Let's Roll
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Walk+Roll works to encourage and remind people to walk and bicycle in their daily lives by: - Organizing human-powered neighborhood events that combine fun with active living, learning and participating. - Advocating with politicians and community leaders so that they consider cyclists and pedestrians in public policy. - Promoting biking and walking through press releases and outreach to the media. Walking and cycling rather than driving - particularly for short distances - saves money, improves physical and emotional health, decreases smog, improves neighborhood safety and encourages social interaction which builds community. 2010 plans:- Saturday, May 15 – Kamm’s Corners – in partnership with the new Hooley on Kamm’s Corners community party - Saturday, July 10 – Buckeye / Larchmere – as part of the free Soul of Buckeye festival - Saturday, July 17 – Old Brooklyn / Brooklyn Center – as part of the free "All Access" Home and Bicycle Tour - Sunday, July 25 – Broadway Slavic Village – for the second year, neighborhoods around the Morgana Run Trail will be walking and rolling More info here ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland Bicycle Week 2010 - Saturday May 15 through Sunday May 23! A collection of cycling initiatives all over Greater Cleveland hosted by businesses, schools, park districts, communities, individuals, non-profits, teams or clubs. More info here ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ride of Silence On Wednesday May 19, 2010 the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. The purpose of the free ride is: - To HONOR those who have been injured or killed - To RAISE AWARENESS that bicycles are on our roads - To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD More info here ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 and 2009 were very, very busy years! We are extremely grateful for the volunteers who helped make all of these events happen! Transportainment Old Brooklyn All Access Tour Walk+Roll Detroit Shoreway Walk+Roll Slavic Village Bicycling Magazine's BikeTown 2009 - we gave away new bicycles to people in seven cities across the U.S. We went to Los Angeles, Miami, Long Island, Phoenix, Jackson, Atlanta and Chicago Cleveland Bicycle Week - dozens of people helped co-produce the first ever bicycle week in Cleveland. BikeTown - Bicycling Magazine has hired W+R as the field coordinator for their popular BikeTown project where new riders are given bicycles. W+R has coordinated the events in cities all over the U.S. giving away almost 700 bicycles which are changing peoples' lives. Walk+Roll Lakewood - the city of Lakewood got behind the Walk+Roll concept by encouraging residents to bike and walk in their daily lives. Walk+Roll Cleveland - for the third year, we opened Rockefeller Park and The Cultural Gardens to people by closing MLK Jr Blvd to cars. Cleveland Police on Bicycles - we raised nearly $6000 to buy bicycle equipment for our officers. Sparx in the City - with our leadership, a bicycle option was added so people could ride bikes as well as take the trolley. Over 250 temporary "Share the Road" signs were put up to show cyclists the route and to remind motorists that bicycles have a right to the road. Media, public perception and education - Walk+Roll participated in dozens of Cleveland area community meetings, block club presentations and local events. W+R was also directly involved in approximately 70 minutes of television/radio programming plus over 600 column inches of print media that mentioned walking and bicycling. All of these things help communicate the benefits of bicycling and walking and encourage people to bicycle and walk in the daily lives. Conferences and networking - we participated in these conferences and events: - National Bike Summit in Washington DC - Active Transportation Conference in Toronto - Ohio Parks and Recreation Conference in Dayton - Thunderhead Alliance for Biking and Walking Retreat in Seattle - Car-Free Cities Conference in Portland, Oregon - Sunday Parkways in Portland, Oregon - Summer Streets in New York City - Streetlife in Munich, Germany We are looking for inspired, energetic, productive people to serve on the board; if you would like to serve on the board of Walk+Roll, please e-mail Lois Moss or Jim Roosa.
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