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Contact: Nancy Heck
E-Mail: nheck@carmel.in.gov
Phone: (317) 571-2494
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City of Carmel
One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032
News Release
Date:
May 8, 2008
Contact:
Nancy Heck
(317) 571-2494
Release:
Immediate
Carmel to Participate in Bike to Work
Day, Friday, May 16th and Mayor Unveils Carmel Access
Bikeway Plans
Carmel, IN – This month, the City of Carmel is
celebrating National Bicycling Month and Friday, May
16th has been designated National Bike to Work Day.
Carmel residents are encouraged to use the many multi-use
paths that make up part of Carmel’s alternative
transportation network as they bicycle to work.
To make the morning ride to work even more enjoyable, the
City of Carmel and the Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation
Department are hosting a continental breakfast sponsored by
Valley Bikes at the Monon Center at Central Park from 6:30 –
9 a.m. on Friday, May 16th. It will be free and open to all
Bike to Work Day participants. This gathering will be
especially convenient for those using the adjacent Monon
Greenway to get to their workplace. The Monon Center’s
parking lot will be available throughout the day on the 16th
for Bike to Work riders to park their cars while they ride
to and from work.
At this year’s event the Mayor will unveil the plans for the
newly adopted Carmel Access Bikeway, a network of bike
routes and loops to be implemented on the City’s existing
local streets and multiuse paths. With commuters,
recreational riders and families in mind this system has
been designed to identify existing streets and multiuse
paths which will best serve to move cyclists around Carmel.
The Carmel Access Bikeway includes eight cross-city bike
routes and five proposed bike loops. The bike routes consist
of two east-west bound routes and six north-south routes.
The routes are intended for longer trips and will provide
access to various destinations throughout Carmel as well as
links to neighboring communities. The bike loops will guide
their users to the same point at which they started, passing
some of Carmel’s best amenities along the way. Each loop,
geared toward casual riders, will offer its own unique
riding experience to cyclists by highlighting different
areas within Carmel.
It is the Carmel’s hope that implementing this network of
routes and loops will encourage more people to ride their
bikes and create an even better experience for those that
already cycling in Carmel.
Carmel recently received a Bicycle Friendly Community award
from the League of American Bicyclists. “We are continually
improving facilities for bicycles by making trail
connectivity a priority and improving pathways. The 5.2 mile
Monon Greenway in Carmel has played a major role in
encouraging residents to think about using their bicycles
more often as a form of transportation,” said Mayor
Brainard.
Communities across the country are asked each year to
celebrate May as National Bicycling Month by the League of
American Bicyclists. Bicycling is the most energy-efficient
form of travel ever devised and can accommodate almost any
level of fitness. It is also good for the environment as it
helps reduce air, water and noise pollution. Studies have
shown that more than half of all Americans live less than
five miles from their place of work, a reasonable distance
to bike for people in average physical shape.
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