JimmieTheSaint’s Bicycle/Enviro Newsletter

 

Hello and welcome to the inaugural edition of my newsletter. I will be setting up a Yahoo Group in the future to handle this information, for now I will rely on email to send and receive information. The focus of this newsletter will be on upcoming Bicycle and Environmental Events. I will post information regarding events that I will be attending or organizing as well as others that seem interesting. Anyone who knows of an event that they would like added can email me at jimmiethesaint529@... I have included all of you on this list because I feel that you would be interested in these events as well. If you don’t want to be included in this list just drop me a line I will gladly remove you.

 

Upcoming Events

 

Chicago Eco-Transportation Show

Tue 8/15/2006

4-7 Discussion follows at 7pm at Jefferson Tap

Free Admission to show

$5 for discussion

 

From the Sun-Times

 

The event at the Jefferson Tap, 325 N. Jefferson, will precede a 7 p.m. talk on "sustainable transportation" by panelists from the CTA, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and Metropolitan Planning Council.

Admission to the discussion is $5.

 

But there's no charge for the 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. outdoor show, which will feature 13 enclosed vehicles and half a dozen specialized bicycles.

 

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ecotrans14.html

www.EcoTransportation.org

 

I will be attending this event from about 4pm - ?

 

An Inconvenient Truth

Tue 8/15/2006

9:40pm

 

The man who was once our next President hasn't been sitting idle -- he's been spreading the word about global warming.

 

Landmark Century Center Cinemas

2828 North Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60657 Map

About $9.50

 

I will be attending this event

 

 

Chicago Bicycle Safety Law Campaign

Wed 8/16/2006

The 14th Police District and the Chicago Department of Transportation are launching a campaign to encourage and enforce compliance with bicycle safety laws. City officials are reminding bicyclists that it is not only dangerous to ride a bicycle after dark without a headlamp, it is illegal and may result in a warning or fine from Police.

 

Beginning at dusk Wednesday, Aug. 16, Chicago’s 14th District officers and Mayor Daley’s Bicycling Ambassadors will patrol the Wicker Park neighborhood by bike, stopping cyclists riding without headlamps. Their strategy combines outreach and law enforcement in the interest of safe cycling.

 

“The goal of this program is not to ticket cyclists, but to promote their safety when riding after dark,” said 14th District Commander Salvador Avila.

 

The emphasis on bike safety comes with the increasing popularity of bicycling for transportation and recreation in Chicago. The development of an enforcement program targeting particularly dangerous bicycling is one of the strategies of the City of Chicago’s recently unveiled Bike 2015 Plan.

 

General information about Chicago’s bicycling ordinances can be found on the CDOT Bicycle Program website, www.chicagobikes.org and Chicago’s Bike 2015 Plan can be viewed or downloaded at www.bike2015plan.org

 

New Midnight Marauders Ride

Fri 8/19/2006

11:30pm - ?

 

The first of the rides since I have begun reviving this group, Midnight Marauders rides meet at The Handlebar, 2311 W North Ave, on the 3^rd Saturday of each month, leaving to pillage the city at midnight. A route map has been posted to the group, and a flyer to give to your friends. Go to http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/midnight_marauders/ for more info and to sign up for the Yahoo! Group

 

I will be attending/organizing this event

 

Bike to Transit Week

Mon 8/21/2006

2pm - 6pm

 

We will distribute bicycling literature, recruit new members, sell bike maps and T-shirts, and educate the public on the benefits of involvement in CBF. Stop by to say hi to us and pick up some info about bicycling and transit. Visit www.biketraffic.org

 

I will be attending this event

 

 

 

FWEGA - Fourth Wednesday Evening Getting Acquainted Ride

 

Wed, 8/23/2006

6:30 p.m.

Meet at the clock tower in Lincoln Park (Waveland Ave and lakefront path) * Leisurely paced 12-mile ride through several North Side neighborhoods * Afterward convene at a local watering whole for libations, gastronomic sustenance and, getting acquainted * 12 miles * 10 to 12 mph * FREE * Organized by the Chicago Cycling Club *

Info: www.chicagocyclingclub.org

e-mail dolaughlin@...

 

I will NOT be attending this event

 

Chicago Critical Mass

 

Fri, 8/25/2006

5:30 pm

Daley Plaza

 

Chicago Critical Mass bike rides start from Daley Plaza, Dearborn & Washington at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of each month, regardless of season or weather. They are free and fun. All you have to do is show up with your bike. This is the ride that inspired my bicycle advocacy, and is more fun than a Barrel of Monkeys, even Drunk Monkeys! Always a great time, for more information go to http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org/

 

I will be attending this event

 

 

Ride On

 

JimmieTheSaint

"Your planet's immune system is trying to get rid of you." -Kurt Vonnegut