Riverfront Beautification Day

WalkBikeBerks is so very excited to volunteer for:

United Way Day of Caring

Riverfront Beautification Day

Friday, September 19, 2008

RiverPlace is planning to participate in the United Way’s 2008 Days of Caring with a Riverfront Beautification Day focused on the Bertolet Landing/Schuylkill River Trail area in West Reading and Cumru Township on Friday, September 19th.

Suggested maintenance and improvements include: tree and perennial plantings, mulching, brush clearing, painting, general cleanup, and creation of a kayak landing slip. Sara Kuzma of Suburban Water Testing Labs in Temple is the volunteer event captain.

If you or your organization would like to sponsor or volunteer for a project team, please contact RiverPlace today! http://www.riverplacepa.com/dayofcaring08.htm

The hours for the worksession are 9 am to 1 pm. We hope to see you there!

Be The Solution

WalkBikeBerks invites you to post to this blog to explain how you are choosing to Be The Solution!

Reducing your own dependence on foreign oil?

Improving air quality?

Reducing or refusing to contribute to pollution?

Going green?

Reducing traffic congestion?

Improving your physical health?

Tell us all about it now.

Bike Pottstown News

Courtesy of Philadelphia Bicycle News, http://bcgp.blogspot.com/:

Bike Pottstown Coverage on Fox 29
Gerald Kolpan at Fox 29 visits the Bike Pottstown free bike sharing project.

Watch Video

News From Thunderhead Alliance for Biking and Walking

It has only been three years since the final passage of SAFETEA-LU, the Federal Transportation Bill, but its expiration is just a year away and many are already furiously at work shaping the next Transportation Bill. Since 1992, funding and programs that support bicycling and walking have paid big dividends. With high gas prices, lower gas tax receipts, and significant changes in traveling behavior, it seems that everything is up in the air. Several movements are developing platforms and framing the transportation debate. Bicycle and pedestrian advocates must get engaged if we want to have seats at the multiple tables that others are gathering around.

In the last couple days, Smart Growth America has released a draft platform, and leaders of Thunderhead Alliance for Biking and Walking have attended meetings and participated in critical discussions. America Bikes is gearing up and will coordinate the collective goals of national bicycling and walking organizations including the Thunderhead Alliance. But, it is the work of local and state bicycle and pedestrian coalitions, now and in the future, that is most critical to getting elected officials on board.

As congress heads out for August recess, we strongly encourage you to reach out to your senators and representatives. Arrange an in-district meeting with your elected officials and their staff (or even a quick handshake pitch at an event). Talk with them about the important role bicycling and walking play in addressing the energy, global warming, and obesity threats our society is facing. The Complete Streets Act of 2008 (Senate Bill S2686 and House Bill HR5951) gives you a perfect platform to discuss these issues and a specific action they can take. It is a wonderful framing tool for the next Transportation Bill. Please check out http://www.completestreets.org/ for a wealth of resources, updates, talking points etc. Don’t wait until next year’s National Bike Summit, NOW is the time for us all to take action.

WalkBikeBerks -- BCTV

In case you missed us last night, here is our archived video of the WalkBikeBerks pilot program on BCTV. 30 minutes.

8/13/2008
WalkBikeBerks
Watch It Now!

http://www.bctv.org/WatchArchive.aspx?id=285

DATE CHANGE!

Our meeting date has changed for this calendar month. Please mark your calendars. We look forward to seeing you then!

Saturday, August 23
9:00 am
Holy Cross Church
N. 5th St., Reading.

WalkBikeBerks BCTV Pilot Program

WalkBikeBerks Proudly Announces
our pilot program on
BCTV
Wednesday, August 13
8:30 PM
http://www.bctv.org/ProgramDetails.aspx?ProgramID=538

WalkBikeBerks
Create awareness of need for improved accessibility for individuals using non-motorized forms of transportation.

Watch BCTV online:

Check the live program schedule and click here to watch. Please note currently only LIVE programs are available.

Live Program Call:
BCTV encourages phone calls to our programs that are concise, adhere to the rules of common courtesy, and address the issue at hand. To be a homeviewer on a live program call: 610-378-0426.
Click here to see a map of our coverage area.