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Burlington Bikefest
September 5 - 13, 2009

Celebrating people-powered transportation in Burlington, VT.

 

Thank you to everyone who made the 2009 Burlington Bike Fest a success!  Here are links to the informative presentations during the week.

 

Bicycles & the Rebirth of City Life -- Presentation by Norman Garrick

Bicycling & the Urban Landscape -- Lisa Aultman-Hall, Anne Lusk, John Tetz


 
Schedule of Events

 

Saturday - Monday, Sept. 5th-7th

10am-6pm

Causeway Bike Ferry: Pedal across the Colchester & South Hero Causeway

Tuesday, Sept. 8th
6-8pm

Bike Skills Workshop Local Motion Trailside Center: What you need to know about survival on the road

8pm-10pm

Reels to Wheels, Old Spokes Home, 322 N. Winoosku Ave., Joey Brown

The 6 Day Bike Race

Wednesday, Sept. 9th

Safe Ride To Schools : Burlington Elementary School.

6-8pm

Bike Touring Presentations: the Batik States & Vietnam at August First Bakery, 149 S. Champlain Street

Thursday, Sept. 10th

7-9pm

Panel Discussion: The Impact of Bicycle Transportation on the Urban Landscape

Location: Firehouse Art Gallery, Church Street

Lisa Aultman-Hall - Director of Transportation Research Center UVM

John Tetz - Engineer, Velomobile Designer

Anne Lusk - Bicycle Path Expert, Harvard University School of Public Health

 

Friday, Sept. 11th

 

Safe Routes to School: Burlington Elementary Schools

6pm-10pm

Matt Penney mixed media sculpture studio, 339 Pine Street

(DPW lot, Valet Bike Parking. Join us and bring your bicycle, the more unusual the better.

Saturday, Sept.12th

9am-4pm

Bike Expo and Outdoor Gear Exchange Eco Fest, City Hall Park

Come see all types of two, three, and four wheeled HPVs

Bike Parade

Workshops and Demos, Vendors Invited

11:30

Bike Parade

pm-9pm

Festival Dinner (food provided by City Market) with speakers & Slide Show

Early reservation cost, $15
Late sign up, (after Sept. 8) $20.

RSVP jadamskollitz@ci.burlington.vt.us or 865.7187

Norman Garrick - Director, Center for Transportation & Urban Planning;
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering; University of Connecticut

Main Street Landing (Train Station), 1 Main Street

Sunday, Sept. 13th

9am-2pm

Bike Ride with GMBC: Ride to Shelburne Farms
Sign Up Here, Map of route

4pm

Local Motion 10th Birthday Celebration at Auer Boathouse on the Burlington Bike Path

 
7Days Photo Slideshow

Human Powered Vehicle Burlington Bikefest
By Bridget Burns, Seven Days, 10-4-09

 



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