Local Motion Blog

The January 12 AARP / Local Motion debate between three Burlington Mayoral Candidates was an informative event with a number of humorous moments.  You can watch the entire debate here on CCTV:

225 residents turned out to ask questions about sidewalks, passenger rail, bus service, cycling and the Champlain Parkway.  Thank you to our event co-host [...]

Tags: Burlington, future, livability, mayor, Sustainability, Transportation, Vermont

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Thanks to everyone who helped make the second annual Halloween Ride a success!
Co-hosts: BTV Bike Cluster and Local Motion
Premier Sponsor: Old Spokes Home
Other Sponsors: Northfield Savings Bank, Maglianero and Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Additional thanks: Church Street Marketplace , Burlington Police Department and Noah Pollock for making this video
Lastly, a big thanks to the Burlington Bicycle [...]

Tags: Bicycling, Burlington, Halloween Ride, Vermont

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Contact: Melissa Meece, Vermont Farm Tours, 802.373.7779, melissa@vermontfarmtours.com
http://www.vermontfarmtours.com/biketour.html

The Second Annual Heart of the Islands Bike Tour, which took place on July 9th in the Champlain Islands, raised over $800 for Local Motion, a nonprofit promoting human-powered transportation and recreation in the greater-Burlington area. The ride was organized by Vermont Farm Tours, a local culinary tour [...]

Tags: Art, Bicycling, bike tour, farms, fundraiser, South Hero, Vermont

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This Thursday July 21 @ Maglianero Cafe will be a presentation from the Massachusetts based Pedal People bike delivery cooperative.  Come here their story!

Tags: Bicycling, Burlington, Delivery, Economy, Vermont

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A big THANK YOU to Paul Lesure at Eastern Mountain Sports on Dorset Street in South Burlington for providing high-quality Jamis bikes to Local Motion at half their retail price for use as Safe Routes to School raffle prizes!  Three lucky students from Chittenden County schools won the bikes when their schools raffled them off as [...]

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What is PARK(ing) Day?  It’s an annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good.  Members of the Burlington Bike Coalition, the Burlington Walk/Bike Council, and others created six parks (in six parking spaces!)  on Main St. in Burlington on Friday.  They did free [...]

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Yes, it’s true. With Burlington’s bike culture growing, each year there is a bigger bike scene at the Art Hop.  For the past two years, the bike scene has centered around JDK on Maple Street.  This year the scene heads south to Select Design (180 Flynn Avenue) for “Crank“.  It’s a great show featuring new [...]

Tags: Art, Art Hop, Bicycle, Burlington, Vermont

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