Bike To Work Week

Bike to Work Week runs from Sunday, May 11th to Friday, May 16th.  If you’re not already biking to work, here is a great chance to give it a go.  If you haven’t experienced urban biking in Milwaukee before, I suggest you take a look at the city-provided map indicating the good streets to ride on.

There are a lot of great activities planned.  You’ll be able to find me on my bike downtown everyday as usual, and I’m also planning to attend the Bike-In Movie on Friday night.

Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin is coordinating everything, and would greatly appreciate it if you registered and took their 30 second survey so they can improve biking in Wisconsin.

Sunday, May 11th

• 2:00 pm, Mother’s Day Bike Ride Along the Lake
  Join the Pedal Pusher Society for a Mother’s Day bike ride along the lakefront.
  Location: Alterra by the Lake
  Requirement: Bring a Mom

Monday, May 12th

• 7:00 – 9:00 am, Daily free coffee, bakery and bicycle commuting information will be available for bike commuters.
  Alterra Foundry, 170 S. 1st Street
  Sigma Environmental Group, 1300 W. Canal Street, on the Hank Aaron State Trail
  Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, on the Oak Leah Trail
• 8:30 am, Bike to Work with Mayor Barrett
  Location: 51st and Washington Blvd.
• 9:00 am, Press Conference, followed by Bicycle Tour of Milwaukee’s new and planned bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
  Location: 841 N. Broadway

Tuesday, May 13th

• 7:00 – 9:00 am, Daily free coffee, bakery and bicycle commuting information will be available for bike commuters.
  Alterra Foundry, 170 S. 1st Street
  Sigma Environmental Group, 1300 W. Canal Street, on the Hank Aaron State Trail
  Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, on the Oak Leaf Trail
• 6:00 – 10:00 pm, Bike Trivia Night. Awesome prizes and sweet drink specials for only $5.00
  Location: Stonefly Brewing, 735 E. Center St.

Wednesday, May 14th

• 7:00 – 9:00 am, Daily free coffee, bakery and bicycle commuting information will be available for bike commuters.
  Alterra Foundry, 170 S. 1st Street
  Sigma Environmental Group, 1300 W. Canal Street, on the Hank Aaron State Trail
  Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, on the Oak Leah Trail
• 5:30 pm, Bike to the Brewers Game!
  Location: Meet up at either 6th and Canal Street or The Outpost, 7000 W. State Street.
  Auto parking for Canal Street meet-up located at Sigma Environmental Group, 1300 W. Canal St

Thursday, May 15th

• 7:00 – 9:00 am, Daily free coffee, bakery and bicycle commuting information will be available for bike commuters.
  Alterra Foundry, 170 S. 1st Street
  Sigma Environmental Group, 1300 W. Canal Street, on the Hank Aaron State Trail
  Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, on the Oak Leah Trail
• Bike to School Day! – Roughly one-third of all traffic congestion is related to dropping kids off at school!

Friday, May 16th

• 7:00 – 9:00 am, Daily free coffee, bakery and bicycle commuting information will be available for bike commuters.
  Alterra Foundry, 170 S. 1st Street
  Sigma Environmental Group, 1300 W. Canal Street, on the Hank Aaron State Trail
  Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, on the Oak Leah Trail
• 8:00 PM, Bike-In Movie
  Location: Media Garden, 1758 N. Water Street, beneath the Holton Street Viaduct, across from Trocadero.
  Bike-In Movie Screening of the film ‘Klunkerz’, a fast-moving documentary by filmmaker Billy Savage and VAS Entertainment which traces the global rise of mountain biking from its Marin County roots.