Allston-Brighton bikes

The Helmets in Play (HIP) program of the Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center (JMSCHC) is one of the grantees of the Allston-Brighton/Boston College Community Fund recognized at an award ceremony held May 7, 2009. HIP, a partnership of JMSCHC and Allston-Brighton bikes (a/k/a A-Bbikes), will offer free bike and/or skate helmets to MassHealth eligible Allston-Brighton youth. Vouchers will be distributed by JMSCHC through its Allston clinic and satellite community health center sites at the Jackson-Mann complex and Gardner Pilot Academy. International Bicycle Centers will assist with fitting and supplying helmets through HIP. MassHealth eligible youth get a free helmet while supplies last! For more information contact: Francisca Guevara (JMSCHC Community Health Manager) at 617-208-1562 or fguevara@jmschc.org

Helmets in Play is part of A-Bbikes’ and its partners’ efforts to increase local youth access to bikes, helmets and bike education. A-Bbikes encourages local schools to take advantage of the bicycle education and other resources available through the Massachusetts Safe Routes to Schools program. Supported by funds from Ron Gluck (of the Boston law firm Breakstone, White & Gluck) additional bike education opportunities will be provided by MassBike to Allston-Brighton youth through West End House Boys and Girls Club and JMSCHC. Gluck’s donations will also be used to help maintain a fleet of bikes and helmets donated for use at the West End House by International Bicycle Centers and other A-Bbikes donors.

Come celebrate Bike Week with hundreds of cyclists and enjoy our FREE BREAKFAST, BIKE EXPO AND MUSIC on City Hall Plaza in Boston on Friday May 15th from 7 AM to 10 AM. Ride home with your gift bag and water bottle. And if that is not enough, we will personally escort you to downtown Boston. You can join any of our police-escorted cycling convoys for a safe and fun commute to work and meet new friends. Led by experienced cyclists and escorted by Boston Police, convoys follow a fixed schedule and route and originate at locations throughout metro-Boston. All convoys finish at City Hall Plaza Boston. You can join a convoy in Boston, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, Dorchester, West Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain. More event and route information is available at: http://baystatebikeweek.kintera.org/faf/help/helpEventInfo.asp?ievent=300139&lis=1&kntae300139=46AB74DCE2174141BBB4C2A3232AE3AA

Please spread the word to ALL who may be interested!

If interested in being a ride leader for the Allston-Brighton route, contact Amy (volunteer coordinator) at: Amy@hubonwheels.org

Check out the links provided below by Boston Bikes to learn more about upcoming Boston Bikes events, opportunities to volunteer (as a ride leader for the Allston-Brighton convoys of the rides, to work with the new youth programs, etc.), or check out and provide feedback on the Boston Bikes bike map!

EVENT INFO – HUB ON WHEELS, BIKE WEEK, BIKE FRIDAY
Hub On Wheels: www.hubonwheels.org
Bike Week: www.baystatebikeweek.org
Bike Fridays: www.bikefridays.org
Boston Bikes: www.cityofboston.gov/bikes

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP for Boston Bikes events (ride leaders for A-B routes, etc.)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Q8JilYGs1ClJOwYxuecoBw_3d_3d

YOUTH CYCLING –  INFO AND SIGN UP FOR YOUTH GROUPS
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WXKxcnPnjep2BGj4zha25w_3d_3d

BIKE MAP
View map: http://www.cityofboston.gov/TridionImages/BikeMap_Jan09_tcm1-3455.pdf
Provide feedback: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=32_2f5JXAWyZzBwzspV3XLbQ_3d_3d

Learn more about Mayor Menino’s bike initiatives and what’s in store for 2009!

Mayor Menino kicked off Boston Bikes a year ago with a strong commitment to transform bicycling in Boston. Since then, Boston Bikes has installed 250 racks, added several miles of bike lanes, started a bicyclist advisory board, worked with nearly 500 youth, and engaged over 7,000 cyclists in a variety of programs, both old and new. Hub On Wheels, Bike Friday, Bay State Bike Week, and Rock Roll & Ride were just some of the fantastic cycling events enjoyed by the Boston cycling public this year.
To learn more about the Mayor’s initiatives thus far and to find out what is in store for 2009, we invite you to join us for a public presentation sponsored by the Livable Streets Alliance. The presentation will take place on January 29th at the Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall at 7:00 PM.

We also invite you to take the time to read the Boston Bikes Annual Summary. View the report at: http://www.cityofboston.gov/TridionImages/AnnualSummary2008_tcm1-3431.pdf

Hey A-Bbikerz… just a reminder that our next meeting is TONIGHT at 7pm!!!

At an A-Bbiker’s suggestion, this month’s meeting will be in the Community Room at the Allston-Brighton Police Station. The agenda will include updates on the bike/helmet fleet recently placed at the West End House Boys & Girls Club, the details of the proposed helmet distribution program through the Joseph Smith Community Center, our plans for an Earn a Bike program early next year, the exciting stuff going on at BUbikes and more!

If you plan to attend, please send a quick e-mail to let us know so that we have a head count for tonight. If folks are interested, we’ll meander down to Smoken Joe’s for some refreshments afterwards…

We hope to see you there!

A-Bbikes

ABbikes@gmail.com

www.A-Bbikes.org

at http://www.cyclesnack.com/2008/10/section-211-of-bail-out-bill-as-it.html

check out http://boston.mybikelane.com/

Complete the online survey being conducted in order to inform the community benefits process with Harvard University at: http://www.abcommunitysurvey.com The survey includes questions about cycling and lots of other issues important to our community!

A-Bbikes now has a Google group about all things bike for kids in Allston-Brighton, MA (and those who work with A-Bbikes on youth issues and programs). Check it out and spread the word! visit A-BbikesKIDZ

subscribe (type YOUR email):

If you know a kid in Allston-Brighton who wants to participate (and can get a guardian/parent’s permission) but needs a bike, helmet and/or ride to the event, please let us know at ABbikes @gmail.com and we’ll try to help out!

Check out http://www.gbnemba.org/kidsday2008.php for all of the updated 411!

TKMTB Day 2008 is part of the MA Department of Conservation and Recreationʼs (DCR) “No Child Left Inside” initiative and sponsored by the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and Greater Boston New England Mountain Bike Association (GBNEMBA)