Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - Thursday, March 10, 2011
Location Washington, D.C.
Description Friends of Pathways' staff and Board members will be attending the Bike Summit this year!
There are more people riding bikes than ever. Yet half of all U.S. trips are three miles or less, and more than 90 percent are made by car. The National Bike Summit has improved bicycle-friendliness and livability in many communities, but the need and opportunity to improve physical activity, safety and livability in the U.S., while reducing congestion, greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on oil – remains greater today than a decade ago. These issues seem difficult to solve but the answer is simple.The answer is the bicycle. Now is the time to ask Congress to make strategic transportation investments that foster healthy people and healthy communities. Join us March 8-10 in Washington, D.C. to act on a simple solution – the bicycle. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will speak at the National Bike Summit's March 8 opening dinner. LaHood is one of the cycling movement's most influential allies. He wowed the Summit crowd in 2010 when he jumped on a table to announce his support for cycling, and he often voices support for cycling and the League in his blog, with posts such as this one. Janette Sadik-Khan, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, is the keynote speaker at the opening plenary, Wednesday March 9. Since her appointment in 2007, the New York City has completed more than 250 miles of bike lanes and 20 miles of cycle track; passed innovative bicycle parking legislation and delivered extensive education and safety programs. Bicycle use has doubled since 2006, while fatalities have fallen to their lowest level in decades. Learn more about Sadik-Khan.National Bike Summit
March 8-10, 2011
Grand Hyatt|Metro Center|D.C.ACTING ON A SIMPLE SOLUTION - NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
