Oct
31
No, not for your baseball team. Congratulations on having your mayor commit to making Boston a bicycle friendly city. With all of the recent political bashing of the bicycle, it’s refreshing to see the mayor of such a large city get behind bikes and host the Boston Bike Summit to help promote the cause of cycling.
The Bike Summit was held Oct. 22-24 and was sponsored by Bicycling Magazine, the League of American Bicyclists and MassBike. “The Summit was a chance for leaders from the bicycling world to offer advice, information and inspiration to Boston’s mayor, transportation executives and local advocates,” according to an article on BicycleRetailer.com.
I’ve been casually following news from Boston on Mayor Thomas Menino’s newfound positive opinion of bicycles over the last 6 months, or so, that seems to have culminated in this event. He discovered cycling and has been riding his Trek Lime every day.
Kudos also go out to the city for their decision to hire former Olympian and racer Nicole Freedman as their new bike coordinator. I worked briefly with Nicole as a sponsor of one of her teams in a past life and have to say that her enthusiasm for bicycles is genuine. She has a great spirit and always seems to be smiling. And if you’ve ever read any of her writings, she’s got a great sense of humor, too. Good luck in the new job, Nicole!
Read the whole BR&IN article here.
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All kinds of cool things happening in Boston recently. Secretly, you are a Red Sox fan, too…I can just feel it.
Happy Friday!