Get free coffee, muffins, bananas & other goodies!

Bike to Work/School/Breakfast Day

Wednesday, May 22, 7–10 (or later) AM

Come by bike on your way to work, school, errands, whatever, and get free coffee, snacks, PLUS big smiles and happiness. The weather will be perfect, the coffee will be hot, the raffles will be impressive, and the hosts will be entertaining. The following breakfast stations will be open tomorrow:

Court & Tioga Streets (NE Corner)
hosted by Bike Walk Tompkins & Ithaca Carshare

Cayuga & Farm Streets
hosted by Lime

Triphammer & Graham Roads
hosted by the YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County

Say You're Coming on the Facebook Event

BIKE EDUCATION

BJM School Bike Ed Program Takes Off

Starting in April, 2^nd grade students at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School started receiving bicycle education in their PE classes. Thanks to a generous donation of kids' bikes from Cornell's Johnson School and hours of dedication by BJM staff, this program has been a hit with the kids and will serve as an example for other ICSD schools to follow.

Bike Ed for Adults & Mature Teens Coming This Summer

If you're not in the under-16 crowd, don't fret! Bike Walk Tompkins will have you covered with low-to-no-cost learn-to-ride and basic traffic safety classes for adults and mature teens starting in June. Keep your eyes out for a full calendar of events in the next BWT E-News, or check our Facebook page for updates as they come.

SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE

Congratulations to Bike/Ped Grant Awardees!

New York State granted over $3.2 million to three municipalities in Tompkins County to build out new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure:

$1.5 million to the Town of Dryden to complete the Dryden Rail Trail from Freeville to Ithaca (complete with a bridge over Route 13!)
$1.2 million to the City of Ithaca to build a bridge between the southern end of the Black Diamond Trail with Fairgrounds Memorial Pkwy
$535,000 to the Village of Cayuga Heights for sidewalks from the Village to IHS along Kline and Wyckoff Roads and Lake View Cemetery

See you tomorrow!