{"id":10884,"date":"2010-04-08T11:58:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T15:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=10884"},"modified":"2010-04-08T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T15:58:25","slug":"second-annual-bike-summit-may-8-puts-spotlight-on-bicycles-as-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2010\/04\/08\/second-annual-bike-summit-may-8-puts-spotlight-on-bicycles-as-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Second annual bike summit May 8 puts spotlight on bicycles as transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Press release from the City of Fort Wayne:<\/p>\n

Second annual bike summit May 8 puts spotlight on bicycles as transportation<\/strong>
\nFree event features workshops, keynote speaker, vendor expo, bike rides<\/em><\/p>\n

Spinning forward with efforts to make the community more bicycle friendly, the City of Fort Wayne will host its second annual bike summit Saturday, May 8. The free event will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Allen County Public Library downtown with an optional post-summit bike ride.<\/p>\n

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The sessions are designed for everyone, from beginning cyclists to those who bike year-round.<\/p>\n

A free vendor exhibit open to summit attendees and library patrons will be in the library’s Great Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All summit participants will also receive a free “Ride Your Drive” t-shirt.<\/p>\n

This year’s event will feature Chicago-area cycling advocate Randy Neufeld, SRAM Cycling Fund director, as the keynote speaker. He will present examples from other cities that have had success in increasing bicycle use. He will also offer solutions for expanding cycling opportunities here in Fort Wayne. Neufeld is coming courtesy of Summit City Bicycles and Fitness and Trek Bicycles.<\/p>\n

With input from the public, including information gathered during last year’s summit and from the 4,000-plus responses to the 2008 bike-use survey, the City’s planning department has drafted the Bike Fort Wayne plan. It is proposed as an amendment to Plan-it Allen, the joint City-County comprehensive land-use and development plan. For more information about the bike plan, visit .<\/p>\n

“Our new bike lanes, bright-green bike racks downtown and the signed bike route demonstrate my firm commitment to a more bicycle-friendly Fort Wayne,” said\u00c2\u00a0Mayor Tom Henry. “Bicycles are great transportation, but we still live in a car-centric world. To promote the use of bicycles, we must build the quality community infrastructure that welcomes them along with vehicles, pedestrians and transit. The bonuses are many: cleaner air, energy savings, healthier citizens and a city more attractive to new investments, jobs and economic growth.”<\/p>\n

Summit attendees can choose up to two workshops from the four offered during the morning. The 45-minute breakout sessions will start at 10:25 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. The topics are:<\/p>\n