On May 16, 2013, the City of Burlington, the Burlington Walk-Bike Council, and Local Motion publicly released the "Go for Gold" Walk-Bike Blueprint for Burlington.  This collaborative document offers a vision for making our community a national leader in active transportation and recreation.  

Click here to download the complete text of the Blueprint

Click here to download a two-page summary of the Blueprint

MEDIA COVERAGE!

CCTV Channel 17 show with Mayor Wienberger

WPTZ news story about the Walk-Bike Blueprint

Pictures from the Mayor's Multi-Modal Tour

WHAT IS THE BLUEPRINT ABOUT?

The Go for Gold Walk-Bike Blueprint is a collaborative effort of the City of Burlington, the Burlington Walk-Bike Council, and Local Motion whose purpose is to lay out a shared vision for how to make Burlington a world-class city for walking and biking.  It is supported by the Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community with funding from the Vermont Department of Health, and is sponsored by Dealer.com.

Looking for a way to get involved with the amazing things we do at Local Motion?  Volunteering is one of the best ways to help strengthen our programs, and the best part is--volunteering with Local Motion is really fun!  All volunteering for Local Motion counts towards City Market Member/Worker discounts (up to 12% per month!).

Here are just some of our volunteer opportunities:

Secure Bike Parking (starting on Mother's Day)

Island Line Ferry (starting in mid-June)

Bike Recycle Vermont  Bike Mechanics (ongoing)

Bike Recycle Designs Artists (ongoing)

Bike Recycle Designs Vendors

Sweet Streets (ongoing)

Women's Rides (Starting in May)

Membership volunteer (ongoing)

Local Motion and the Green Mountain Bike Club's Introductory Rides for Women are all set up for May, June & July (click here to see the schedule.)  We'll be leading a series of fun introductory Women's Rides throughout the season; we need more ride leaders and assistants, and we need ideas for August and September!  Rides are 10 - 30 miles long and leave from various locations. 

• Ride leader needed for 7/6 ride, "Bike Paths of South Burlington"
• Assistant ride leaders needed for 5/25, 6/8, 6/22, 7/6, & 7/20
• Ideas and leaders needed for 8/3, 8/17, 8/31, 9/14, 9/28

Click here to submit your ride ideas.  Click here to volunteer as a ride leader or assistant, or just to find out more.

Contact Charlene at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  with questions!

We are calling on 100 Burlington households to take the Park It Pledge this spring. The Park It Pledge is a fun city-wide challenge to drive less for all the good reasons you know about—it benefits your health, your wallet, your community, and the environment.

During this 6-month challenge, all you have to do is make a commitment to walk, bike, bus, carpool, use CarShare Vermont, telecommute, etc. instead of using your own car, and you’ll receive a FREE CarShare Vermont membership, generous monthly driving credits, CCTA bus passes, bike commuter perks and other great transportation resources to help make getting around a breeze! 

If you’re a two-car household, try parking one. If you have one car, try going without it. We can help! To sign up for the Park It Pledge or for more information visit www.ParkItPledge.org, call (802) 861-2340, or email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Are you involved with an elementary or middle school where you'd like the kids to learn safe bike riding skills? We can help!

Through the generous support of Kohl's Cares, we are able to provide a trailer full of 45 kids bikes and helmets to schools across the state. We just finished a great week in Highgate, VT!

Yes, it's true.  After 545 people and businesses raised $1.5M for The Big Fix, the trail has been repaired from the record 2011 flooding and now we've finalized the Bike Ferry schedule after a two year hiatus.  Read press release.  Like the Bike Ferry on Facebook for updates!

Summer Ferry Schedule:  10 AM to 6 PM Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays (June 14 - September 2)

Fall Ferry Schedule: 10 AM to 6 PM Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays (September 7 - October 14)

Can you volunteer?  We need to fill over 350 volunteer shifts to work as deckhands and greeters to make this service possible.  Click here to sign up for a volunteer shift!

Thank you to VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations for being the Bike Ferry's premier sponsor for the past 5 years!

Further demonstrating the growing vitality of our region's active outdoor industry, Budnitz Bicycles has moved Boulder CO to Burlington! 

This great high-end bicycle company moved its office and assembly operations into the JDK building near the Burlington waterfront -- literally inside bike-cultured Maglianero Cafe.

On February 26th, 50 cyclists joined Mayor Weinberger on a 'welcome ride' from City Hall to Budnitz's new facility at 47 Maple Street.  Check out the pictures on Facebook here.

Below, Liz Robert of Terry Bicycles, Paul Budnitz of Budnitz Bicycles and Michael Jager of JDK listen to Mayor Weinberger's remarks.  Photos by Greg Comollo.