Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Promotes Bike-to-Work Week

by Jackie Green
Chair, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee

Well done, Louisville! Following up on a great bicycle presence this Earth Day at the zoo (40+ bikes, two dozen volunteers), we successfully caught community attention with a three-week build-up to National Bike-to-Work Week. We began the promotional on a damp Monday morning, April 24, with Art Williams, Director of Jefferson County Air Pollution Control District, and successfully crossed the finish line three weeks later with only one rain out.

We had great support from the cycling public leaders listed below (check out May 11 - a dozen of us cycled in together), BPAC members, friends & the press. The promotion was covered by the Courier-Journal, LEO, and TV news (on three days).

A special thanks to Barry Zalph, friend and trail-guide.

Apr 24 - Art Williams, Director, Air Pollution Control District
Apr 25 - Tom Owen and Phil Bailey, Classical Music Director, WFPK
Apr 26 - David Barhorst, President Elect, Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation (CART)
Apr 27 - Brigid Sullivan, Director, Metro Parks
Apr 28 - Chris Saporita, Director, Earth Save Louisville; Aaron Jenkins, Equity Analyst, Mainstream Investments Advisers
May 1 - Bill Herron, Director, Louisville Public Works and BPAC members
May 2 - rained out
May 3 - Joe Gutmann, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney
May 4 - Barry Barker, Executive Director, TARC
May 5 - Scott Render, Marketing Director, Xodiax
May 8 - Brad Swope, Director of Marketing, TrueNorth; Dr Thomas Oates, President, Spalding University
May 9 - Dr Stephen Daeschner, Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools
May 10 - Cary Stemle, Editing Manager, LEO
May 11 - Tina Ward-Pugh, 1st Ward Alderman; Bill Allison, 3rd Ward Alderman; Leslie Barras, Steve Cruse, Cassandra Culin, Sarah Lynn Cunningham, Jackie Green, Kevin McAdams, Sarah Reese, Laura Ryan, Adam Schneider, Barry Zalph
May 12 - Joe Phelps, Pastor, Highland Baptist Church

On to our next successes - the Bike Yard Sale on the Great Lawn (May 27) and "In Town, Without a Car," an auto-free day (www.22september.org).

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