Hello all!  Good news on many fronts:

1. The MPO’s Long Range Transportation Plan framework was adopted last Thursday including Complete Streets recommendations and a promise to devote $98 million to nonmotorized transportation over 20 years. That’s big, y’all!  It’s also a testament to the work done by our members and supporters at all the public meetings — thank you all.
2. The Midnight Garden Ride was a huge success as many of you can attest.  Thanks to all who joined in the fun — check out the ride gallery posted to midnightgardenride.com.
3. Our education program is moving forward with a Traffic Skills class for the SCAD bike club coming in the next few weeks.

Hot on the heels of all of this, we’re planning another ride — the Tybee to Savannah Trailblazers’ Ride! Often when people start to talk about bicycle facilities in Chatham County, the discussion migrates to the unridabiliy of US-80 between Savannah and Tybee, with 2 narrow bridges and rumble strips filling the shoulders between the Bull River and Lazaretto Creek:  see previous posts here and here. We’re in full agreement that something needs to be done, so we thought a ride is in order to kick things off. With the aid of the Tybee and Savannah/Chatham County police for protection, we will ride with the first 150 registrants from Tybee to Savannah on Sunday Nov 8 at 9am. We have a page devoted to it on bicyclecampaign.org, and registration is now open at active.com.

Fort Pulaski Wheelie, November 2008

Don’t be left out — join in this fun and important ride for the future of cycling in Chatham County.