Tempe Bicycle Action Group

Thanks to all of the volunteers that helped with April Bike Month. We had five successful events thanks to all of your help: Bike Saviours/REI Bike Drive, Mariposa Elementary Bike Rodeo, 1st Annual TBAG Bike to BBQ, Bike to Work and School Day, and the Great Bike Chase. We also saw the launch of PHXBAG(or BikePHX, or PHXBike, help decide the name!) with a First Fridays Bike Valet at the beginning of the month, and Bicycle Awareness Party at the end of the month.

Bike Saviours and Rusty Spoke collected over 75 used bikes with the help of both Valley REI locations. Both organizations would like to thank those who donated, and REI for supporting and hosting the event.

The Mariposa Elementary Bike Rodeo was also a big success with lots of kids in attendance learning to ride safely. Click here for a full recap.

It was great seeing everyone at the BBQ, we had a great turnout for our first event of this kind. We had families riding around the town lake in the morning, mountain bike rides throughout the day, and then the bike polo crew showed up in the afternoon to help us finish off the burgers and kegs. This event replaced Tempe’s Bike-a-Palooza event that was canceled due to budget cuts. TBAG will be taking a larger role hosting grassroots cycling events like this to get people to come out and have fun on their bikes.

Bike to Work and School Day gets better every year. This year we had volunteers at 7 free breakfast locations around Tempe talking to fellow bike commuters. The volunteers from each location also led rides to the Tempe Transit Center. Mariposa Elementary also promoted bike to school day for their students, there were over 100 kids that biked to school that day and we had volunteers on hand to promote cycling, safety, and fun.

The Great Bike Chase is a long standing Valley Metro event, but budget cuts increase the need for volunteer help. TBAG volunteers set up a DIY screen printing booth at Hance Park and helped people print their own bike and bike month t-shirts. Volunteers also helped with ride marshaling and bike valet parking at a Diamondbacks game. You’ll see the DIY screen printing at many of our upcoming events.

Thanks again to the volunteers, you are what makes TBAG a successful organization helping to promote cycling in Tempe and around the Valley.

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Bike Month Continues…..
4/16 This Friday is TBAG’s monthly 3rd Fridays Ride. April’s theme is awesome local hotel bars. We meet at Tempe TownLake (Mill & Rio Salado) @ 7p. Additional details will be added to the blog soon. For questions or comments contact jeremy@biketempe.org
4/18 Sun: Bike2BBQ @ Papago Park. Registration starts 11a. Event times 12-sundown (approx 7p). Details will be posted on the blog very soon. Questions or comments please contact: sam@biketempe.org
to volunteer, check-out or Bike Month Volunteer Opportunities pg.

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The final Papago Park workshops are this week. They are open to the public and take place Wed evening and Thursday morning. Bicyclists that currently use or plan to use Papago Park in the future are encouraged to attend. The Papago Park master plan will be presented and attendees will be given the opportunity to review and comment. Below are details for the two workshops, the same material will be presented at both. You can also participate online if you can’t make the workshops: www.discoverpapagopark.com

Session 1
Wednesday, August 19
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Salt River Pima – Maricopa Indian Community
Community Center
1880 North Longmore Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Session 2
Thursday, August 20
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Desert Botanical Garden
Dorrance Hall
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Phoenix, AZ 85008
CONSTRUCTION DETOUR: Drivers will only be able to access the Desert Botanical Garden from McDowell Road. Please allow extra time to get to the Garden.

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From Janet Kerby over at MBAA:

City of Phoenix is looking to build new trail systems (SoMo, Sonoran Preserve, Dynamite). If you can, attend their planning meeting on Mon. Jan 26th. We need to make sure that we get mtn biker input to the new trail designs!

Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD – PHOENIX SONORAN PRESERVE COMMITTEE (PSPC) and to the general public, that the PSPC will hold a meeting open to the public on January 26, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., located in Phoenix City Hall, Tenth Floor, Room 10E, 200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

A Google document of the meeting agenda is available here.

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The City of Phoenix is soliciting information on use of trails in Phoenix’s Mountain Parks and Preserves. If you are a mountain biker, hiker or other trail user, please take a moment to complete the survey so that your voice is heard.

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