Mobilians on Bikes join the Order of Venus Parade

from Al.com:

Question: What has 100 legs, 100 wheels, wobbles when it rolls, can’t throw and steer at the same time and takes more than two hours to go three miles?

Answer: The motley crew of bicyclists who took the Order of Venus up on an invitation to ride in Monday night’s parade through downtown Mobile.

This very unusual experience began to take shape in late January, when word began to spread via the Mobilians on Bikes page on Facebook: The Order of Venus had invited interested bicyclists to participate in their upcoming Mardi Gras parade. Details were spelled out on an accompanying events page.

On Monday, night, in accordance with those instructions, elaborately dressed bicyclists began lining up their rides on Claiborne Street outside the Mobile Civic Center. Most had made some effort to decorate their bikes; everyone seemed to have come up with their own method of carrying beads and other throws.

Read More: http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/tour_de_mardi_gras_cyclists_ta.html

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Profitable Tail of the Silver Comet Rails To Trails Trail

The Rails To Trails blog has a new article about the economic impact of building a rails to trails trail.  One study “finds that every dollar invested in trails creates at least three dollars of return from tourism and recreation-related activities like equipment rentals, restaurants and lodging. ”

The $57 million of direct spending estimated by the study creates an additional $61 million in indirect impact as dollars ripple through the economy. The total spending of almost $120 million in Georgia supports roughly 1,300 jobs and $37 million in earnings. In addition, the combined direct and indirect spending generates roughly $3.5 million in income tax, sales tax and business tax revenues.

Also notable is how property values near trails go up:

Several organizations have calculated the residential property value increases associated with proximity to trails and green space. A fact sheet from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy reports that properties along a trail in Brown County, Wis., fetched a 9 percent premium, and a regional greenway in Apex, N.C., added $5,000 to the sales price of adjacent homes in the Shepherd’s Vineyard development.

Read more at http://community.railstotrails.org/blogs/trailblog/archive/2014/05/07/The-Profitable-Tail-of-the-Silver-Comet-Trail.aspx

 

Mobile county has a great opportunity to build a Rails to Trails bicycle path from Mobile to Satsuma.

Walking and Bicycling to Work by Household Income

Streetsblog.og has a fantastic article using US Census data that tie walking and biking commuting to household income.  Making bicycling and walking safe is not for a primarily wealthy contingent, it’s primarily about providing safe transportation for those who have no other options.

 

from the article:

The U.S. Census Bureau just released its first-ever report exclusively on walking and biking. Using data from the American Community Survey, the report shows how rates of active transportation vary by age, income, education, race, and the availability of a vehicle. It’s a lot more detail than the usual Census data release on how people get to work, which only breaks active commuting down by gender.

The Census report shows that low-income people bike and walk to work the most, hands down. Of those who make less than $10,000 a year, 1.5 percent commute by bike and 8.2 percent walk. In the $25,000-34,999 range, those numbers are halved. Then at the highest earning levels, active commuting rates start to creep back up. The income stats provide more evidence that safe walking and biking infrastructure isn’t mainly the concern of geared-up weekend warriors with expensive bikes.

Read More: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/08/low-income-americans-walk-and-bike-to-work-the-most/

Bike Rental Program Coming Soon

From Downtown Alliance: Visitors to Downtown Mobile will soon have a new transportation option thanks to Regions Bank. Regions is providing 10 of its trademark green bicycles for the Downtown Mobile Alliance’s new bike rental program.
Beginning March 18th, the bikes will be available for rent at the Urban Emporium at 260 Dauphin Street. The $20/half-day rate includes a helmet and all the fun you can have on two wheels! Look for specials, such as half-off Mondays, and rediscover what life is like at 10 mph.
Urban Emporium Hours:
Mon – Fri: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sat: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

How A Minority Biking Group Raises The Profile Of Cycling

Flip open any cycling magazine and you might think only skinny, good-looking, white people ride bikes. But increasingly that doesn’t reflect the reality. Communities of color are embracing cycling. And as a fast-growing segment of the cycling population, they’re making themselves far more visible.

There’s a story that Veronica O. Davis likes to tell about why she started a cycling group for black women. She was pedaling past a public housing complex near her Washington, D.C., neighborhood one day when a young black girl shouted to her mother, “Mommy, mommy, it’s a black lady on a bike.”  (read more on NPR)

2013 Sunny Side Criterium

 

Second Annual Sunny South Criterium

Due to Weather Concerns this event has been Postponed to April 6

Team Share the Road is gearing up for its Second Annual Sunny South Criterium on Saturday, February 23 April 6.

April 6, 2013

Sunny South Raceway
Grand Bay, AL

TheCriterium will be a completely closed course event. It will also be open to all ages. We will have various categories for the race. 

The categories include:

  • Juniors, Men’s Master 35+
  • Women’s Cat 4
  • Men’s Cat 5
  • Men’s Cat 3/4
  • Men’s Master 45+/55+
  • Women’s Cat 1-3
  • Men’s Cat 1-3.

Total awards will be at least $2,000 to be distributed between Men’s Master 35+, Women’s Cat 4, Men’s Cat 3/4, Men’s Master 45+/55+, Women’s Cat 1-3, and Men’s Cat 1-3.  It is $30 for first race and $15 for each additional race.

Registration: https://www.usacycling.org/register/2013-633

More info: TeamShareTheRoad@gmail.com.

Flier: Sunny South Criterium 2013

Payout: Criterium Payout

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1st Annual Joy Ride Mobile AL

Joy Ride

PEDAL FOR THE CAUSE on October 20, 2012

Sanctioned by USA Cycling — it’s a ride, not a race, with three available routes so cyclists of any level can participate.

– BEGINNER RIDERS…13 MILES
download 13 mile route map

– INTERMEDIATES…30 MILES
download 30 mile route map

– ADVANCED…59 MILES
download 52 mile route map

The ride will start at 8 am and finish at the University of South Alabama SGA Pavilion and will wind through the picturesque Port City. First 200 registered participants will receive a tech tee shirt and food will be provided before and after the ride.

REGISTER ONLINE TODAY! Registration is just $35 until October 15. After that, it’s $50 through the day of the ride. Riders will be able to register on-site the day of the race at 7 a.m. until 7:45 a.m.

Participant fees will remain in Mobile to provide mammograms to local, medically underserved women as well as to Team Share the Road, an Alabama not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote awareness, safety, and education for all who use the roads – motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.

More details at JoyToLife.org

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Gimme-A-Tag

Gimme A Tag - Team Share the Road Birthday

Saturday, July 14
6PM – 9PM
Callaghan’s Irish Social Club
916 Charleston Street
Mobile, AL 36604-3025

Last year, “Gimme 3 Feet” this year, “Gimme a Tag” at Callagahan’s Come join Team Share the Road for its 1st birthday party and sign on to support a TSR car tag in Alabama. There will be live music by the fabulous Phil and Walon and plenty of fun and partying.

The Shamrock Riders will be leadning a no-drop ride on the 16 mile Shamrock route leaving Callaghan’s at 6:15pm

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Criterium Press

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/04/sunny_south_criterium_brings_b.html

MOBILE, Alabama — Here’s what the racing will be Saturday at Sunny South Raceway in Grand Bay: Intense, fast-paced, fun and sometimes combative.

Here’s what it won’t be: powered by gas.

Riders are shown competing in the 2011 Rocket City Criterium in Huntsville, Ala. (Eric Schultz, Huntsville Times)

On Saturday, the quarter-mile asphalt track will host the Sunny South Criterium, a bicycle race presented by Team Share the Road, a group promoting safe bicycle access to area roads. Organizers promise a wide range of activities including professional and amateur racing, a fun race for kids, other children’s activities and live music. Admission for spectators is free…

Read More (al.com)

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