May
17
“I Commuted - By Bike” - Bike to Work Day e-Sticker
By Rich Kelly, Filed Under Advocacy, Cycling, Interbike
So here’s something I came up with riding in to work today.
I had been trying to think of ways to promote biking to work during the Bike to Work Week. I thought of making a small sign to hang off the back of my bag just to let drivers know that I’m commuting and not just out for a ride. The thought was to plant the seed, so to speak, in their minds that riding is an option if they had never considered it. Never got around to it and thought it might provoke and angry driver.
Then an idea I had this morning was related to those “I Voted” stickers they give out at the polls here in the US on election day. The idea, ostensibly, is to show your pride in having done your civic duty and to remind others that it is election day. I thought, “Why not have one of those for Bike to Work Day?” I don’t have a printing press, and it is the day-of, already, but maybe an e-sticker for the bloggers out there to post on their sites. Still sitting here in my lycra at my desk, I fired up Illustrator and came up with this little oval.
If you like it, feel free to copy it and post on your blog or website. And don’t stop just ’cause tomorrow is the last day of Bike To Work Week! Now that you know it’s doable, keep going!
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I like that sticker design. In the Bay Area they’ve handed out little bike-shaped pins in the past along with handy little mussette bags like these.
Wow, those are great bags and awesome schwag for all the bike commuters that day! My commute doesn’t take me near any of the “official” Bike to Work Day events, so I couldn’t see what was being offered down here in either San Diego (home) or Orange (work) Counties. Who is the sponsor or organization that paid for the bags?
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Portland OR hands out a similar sticker for that last 4 years or so: “I biked to Work Today”
contact http://www.bta4bikes.org/ for samples
Rich, the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission is the overall planner for Bike To Work Day activities in the 9 county Bay Area, and I think they pay for these bags. A lot of the schwag is donated stuff; local donations are handled by the city and county cycling groups, usually in conjunction with the local transportation management organization and city governments.