St. Louis, Mo. - National Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 16. Bike commuters are invited to join The Great Rivers Greenway District, the YMCA of Greater St. Louis and Trailnet for breakfast at 20 Refueling Stations. Stop by on your bike commute to work, have some goodies (provided by Companion Baking at the Clayton and Missouri History Museum) and meet fellow bike commuters. Breakfast for bike commuters will be served 6:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the following locations:
Downtown YMCA, 1528 Locust Street, St. Louis
Edward Jones Family YMCA, 12521 Marine Avenue, Maryland Heights
Emerson Family YMCA, 3390 Pershall Road, St. Louis
Four Rivers Area Family YMCA, 400 Grand Avenue, Washington, Mo.
Jefferson County Family YMCA, 1303 YMCA Drive, Festus
Kirkwood Family YMCA, 325 North Taylor Street, Kirkwood
Marquette YMCA, 304 North Broadway, St. Louis
Mid-County Family YMCA, 1900 Urban Drive, St. Louis
Monsanto Family YMCA, 5555 Page Boulevard, St. Louis
O'Fallon Family YMCA, 3451 Pheasant Meadows Drive, O'Fallon, Mo.
St. Charles County Family YMCA, 3900 Shady Springs Drive, St. Peters
South City Family YMCA, 3150 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis
South County Family YMCA, 12736 Southfork Road, St. Louis
Tri-County Family YMCA, 5293 Quail Ridge Parkway, Wentzville
Webster Groves Family YMCA, 226 E. Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves
West County Family YMCA, 16464 Burkhardt Place, Chesterfield
Wildwood Family YMCA, 2641 Highway 109, Wildwood
Be sure to bring identification to use the YMCA shower facilities.
Memorial Park in Clayton at South Meramec Avenue and Carondelet Avenue, Clayton
Missouri History Museum at Lindell Bouelvard and DeBaliviere Avenue on the north edge of Forest Park. Look for the tent and tables at the north entrance to the museum.
American Institute of Architects-St. Louis Chapter is offering free secure bike and gear storage. Storage will be at 305 North Broadway across the street from the Marquette YMCA Refueling Station. Bikes can be dropped off 6:30 to 9 a.m. with pickup 4 to 6 p.m.
The Missouri History Museum and Clayton Refueling Stations are on the Bike St. Louis route. The route now includes seventy-seven miles of dedicated bike lanes and shared traffic lanes and features highly visible, standard bike route signage, eye-catching Bike St. Louis logo signage and special pavement markings. Check it out when planning your Bike to Work Day route. Maps are available on line at http://www.bikestlouis.org/ and will be distributed at the Refueling Stations.
In Clayton, The Great Rivers Greenway District launched an on-street banner program. The banners feature large graphic silhouettes of bicyclists, and each banner promotes one of 12 different messages focused on the health and environmental benefits of bicycling. Messages include "Burn calories, not gas," "Bicycles run on renewable energy," Bike commuters don't pollute" and "Calories burned per mile bicycling - 25," as well as others. The banners are displayed on light standards throughout Clayton's central business district and along Wydown Boulevard.
Since 1956, the national non-profit Bicycling Safety and Education Association and the League of American Bicyclists, has declared the month of May to be National Bike Month and the third Friday in May as Bike to Work Day.
During May Trailnet is offering several activities to encourage you to ride your bike for transportation during National Bike Month. Pedal past the pumps in May and enter the Drive Your Bike Challenge. Use your bicycle instead of a motorized vehicle and you can enter our drawing for a chance to win one of two new bicycles (one men's and one women's), compliments of Sunset Cyclery, http://www.sunsetcyclery.com/ If you need advice on how to get around town on your bike visit the Transportation Alternatives section of the Trailnet website at www.trailnet.org/transport_events.php. Bike Mentors including members of the St. Louis Bicycle Federation are available to answer your on-line questions about commuting by bicycle.
The Bike to Work Day activities are presented in partnership with: AIA - St. Louis, Bike St. Louis, city of Clayton, city of St. Louis, Companion Baking, The Great Rivers Greenway District, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation, St. Louis County Parks, Sunset Cyclery and the YMCA of Greater St. Louis.
