The Friday Connection

I was so tired this morning I thought it was Saturday and then I remembered the Friday Connection hadn't been posted yet! Yep, it is Friday! And the beginning of another weekend of great rides.

Interesting fact for the day:

• Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all urban trips. Europeans bike in cities a lot more often—in Italy 5 percent of all trips are on bicycle, 30 percent in the Netherlands, and seven out of eight Dutch people over age 15 have a bike.

[Facts taken from:
Bicycle: The History by David Herlihy
The World Almanac Book of Records: Firsts, Feats, Facts & Phenomena by Mark Young]
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/MoreStories/Ten-things-about-bikes 



Today's Friday Connection
getaboutcolumbia.com 


The look of this website is really fun, but the program they are working on is very, very cool. Here is a snippet from their about us page that talks about this cool program.

"In 2006, Columbia was selected as one of four communities in the nation to participate in the Federal Highway Administration's Non-Motorized Transportation Pilot program. Columbia's designation as a pilot city came with $22 million in federal funds over a four-year period to help build infrastructure and establish national standards for public awareness and willingness to use active modes of transportation." The rest of the story here . . .

Free Class

Also, REI is having a Mountain Biking for Women class 7:00-8:30 p.m. on March 24, 2010 at Boise's REI at 8300 W. Emerald Street. There are 80 spots available. Register now at http://www.rei.com/event/2644/session/3179

Have a great weekend! Happy peddling.