Meli in San Francisco will staff that city’s first Spanish/English bilingual energizer station on Bike To Work Day this Thursday. Here’s the flyer she designed and distributed.

Do you know of areas in your US city that promotes bike use in a language other than English? I know Denver & Boulder published Spanish language Bike To Work Day ads for at least a couple of years because I was on the DRCOG BTWD committee at the time. What other cities do this?

Don’t forget -> you can’t win if you don’t enter.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Carl Guardino to keynote
Public invited – No charge to attend

The Mineta Transportation Institute will hold a panel discussion on first- and last-mile issues for bike commuters who also use public transit. Carl Guardino, president of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and a cycling enthusiast, will keynote. The panel is still in planning but so far it appears the panel will include a University of Colorado professor doing a research report on the topic; a representative from the Federal Transportation Administration, who will discuss lesser-known funding sources for bike trails; a transportation planner from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; a yet-to-be-named bicycle commuting advocate; and someone from the Federal Highway Administration. There will be time for Q&A.

The audience will include bicycle commuters, transit agency representatives, corporate people in charge of encouraging employees to use alternative transportation, municipal leaders, and anyone else who wants to attend.

The event will be co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Club; Commonwealth Club events are often recorded for broadcasting by NPR.

All this will happen at the Le Petit Trianon in San Jose. The date is Wednesday, June 3, from 8am – noon, including continental breakfast. There is no charge, but please contact maurillo AT mti DOT sjsu DOT edu to RSVP so MTI can have an idea of how many to prepare for.

Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars.

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P.S. Don’t forget about the Virtual Alleycat.

Garmin Slipstream checked in at the Giro d’Italia on fat tire cruiser bikes. Fun stuff. Watch the video at Vimeo.

Bummer about Christian VDV, huh?

New Cyclelicious logo courtesy of KWC.

CNN’s iReport website has an assignment for you: Show us how you bike to work. Maybe I’ll post a video or three.

Okay, I know it’s not quite Bike to Work Month in Colorado (they do it in June), but Colorado Governor Ritter will sign the the Bicycle Safety Bill this evening. Good work, Colorado.

SF Chron on BTWD.

East Bay bike commuters.

It’s Bike Week in Santa Cruz.

Bike to Work in Richmond, VA.

They even bike to work in Motor City.

Iowa.

Quad City: ‘Week’ aims to inspire outside-the-car thinking.

I’m sure there’s plenty more! Is it bike to work week in your area?

P.S. Don’t forget about the Custom Bicycles book contest.

Welcome to the start of the 2nd Cyclelicious Virtual Alleycat sponsored by IMAGES PUBLISHING GROUP, publisher of Custom Bicycles A Passionate Pursuit.

PRIZE: One of THREE copies of the hardcover book Custom Bicycles A Passionate Pursuit. This hardcover book — a $60 value of hardcore bike p0rn will satisfy the urges and desires of any discriminating lover of custom bikes.

Update: The contest ended Saturday, May 16, 2009. Winners will be announced after Memorial Day.

HOW TO WIN: You must be a resident of the USA or Canada with a USA or Canada shipping address. Follow the checkpoints — website links — that start here, and follow the trail until you get to the contest entry form after the final checkpoint. Some web searching and Internet browsing skills are required, and bike knowledge may be helpful (but facts should be easily web searchable). After you reach the final checkpoint, enter valid contact information, and THREE WINNERS will be selected among those who enter. YOU MUST SUBMIT THE ENTRY FORM BY MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY MAY 16 (US Pacific Time).

SMALL PRINT: This contest is open only to residents of the USA and Canada, and only where it’s legal for you. Sorry to those elsewhere. I won’t share your contact information except I will pass along the winners’ contact information to the publisher’s USA publicity agent, who needs the info to ship you the prize. Winner is responsible for any taxes. Odds of winning are dependent on how many entries I receive.

Each checkpoint is a blog or other social media website. I’ve received permission from each blog owner to post the checkpoints. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THOSE WHO AGREED TO PARTICIPATE AS CHECKPOINTS IN THIS VIRTUAL ALLEYCAT!

You MAY need to hunt through recent blog entries to find the next checkpoint. For example, if I point you to FOO.COM, look for comments on blog entries dated May 9 through May 11. If you get lost, please feel free to come back here and ask for a hint. Keep in mind also that some blogs moderate their comments and there may be a delay in comment posting.

The race is not to the swift — you only need to make it to the finish — and I encourage you to “check in” at each checkpoint by leaving your own comment then exploring the blog or website if you’re not familiar with it.

BONUS PRIZE: I’ll have at least ONE CHECKPOINT where the first person checking in gets a small prize. Some of the other checkpoints may also elect to give their own little bonus prizes — you never know!

On your mark, get set and look for the first checkpoint at Urban Velo and look for a mention of the book Custom Bicycles! Be sure to check in there and say hello to those urban bikers in Pittsburgh.