This Month

SANDAG newsletter
provides information
on key projects & services

Compass Cards arrive!
Get in gear with
Bike to Work Day 2009
SANDAG presents
Diamond Awards

Regional crime rate hits
25-year low
Transit public opinion
survey released

SANDAG Board adopts
stimulus spending plan
SANDAG helps San Diego
Stand for Less
Actions from the March
Board of Directors meeting

Get in gear with Bike to Work Day 2009

Friday, May 15, 2009, is San Diego Regional Bike to Work Day. Join thousands of other bicycle commuters and enjoy
a fun, energizing, zero-emission bicycle ride to work! Employers throughout San Diego are teaming up to promote this popular annual event through sponsorships and by hosting pit stops. 

 “Bicycle commuting is a great way tosqueeze regular exercise into a hectic schedule,” according to the League of American Bicyclists Web site, www.bikeleague.org. “Commuting time can be used to stay in shape instead of sitting frustrated in traffic.  Bicycle commuters get to work on time more often and are happier and more productive. Eighty percent of people who switch from sedentary commuting to cycling improve their heart, lungs, and blood vessels greatly in six to eight weeks, so they get sick much less often.”

You may think you don’t have time to bicycle to work, but for distances of five miles or less, bicycling may actually take less time than driving and finding parking.

To help riders with their commute on Bike to Work Day, over 40 pit stops will be located throughout the region.  Participants will be offered free snacks, beverages, and encouragement.

Everyone who registers for Bike to Work Day will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win excellent prizes, including an electric bicycle, bicycle related gift certificates, and other prizes.

For a list of pit stops and to register visit: www.511sd.com/ridelink

Project Manager

Maria Filippelli, Planning Technician
Phone: (619) 699-1177, E-mail: mfi@sandag.org