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Bike Share for
Chattanooga
The City of Chattanooga and Outdoor Chattanooga, in
partnership with CARTA ,
has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Tennessee Department
of Transportation's Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement Program to establish a network of 30 public bike share
stations in the Chattanooga region.
Photo Courtesy La Citta
Gira
What's a Bike
Share?
A Bike Share program is a network of secure
kiosks where people can check out bicycles to ride to lunch, to
class, the grocery store or just for fun. Simply take a bike when
you need one, and return it to any station in the system when you
arrive at your destination.
The first Chattanooga stations will be located
around the central business district, UTC campus and the North
Shore. They will serve downtown workers, tourists, students and
other people who want to use bicycles.
Want to learn
even more about bike sharing?
Photo Courtesy Melbourne Bike
Share
See what other
cities are doing
If you'd like to be a part of developing this
exciting new program, contact Outdoor Chattanooga Bicycle
Coordinator Philip Pugliese (423) 643-6887 ppugliese@outdoorchattanooga.com
Adaptive Cycling/Senior
Rides
Mondays, July 26, August 9
6:00 p.m.
Fry Center at the Tennessee
Riverpark
Adults 55 and older are encouraged to join
these guided, instructional rides on the Tennessee Riverpark,
geared specifically for people who want to get or stay active in
their older years.
Bring your own bicycle or helmet or borrow a
bicycle from the Outdoor Chattanooga Mobile Bicycle
Fleet.
Some adaptive bicycles may be available for
those who have disabilities, or bone and joint problems.
Chickamauga Battlefield
Historic Tour by Bicycle
Saturday, July 17, August 21
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: Free
Chickamauga Battlefield Visitors
Center
Join Outdoor Chattanooga and Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park for a special, guided bicycle
ride through Chickamauga Battlefield.
A National Park Service interpretive ranger
will share the human dramas and dramatic landscapes that made up
the Battle of Chickamauga.
Bring your own bicycle or borrow one from the
Outdoor Chattanooga Mobile Bicycle Fleet. Loaner bicycles require
reservations. Call (706) 886-9241 to reserve.
WPLZ 95.3, Pulse News
Radio.
Listen for Bicycle Traffic
Updates daily at New Time 8:13 a.m. Call your news report in to
423-702-9111, or e-mail Louis Lee atLouis@brewermediagroup.com.
Listen live
here. We need your input to
keep this going. Please send in your bicycle commute news
items.
The National Center for Bicycling & Walking's
Pro Walk/Pro Bike® biennial conference series typically
attracts an international gathering of more than 600 bicycle and
pedestrian program specialists, advocates, and government leaders
committed to improving conditions for bicycling and walking.
Conference participants include federal, state and local agency
staff; engineers; planners; transportation officials; educators;
public health specialists, park and recreation managers; and
advocates who range from executives of international organizations
to lay people with an interest in improving the quality of life and
health in their community. For sponsorship or exhibitor
information, please contact Philip Pugliese at 423.643.6887 or
ppugliese@outdoorchattanooga.com
. Online Registration and
m ore information available
at www.bikewalk.org.•To encourage,
facilitate and research ways for people to integrate physical
activity into their daily routine.
•To stimulate a
connection to and an awareness of the environment at large through
the use of active transportation.
•To strengthen
the relationship within the greater Chattanooga community through
action, research and practice
For our initial Tennessee Riverpark report,
click here.Whether it’s bicycling the backcountry
roads around Knoxville or one of Tennessee’s great mountain
bike trails—we’ve compiled all the info you’ll
need! Visit our friends at Mini
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