vlymen
phone: 561-9416 e-mail: belavi@...

WOW:
Women on Wheels (WOW) women only, once a month around Jerusalem (20 km).
Confirm ahead of time with Laurie: 652-1541.

Road Bikes: Sat.
Every Shabbat at 7:00 am from the Binyanei Ha'Uma (Convention Center)
parking lot. This is a two-hour light ride on streets and paths around
Jerusalem, for fun and exercise. No prior registration required. Details:
Benny van Vlymen phone: 561-9416 e-mail: belavi@...

Road Bikes: Fri.
Friday at 7:00am leaving the "Mifletset" sculpture in Kiryat HaYovel and
heading westward; return at about 12:00pm. Covering about 90km. Details:
Mike 02-679-0018

JERUSALEM FOR BICYCLES
Registered Amuta # 6-613-028-58
"Our aim: to promote bicycling in Jerusalem"

website:
http://bike.org.il/jm

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Chairman Leon Gork
Tel/fax 02 5810732 e mail
leongork@...

Rakaz: Promotion and Local Authority and Government contacts:
Ohad Greiner. Tel: 054 501511 e mail: ohad2@...

Treasurer: Shaul Porrat Tel: 052 531667 e mail: porrat@...

Committee: Menachem Ben-Or, tel: 643-3816, e-mail: benor_1@...

Committee: Ro'i Golan Tel: (H) 02 6790533, 053 840870

Committee: Yossi Feibish Tel: (058) 613643


Contacts with Society for Protection of Nature and Keren Kayemet.
Roi Golan. Tel: (H) 02 6790533, 053 840870

Bicycle paths and transport regulations. Menahem Ben-Or
Tel: (H) 02 6433816, 054 433816

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