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Riding Safe and Being Seen

Your riding safety depends on staying vigilant and not putting yourself in dangerous situations. It is also important that you are visible, both during the day and at night. Vehicle drivers do not want to hit you. Our job as riders is to help them avoid hitting us.

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April 2024 Safe Routes to School Newsletter

In This Newsletter:

  • Bike Smart Summer Scheduling
  • Inspiration from a Shelburne Student
  • Spring Walk and Roll to School Months and the Muddy Boot Award
  • Reminder: Free Helmets if you fill out Travel Tallies & Family Surveys!
  • Show and Tell: Share your Photos and Tell us of your Activities
  • Free National Webinar: Engaging and Including Students with Disabilities in Safe Routes Programs
  • What’s Next
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Winooski Bike Gang

In April of 2021 the Winooski Parks and Recreation Department sent out a call for volunteers to lead a weekly bike ride.  I was one of three people to volunteer.   Astin and Kristine also responded.  Astin is a social worker and Kristine teaches high school math.  We were given the title of ‘Bike Ambassadors.’ We decided to meet every Wednesday at 5:30 in  front of Monkey House which is on the Winooski traffic circle.  That first year we averaged about 10 riders per week.  Kristine gradually expanded out online presence and started posting our bike routes.  Astin was very good at welcoming new riders into the fold.  

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Christina Goes to Washington

Monday

My day started like most, with a walk down the hill from my house in the Old North End in Burlington down to Local Motion’s office on the waterfront. However, this time I was lugging a suitcase and had that nervous pre-trip excitement. Instead of a typical office day, I boarded the Amtrak train to New York City before continuing on to Washington, DC to attend the League of American Bicyclists' National Bike Summit.

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Spring News for Safe Routes to School

In This Newsletter:

  • Spring Walk and Roll to School Months

  • Final reminder: Crossing Guard Survey

  • Reminder: Free Helmets if you fill out Travel Tallies & Parent Surveys!

  • Bike Smart update

  • Winter Walk School Spotlights!

  • A Strategy to Reduce Drop-off Congestion

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Protect people walking, biking, and rolling!

A bill in the Vermont House would make important legal changes to support and protect people walking, biking, and rolling.

We need you to ask legislators to make these changes into law!

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Elements of Bike Riding #63

About the Author: Peter Burns is a long-time bike enthusiast, and one of the original year-round bike riders in the greater Burlington area. In addition to writing about walking and biking, Peter teaches a variety of bike workshops. He also works at a group home for people with psychiatric disabilities, teaches classes for the Vermont Humanities Council, teaches swimming at the Burlington YMCA, and is a regular host of Storytelling VT.  

10-6-23 Ride

On Friday October 6th I started getting ready to ride at 1:30 PM.  I was going to Shelburne Farms and calculated that it would take me half an hour to get ready and an hour for the ride.  I was meeting someone for a walk at 3 PM.  Within a ten mile radius of Winooski I have a pretty good sense of how long it will take me to get to any destination.   I try to be on time. 

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Local Motion to Promote Vermont Section of the Western New England Greenway

We were recently selected to promote the Vermont sections of the Western New England Greenway (WNEG).

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2023 Impact Report

2023 was a fantastic year here at Local Motion. Check out our Impact Report for a by-the-numbers summary of all of our services and programs.

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Survey: 2024 Burlington Election Candidates

Local Motion, the Burlington Walk/Bike Council, and Old Spokes Home are excited to provide the Burlington community with insight into 2024 mayoral and city council candidates' positions on key issues. 

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