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2008 Mayors' Ride

The annual Mayors' Ride, a production of the National Bicycle Greenway (NBG), gives cities a forum they can use to show what they are doing to improve their bicycle infrastructure, especially as it relates to the NBG network of bikeable roads and paths that will one day cross the Nation.

NBG Day - What Happens?

Boston to SF Mayors' Ride Video

Fri 4/25

Introduced by the
world's only 15-person
Busycle

Artsist Mona Caron to buy

6P Justin Herman Plaza
Critical Mass Ride

Interview with Jon Winston
of Bikescape

Home Base for Cyclecide

Sun 4/27

Date

NBG Biking City Day ¹(cities w/image have NBG Biking page)

Mayor

Miles

Rider(s)

Notes

4th Annual Palo Alto City Hall to San Francisco City Hall - Route - 34 Mostly Flat Miles

Sun 4/27

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for History, Biking Report Cards, Routes, Sights. etc

Barry & Lee try ro remember something. Barry rode the Schwinn his decceased dad bought new in 1945

Allison and Julie at Palo Alto City Hall

Gavin Newsom

Julie, Don Loomis - 2004 NBG Coast to Coast vet (read his 2004 ride blog), Faye Saunders, Martin Krieg, Christian Wignall, Barry Burr, Allison Chalken, PhD, Mark Lind (why he's hooked on the Mayors' Ride) , not pictured, Yoriko Kishimoto, outgoing Mayor Palo Alto, current Councillor & VTA Board Director. She and her husband, Lee, dashed off to the SF opera

Martin Krieg with Mayor

It was an awesome ride [..] a fabulous way to see the great downtowns and neighborhoods of the Peninsula. We missed the first part of the concert, but made the second. Great fun to be with you all today, Yoriko and Lee

Awesome lunch at La Paloma in San Bruno. Huge glasses of fresh squeezed OJ, $3, Huge burritos

Riding thru Belmont

San Francisco is a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Community

San Francisco FAQ

Christian held court with his 1887 New Rapid Penny Farthing

Train Ride Home

Don's Photos|Video

4th Annual Oakland to Berkeley Ride - Route - 8 flat miles

Th 5/1

Ron Dellums

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for History, Biking Report Cards, Routes, Sights. etc

Faye Saunders who rode from Palo Alto stands in front of the Tribune Tower that Oakland grew up around

Oakland NBG Day 2008

Ron Bishop, Emeryville Mayor Ken Bukowski who rode with us shows off his city's new Bike Blvd signage

Berkeley NBG Day 2008

Late Arrivals

Berkely is a long time
national trend setter

Golden Gate Br in distance

Critical Chris Kattenburg met Palo Alto group at Oakland Airport Mayor Ken, Krieg and Tom Ayres along Bay at I-880

Landmark bike bridge crosses 1-880 to connect Berkeley proper with its bayfront

Street Level Bikes, free bike repair resources located on Berkeley side of Bike Bridge

Th 5/1

Berkeley

Tom Bates
(interview w/NBG)
Father of Traffic Calming

One of Berkeley's many Bike Blvds

Tom rode to Napa and back the next day and made it in time for an evening work appointment in E. Palo Alto

Berkely to Napa ride - Route - 40 moderately rolling miles

Fri 5/2

Napa

Tom Ayres. PhD

Jill Techel

Mayor addresses Tom, Allison and Barry

Photo Gallery of Ride (all pictures courtesy Allison Chalken)

Barry Burr
Founder
Barry's Beams

Alison Chaiken, PhD
inventor of
Make your own bite-valve
hydration system on landmark Carquinez Bridge approach

4th Annual American River Bikeway HiWheel Run - Route - 25 best bike miles in the world

Sun 5/4

Heather Fargo
Sacramento

Martin with Heather Fargo & Mamie Yee who also presented a proclamation for the Sacramento County Supervisors

Mayor Fargo, blessed us at Capitol

Peter & Jeri Wagner with SamBaby Sam, 4 mos old, - youngest NBG rider ever!

Past Ride Galleries
2004 | 2005 | 2006

Hi Wheel Riders
Ed Cox, Sacto Bike Coordinator | Terry Horlick | Martin Krieg | Peter Wagner | Christian Wignall

Faye Saunders on her Easy Racer

Rancho feast eaters

Parkinson's survivor, Stewart Gherini, white hat, shows Torpedo Trike

Light Rail back to Sacramento

Linda Budge
Rancho Cordova

Reception Photo Gallery

Rancho Cordova fed & celebrated us!

Foslom Tourist Bureau had huge picnic spread, gifts, city staff, councillors, even a zoo tour for us!

Eric King
Folsom

Karen Pardieck, Charley McCann, Folsom History Museum, Christian, former Mayor Andy Morin, Kim Kennedy & Janae Noble of Princess Promenade, Mary Ann Mcalea, Folsom Tourist Bureau Director. Not pictured, Jayne and Ali Brenning also of Tourist Bureau.

(Capitol to the River)

Th 5/8

9A

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for History, Biking Report Cards, Routes, Sights. etc

Bob Cashell

164

Mike Damon
to ride it for a 3rd time!