Bike to Work Day
Bike to Work Day 2015
Free Annual Event Promotes Healthy Alternative to Driving to Work
WHO:
Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association
WHAT:
Bike to Work Day 2015–Join more than 14,000 area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a fun, healthy, and environmentally-friendly way to get to work. A record-breaking number of cyclists are expected to participate again this year so register soon at www.biketoworkmetrodc.org
WHEN:
Friday, May 15, starting at various early-morning times depending on location.
Locate specific start/end times for all pit stops at www.biketoworkmetrodc.org
WHERE:
Register for free and visit one of 79 regional pit stops throughout Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia; receive refreshments, and be entered in raffles for new bicycles. Cyclists must register for one pit stop but are welcome to visit any of the 79 pit stops along their way to work. Free event T-shirts will be available at pit stops for the first 14,000 registrants who attend.
Bicycle commuter convoys – led by experienced bicycle commuters – will travel throughout the region. All levels of cyclists are welcome to join the convoys.
WHY:
Bicycling to work is a healthy and cost-effective alternative to drive-alone commuting. Join Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association on Friday, May 15, for Bike to Work Day 2015. Ride with thousands of cyclists, new and experienced, and enjoy a healthy commute that helps improve traffic congestion and air quality in the metropolitan Washington region. There will be free T-shirts, food, beverages, and prizes for registrants who attend.
MORE INFORMATION:
For registration information and event details, visit www.biketoworkmetrodc.org
Commuter Connections is a program of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Commuter Connections promotes bicycling to work, ridesharing and other alternatives to drive-alone commuting , and provides ridematching for carpools and vanpools and offers the free Guaranteed Ride Home program. Commuter Connections is funded by the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and U.S. Departments of Transportation. www.mwcog.org, www.commuterconnections.org.
