Saturday, March 01, 2008 - Posts

Painting Day

This morning I'll be joining Ron McCorkle and the other fine volunteers and organizers of Sharebike to get their bicycles ready for distribution across the Roanoke area this spring, where they will be avaialble for free community use.  We'll be painting them safety yellow, so they'll share that with similiar "yellow bike" programs around the world.  You can get information about how the program works and where bike can be found at Sharebike's website or on the RIDE Solutions Interactive Bike Map.

Having a program like Sharebike's will be a vital part of Roanoke receiving the League of American Bicyclists's "Bicycle Friendly Community" designation, a recognition program that I believe the City is making a go at.  Support them all you can, and ride their bikes once they're on the streets!

I hope to get some video of the event today, so keep watching the RIDE Solutions YouTube channel for that.