What do you get when you put together breakfast, bikes and a bunch of lawyers riding to work?  The punch line escapes me, but the real answer is the upcoming 2Wheels 2Work: Wheels of Justice on Friday March 5.

We are pleased as ever to have Jittery Joe’s coffee at Davant Park to offer participants including those who ride with us the whole way from Habersham Village (park in the far northeast corner of the lot, as far from Red and White as possible if you drive there for a hybrid car-bike commute) and also those who stop by on bike on their way to work from anywhere in the city.  If law school wasn’t your bag, don’t fret — it’s open to all comers.  We will also have some other breakfast treats and a bike giveaway courtesy McKee Court Reporting and Quality Bike Shop.  Thanks also to our other sponsors Hunter Maclean, Brennan Wasden, the City of Savannah and the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Savannah Bar Association.

Join us Saturday, March 6 in the Starland District lot (Whitaker and 40th) for Desotorow Gallery’s Spoked bike art and culture festival.  There will be bike exhibitors (including us), contests, demonstrations, and prizes from 12-6pm along with a Wheelie-style ride starting at 2pm.  You can check out the Spoked exhibit now at the gallery.  The festival also includes a screening of Veer, a movie about bicycle culture this Thursday 3/4 at 9pm at River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, so be sure to check that out too!

Feb 26 – March 10	Spoked A part of Desotorow’s Bike Artisan Festival, Spoked is a juried exhibition featuring work about the bicycle and cycling culture. “Unwanted” by Angela Petsis Digital Print from BW Negative, $175 Featured Artists: J. Graham Carswell Ashley Dowling Angela Petsis Evan Pomerantz George Retseck Cecily Upton Kevin Willsey Jessie Jones Opening Reception March 5, 6-9pm Sponsored by the City of Savannah, Scion, and SCAD Radio

Georgia has been slow to jump on the Safe Routes to School bandwagon, but we are finally on board.  SRTS is a program to encourage elementary and middle school students to walk and bicycle to school (which 42% did in 1969, but only 16% do today) for the potential benefits of health, decreased traffic congestion and pollution.  Because there are federal dollars backing it, we now have a staff member from the Safe Routes Resource Center who is helping schools get programs off the ground here in coastal Georgia (it also means that both public and private schools that establish programs will be eligible to apply for 100% federal funding of infrastructure projects — i.e. sidewalks, bike paths, traffic calming, etc — so this could be a great thing for our kids and our streets if adopted in a big way).

Patti Sistrunk, former South Carolina SRTS State Coordinator and now the Coordinator for Coastal GA, has organized a workshop for SRTS at Jacob G. Smith Elementary next Thu Feb 25 from 2-5pm.  The workshop includes a walkability assessment, and participants will observe and comment on a regular day’s dismissal of students, while learning how to build incentives for kids and their parents to walk and bicycle to school.  It’s open to all who are interested, so RSVP to Patti by Mon Feb 22 if you would like to attend.

Georgia Bikes!, our statewide advocacy group has reorganized and added a lobbying component.  Part of that effort in the statehouse this year is the annual Georgia Rides to the Capitol.  With rides beginning at two main locations around metro Atlanta, this event brings together elected officials and cyclists to highlight the need for better public policy with respect to bikes.

If any of you has a reason to be in Atlanta on March 23, or you just want to support legislative efforts (let us know — there may be an opportunity to meet with our legislators while you’re there), check it out!  If you do plan to go, please pre-register so the organizers know how many to expect and consider making a donation to the effort — the ride has been put on for free in the past, but due to mounting costs, this may not be the case in the future.

photo by PhotoA.nl

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One week to go to the big Ben Sollee show at Blowin’ Smoke Thursday Dec 10 — Ben is a talented artist who in touring on bike this December is focusing attention on sustainable transportation and at his shows raising money for Oxfam America’s efforts to fight poverty. As we have mentioned, he is bringing his cello (that’s right — cello!) on a bike, along with others on bikes with drums and support for the shows. We’ll kick off the night with a rockin’ night ride/Tour of Lights starting at 6pm at Blowin’ Smoke. Music will start around 7:30.

We’ll be having a raffle with awesome stuff including a bike from Quality Bike Shop! More from Chrome messenger bags, Half Moon Outfitters, Timbuk2, PrincetonTek, Native Sunglasses, Eagle Nest Outfitters, and more! Proceeds will benefit Oxfam America and SBC’s new program to outfit the underserved with lights, helmets, and locks! Come, ride, listen, and have fun with us all at Blowin Smoke! If you join us, make sure your bike has at least a white front light, as we follow the law on our rides. Helmets and a rear red light are also strongly encouraged.

Leave us a comment or drop us a line if you are interested in joining them for the ride as they arrive into town next Thursday afternoon as well — we want to give them a great Savannah welcome!

We were very pleased with the outcome of our first try at this. If you missed it, we’ll catch you next year! Thanks to volunteer Susan Laney for lending her photographic skills to the event.  Check out the full photo set on our facebook fan page or flickr.

Dan Burden, a national leader in developing livable communities through his work in the State of Florida and now as director of  the nonprofit Walkable Communities, will be giving a workshop on improving conditions for all road users on Wednesday September 2.  It’s an interesting selection of location for this topic, out near the Savannah Mall, but will undoubtedly be a scintillating discussion of all the topics we campaigners like to hear about.

Thanks to the City of Savannah for bringing him here.  We hope to see you there!

While you’re there, be sure to register for the ride if you haven’t already — only riders preregistered by August 31 will be guaranteed their own Midnight Garden Ride organic cotton tee.  Prices at late registration go up to $25, so there are at least two great reasons to register now!

some good lighting points for the Chinese lanterns...

Topics for consideration include Midnight Garden Ride logistics and volunteer opportunities, Coastal Georgia Greenway, and potential grant opportunities from the Alliance for Biking and Walking and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.  As always, all are welcome to attend, so we hope to see you there!