This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here.
Tonight, among the high ceilings and dramatic architecture of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, was the Congressional Reception; an event where Summit-goers could finally relax after two full days in bike advocacy boot camp.
This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here.
Meet Scott Bricker, the Executive Director of Bike Pittsburgh. No, that’s not a typo; that’s just a guy with the same name, same title, and working in the same field as the Portland-based Scott Bricker whom many of you know as the leader of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA).
Let me explain.
This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here.
This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here.
This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here. [*Note: Unfortunately all my photos from this morning’s rally were lost in a technical glitch.]
Just hours after news outlets reported that oil prices have hit an all-time record high, Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Dan Beard, the Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced a new bike-sharing program at a rally for the National Bike Summit on Capitol Hill this morning.
Dubbed “Wheels4Wellness,” the new program will initially place 30 bikes at three locations around the U.S. House offices on Capitol Hill and will be available for free to the House’s 7,000 DC-based employees. Beard also announced that a second phase of the program will extend the locations to major transit hubs, like the train station at L’Enfant Plaza which is a popular hub for Capitol Hill commuters.
