June 5th, 2009
Bike Miami Summit - Monday, June 15th
On Monday, June 15th, the City of Miami invites you to the first Miami Bike Summit at Jose Marti Community Center to discuss Miami’s Bicycle Master Plan. Meet city leaders, planners, cyclists and neighbors and learn about some of the ways Miami is becoming a more bicycle-friendly city.
From 6pm-9pm, learn about Sharrows, the benefits of bicycle parking, and what a central bicycle facility might mean for the City of Miami. To get a better idea of what the City is already doing, you can read the Bicycle Action Plan or email the Bicycle Coordinator, Collin Worth at cworth@miamigov.com
SAVE THE DATE:
Monday, June 15th.
6:00-9:00pm
Jose Marti Community Center (351 SW 4th St- Downtown Miami)
There will be maps of the city and markers so you can mark exactly where you think our city needs bike lanes, parking, signage… Note: this is the first of two public meetings that will take place to help guide the development of Miami’s Bicycle Master Plan. Also, please consider taking the City of Miami Bicycle Master Plan survey here, put together by planning group, the Street Plans Collaborative. Also, if you can’t make the Summit, you are encouraged to contact Collin Worth with your ideas and stay tuned for when they schedule the next one.
RSVP on Meetup
RSVP on Facebook
The Bike Miami Days Team will be on hand (of course) and we always want your ideas about us, too- Thank you and see you on June 15th!
..in the meantime, take a couple of minutes to fill out our Survey.
May 16th, 2009
Bike Miami Days - Sunday May 17th
Hello Friends!
Thanks to those of you who joined us for April’s Bike Miami Day! The event was spectacular and would not have been nearly as remarkable without your help! We had a ginormous turnout! Nothing could be more inspiring for bicycle advocates in Miami than to see a sea of orange-clad riders literally filling the streets of Coconut Grove!
The response was inspiring, with an increase in volunteer registry, evoked interest among bicycle enthusiasts, and major love from the Dutch Consulate- bonus love for those of you who nabbed tasty snacks from the Dutch Treats desert cart!
Now then, those of you who are interested in getting involved for the next Bike Miami Day, mark your calendar! We’re headed Downtown again, for Sunday, May 17! This will be the last BMD of the season involving street closures and sidewalk chalk and all of our standard excitements. I’ll keep you posted over the summer regarding organized rides and community service opportunities, but we won’t be closing the streets again until after the summer! So if you are a frequent participant, or if you have been meaning to join but haven’t had the chance, SAVE THE DATE! See below for the details on the ride, and be certain to spread the word to everyone!
Contact me if you are interested in participating, and I will be certain to send updates as they develop!
Thanks again for your help with BMD! You are all awesome!
-Adam Schachner
Here’s the information getting circulated:
Bike Miami Days
The Last Event of the Season
Sunday, May 17th in Downtown Miami
***Win A Bicycle**
From 9:00 to 2:00pm, explore your city in a new way – walking, cycling, skating the streets of Downtown from Flagler Street to Mary Brickell Village and everywhere in between.
Family-Friendly * No Bike Required
NO START or END, JUST OPEN STREET
ALL FREE
Live Music * International Village
Kid’s Corner * Bicycle Rentals
Yoga & Stretching Classes
Raffles, Prizes, Giveaways
and so much more!
Visit www.Bike-Miami.com for all the details!
RSVP on FACEBOOK
Sunday, May 17th : Explore Your City in a New Way : Downtown
Sign Up for the Mayor’s Weekly Newsletter (click here)
Sign Up for Bike Miami Days Updates (click here)
Please forward widely
April 16th, 2009
Family-Friendly * No Bike Required
NO START or END, JUST OPEN STREET
ALL FREE
Hands On Miami Volunteer Fair * Bike Clinics
Kid’s Corner * Dutch Orange Parade
Live Music * Green Art & Demos
Buddy Bike Rentals
and so much more!
CAR PARKING will be available at the Expo Center (access from 27th Avenue) and at the Coconut Grove Playhouse (access from Main Highway or off Grand), at CocoWalk(Virginia Street access only), Oak Street Parking Garage and the Mayfair, as well as all locations marked at their access point on the map.
We will also be hosting free bike valets at CocoWalk (access on Grand & McFarlane) and at Peacock Park (see the bicycle symbol on the map). Be sure to check out the participating Grove businesses.
RSVP at the Critical Mass Meetup!
******If you will be using Twitter from the event, please be sure to use the tag #bikemiami so we can track all the tweets.*****
Courtesy of Bike Miami Blog
March 31st, 2009
Hey All-
Below are links to the first episode of “Southern Tier”, a documentary by two cross-country bicyclists. Check it out for roadway adventure, a journey across America, and a series of perspectives on environmental activism and awareness. They rode from Long Beach, California to Key West, Florida, with a brief stop in Miami. Stay tuned for future episodes to see their take on the 305 (and 786!).
Below is the info on Episode One- stay posted for more episodes over the next few months.
Thanks, and spread the word! -Adam
Episode 1
Ride from: Newport Beach, CA Ride to: Tucson, AZ
Focus: Ocean Relationship / Water Conservation / Fire Ecology / Solar Panels / Energy conservation / Biosphere 2 / Bicycle Co-op
Highlights Include:
Ed Begley Jr
Aquarium of the Pacific - CEO Dr. Jerry Schubel
Nobel Prize Chemistry 1995 - Dr. Sherwood Roland
Earth Resource Foundation - Stephanie Barger
Waste Management - Alberto Guardado
Southern Nevada Water Authority - Doug Bennett
Fire Ecologist NAU - Dr. Pete Fule
Global Solar - Scott Weidman
Tucson Electric Power - Joe Salkowski
Biosphere 2 - John Adams
Tuesday Night Bike Ride - University of Arizona Campus
BICAS - Bicycle Inter Community Art and Salvage
I hope you will take the time to check out some of these links below and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pass these links on to as many people as you can. We are trying to generate some buzz about this project so that we can complete the series. It will only happen with support from a large base of people helping push it. Also, whenever possible please leave comments and hit the like buttons.
To view the first Episode. VIMEO (in HD), YOUTUBE, SOUTHERN-TIER.NET, iTUNES VIDEO PODCAST
VIMEO (in HD) - (3×20 minute clips)
YOUTUBE - (6×10 minute clips)
SOUTHERN-TIER.NET It is 55 minutes in length so it will be a slower download.
ITUNES To download the shows for viewing on your ipod or as a free video podcast search the itunes store for Southern Tier.
Thanks for taking a look at the first episode. Earth Day is right around the corner, help do your part in keeping the environmental discussion moving forward and pass these links on to as many people as possible.
Jeff Hyland
Producer
Positive Social Change Documentaries
March 10th, 2009
Care2.com
There is a petition currently going around to request the maximum allowed sentence in a recent Australian animal cruelty case.
Please sign the petition and forward to other pet lovers to sign the petition, too. These two men should be brought to justice for this cruelty. We will need a lot of signatures to make that happen. I know it’s hard to read, but please, please sign the petition.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/maximum-penalty-for-the-men-who-hacked-up-a-puppy
More information about Care 2 here: http://www.care2.com/aboutus/
February 4th, 2009
New development is threatening to bisect the M-path in two locations, which could set a dangerous precedent. Read the full story at www.transitmiami.com, and call Miami Dade Transit to help prevent this from happening:
Miami Dade Transit -
Comments and Suggestions:305-891-3131
Complaints: 305-891-3131
December 19th, 2008
Friends,
The King Mango Strut is only two weeks away! We have so much to do, but it looks like we are going to have a great group of people helping out!
The vision: A float with a boat pulled by bikes. The cyclists are wearing t-shirts of positive causes, like Greenpeace and Critical Mass. The boat symbolizes America…in it are blow up dolls wearing Bush and Cheney masks. They will have bullseyes on them. One of us will be walking around with a cart full of shoes, to be thrown at Bush. The boat is going to have blue fabric surrounding it, making lovely waves. Trailing behind the boat will be negative stuff, like gas cans, money bags, a “banker anchor” and “broke brokers.” There will be some of us trailing behind, tugging at the boat, and acting like greedy capitalist crooks in suits. There will be a song leader with a bullhorn, singing our version of “Row Row Your Boat.” It will be something like this:
Rock, rock, rock the boat,
Renew the American dream
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily
Make the Republicans scream (or some other witty lyric…please help us think!!!)
We need your help! Please let us know if you want to help, or if you can be there! Please respond to me if you want to join in the ridiculous fun.
Roles - These are some of the things we’ll need people to do
-walk with the Emerge banner
-ride bikes to pull the float
-song leaders, to get the audience singing along
-bankers/brokers in suits, tugging at the boat, trailing behind, supporting Bush and Cheney, and being generally evil
-someone to hand out shoes for people to throw at Bush and Cheney, and collect the shoes after they have been thrown
Stuff We Need
-a trailer to put our canoe on
-shoes to throw
-gas cans
-a bullhorn
-blue fabric
-an anchor (can be made out of cardbord)
-a fake missile (can be made out of foam)
Please Join Us!!!
Mr. Clucky to be Grand Marshall!
Two years ago, activist Mark Buckley found Mr. Clucky wounded in the bushes in Miami Beach. Feeling bad about leaving him at home, Mark brought him along to the King Mango Strut Parade that year. Ever since that day, Mr. Clucky has insisted on riding on the handlebars of Mark’s bike, and has gained celebrity and is a champion for animal rights. This year, the popular little rooster has been designated to be the Grand Marshall of the 27th Annual King Mango Strut Parade. Come out and crow for him as he leads this festive event!
December 15th, 2008
Tue: 7:00 PM
The Wallflower Gallery
10 NE 3rd St
Miami, FL 33132
Hello friends!
Your buddies at Emerge Miami are preparing for another fun year of participation in the King Mango Strut Parade on Sunday, December 28, and we’d love to have you join us! The King Mango Strut is a Miami tradition dating back to the 70’s where participants break out the silliest getups they can hammer together and march through the Grove in celebration of celebrating! Here’s this year’s plan:
The float for Emerge will be “Let’s Rock the Boat!”, and we will be demonstrating all the things that are dragging down the world we love (sometimes begrudgingly), and all the positive things we can do to shake it up! This will include the following ideas:
- a boat float (currently under drafting and construction)
- blow up dolls for boat passengers
- cardboard waves representing different forms of adversity
- bicyclists to pull the boat forward
- large dollar signs, “banker anchors”, empty oil containers and assorted fake rockets and debris that are holding progress back, dragging behind the boat
- a sing-along revision of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”, which we are currently drafting (suggestions welcome!)
-any ideas you’d like to see happen!
Here’s how you can help:
-We need participants to march or ride in the parade and enjoy the goofiest day in South Florida, and to help us live out our dream!
- any supplies that can help us create the props- this is all user-friendly cheap construction, easy to do and fun to use!
-help putting together props and float-related materials
- tell everyone you know to come out and enjoy the parade- or even participate with us in any or all of the things we have planned!
Please send out an email response or call Adam at [masked] if you are interested in participating! We will have our regularly scheduled Emerge Meeting on Tuesdays at 7 PM at the Wallflower Gallery for planning and prop-making- join us anytime!
For more Mango Strut details, visit http://www.kingmangos…
The Lowdown:
WHAT: The King Mango Strut Parade, Sunday, December 28
WHERE: Coconut Grove
WHY: For the heck of it- we can all use a laugh!!
Please spread the word and get involved!
Love,
Your Friends at Emerge Miami
December 12th, 2008
Critical Mass Miami
Critical Mass heads north! This will be a north ride from Government Center up Biscayne Blvd to the City of Miami limits. After that we’ll be heading back down south probably on NE 2nd Ave.
When: Saturday@ 10:00 am
Where: Government Center
111 NW 1st St Miami, FL 33130
Bike Miami 2.0
This is the second Bike Miami, after the great sucess of the last one, we are going to do it again. We are still working on the route, but it’s likely to be very similar to last months. There may be some more to do, more shops and restaurants open.
We won’t be meeting for a traditional Critical Mass ride on Sunday, but you are encouraged to just go to Flagler and start riding. Explore downtown and see what it’s all about. Meet new people, see new places. Hope to see you there.
When: Sunday@ 10:00 am
Where: Downtown Miami
December 10th, 2008
Hello friends!
Your buddies at Emerge Miami are preparing for another fun year of participation in the King Mango Strut Parade on Sunday, December 28, and we’d love to have you join us! The King Mango Strut is a Miami tradition dating back to the 70’s where participants break out the silliest getups they can hammer together and march through the Grove in celebration of celebrating! Here’s this year’s plan:
The float for Emerge will be “Let’s Rock the Boat!”, and we will be demonstrating all the things that are dragging down the world we love (sometimes begrudgingly), and all the positive things we can do to shake it up! This will include the following ideas:
- a boat float (currently under drafting and construction)
- blow up dolls for boat passengers
- cardboard waves representing different forms of adversity
- bicyclists to pull the boat forward
- large dollar signs, “banker anchors”, empty oil containers and assorted fake rockets and debris that are holding progress back, dragging behind the boat
- a sing-along revision of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”, which we are currently drafting (suggestions welcome!)
-any ideas you’d like to see happen!
Here’s how you can help:
-We need participants to march or ride in the parade and enjoy the goofiest day in South Florida, and to help us live out our dream!
- any supplies that can help us create the props- this is all user-friendly cheap construction, easy to do and fun to use!
-help putting together props and float-related materials
- tell everyone you know to come out and enjoy the parade- or even participate with us in any or all of the things we have planned!
Please send out an email response or call Adam at 305-283-6000 if you are interested in participating! We will have our regularly scheduled Emerge Meeting on Tuesdays at 7 PM at the Wallflower Gallery for planning and prop-making- join us anytime!
For more Mango Strut details, visit http://www.kingmangostrut.org/
The Lowdown:
WHAT: The King Mango Strut Parade, Sunday, December 28
WHERE: Coconut Grove
WHY: For the heck of it- we can all use a laugh!!
Please spread the word and get involved!
Love,
Your Friends at Emerge Miami
