MAY 2015 · · 2015-04-30MAY 2015 May is National Bike Month, ... Recreation & Parks, Forsyth County Depart-ment of Public Health, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, ... a bike commuting

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 11am Bike amp

Lunch--Inmar amp Forsyth County

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10am 30-40 Mile Bike Ride 1130am Community Bike

Ride 1-4pm Walk amp Roll W-S

E 3rd St amp Research Pkwy

6pm Piedmont Flyers Club Road Ride Lewisville Square

National Bike to School Day

6pm Clemmons Bicycle Wednesday Road Ride


12pm Wake Forest Baptist Lunch amp Learn on Bike Commuting BioTech Place

2pm Bike to ARTivity on the Green Park Opening

Bike to Dixie Classic Farmers Market or Bike to Cobblestone Market (9am-noon)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3pm Community Bike Ride Washington Perk

aperture 8pm Triplets of Belleville FREE

6pm Piedmont Flyers

Club Road Ride Lewisville Square


6pm Piedmont Flyers

Club Road Ride Lewisville Square

Bike to Work Ride from 4

locations to downtown 7-830am Continental

Breakfast for cyclists

2-4pm Clemmons Bike Day Morgan Elementary

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 3pm Community Bike Ride Washington Perk


630pm Ride of Silence Mock Orange



12pm aperture ldquoContested Streetsrdquo film amp discussion

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 3pm Community Bike Ride Washington Perk

Ride to remember a Veteran




W-S Cycling Classic Events

5pm-Celebrate Cycling in Winston-Salem Bailey Park

31 W-S Cycling Classic Events

Air Quality Awareness Week

Bike to Work Week

WINSTON-SALEMrsquoS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NEWSLETTER

MAY 2015

May is National Bike Month sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast Established in 1956 National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling mdash and encourage more folks to giving biking a try

Whether you bike to work or school ride to save money or time pump those pedals to preserve your health or the envi-ronment or simply to explore your community National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the

bicycle and the many reasons we ride The City of Winston-Salem Department of Transportation

is partnering with local businesses and organizations to host a series of Bike Month events during the month of May with an event almost every day All citizens are welcome to attend any of the events which will offer a variety of goods and services including social events refreshments and community rides Check out the Bike Month calendar and find more details at wwwcityofwsorgBikeMonth

May is National Bike Month

CYCLING AND WALKING WINSTON-SALEMrsquoS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NEWSLETTER

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On Sunday May 3 2015 1-4 PM enjoy a chance to play in the street on the new Research Parkway in Wake Forest Innovation Quar-ter But donrsquot worry about traffic Research Parkway will be closed to motor vehicles from E Third Street to Rams Drive so that citizens can walk roll stroll cycle or skate without worry about cars

The East African Drumming Squad from the Downtown School will perform on stage at 130 PM Other groups performing include D-Unity dance team from Konnoak Elementary Salsa Winston-Salem dancers and Wheel Power amp Company from Whitaker Elementary School Wheel Power showcases students on unicycles stilts and pogo-hoppers

Along one side of Research Parkway will be exhibits with other activities for participants hula hoops jump ropes corn hole a SciWorks exhibit on how a bicycle stays upright a bike that makes electricity and many more The YMCA Innovation Quarter will set up a Bounce Castle On the other side of Research Parkway will be food trucks for Twin City Grill and Kona Ice as well as a small temporary park for relaxing and eating

For the children there will be a Story Walk from the Childrenrsquos Museum bike decorating helmet fittings and a Bike Rodeo led by the Winston-Salem Police Department A helmet will be given to any child who does not have one At 2 PM younger children can participate in a Trike and Training Wheel parade to show off their decorated bikes Arts for Life will provide art materials for children to create their own art and use their creativity

Thanks to a generous grant from the Forsyth County Health Department the public elementary school with the most supporters registering at the event will receive $400 worth of new PE equip-ment for students to use

This event which used to be called Cycling Sunday is now in its sixth year and attracts people from all over the region

Sponsors for this event include the City of Winston-Salem Bicycle amp Pedestrian Program Recreation amp Parks Forsyth County Depart-ment of Public Health Wake Forest Innovation Quarter Active Routes to School Region 3 and the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

Research Parkway the event location provides a vital link into the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter on the east side of downtown Winston-Salem Thanks to the generous donation of these Reynolds Tobacco Company properties the former factories and other build-ings for the tobacco company are being transformed into contem-porary offices housing and labs This event offers a unique opportu-nity to visit this revitalized area to see how it is changing

Letrsquos play in the street at Walk amp Roll Winston-Salem


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1 ARDMOREmdashMeet at Stella Brew 1305 S Hawthorne RoadmdashLed by Scott Kasper (ScottKwalterrobbscom) Parking in the Food Lion parking lot

2 PAULrsquoS CYCLING amp FITNESS 2405 Buchanan StreetmdashLed by Piedmont Flyers Bicycle Club (Mike Smithmdashpiedmontflyers1gmailcom) Parking in the large lot across Buchanan Street from the shop

3 REYNOLDA VILLAGEmdashMeet in front of GreenhousemdashLed by Louise Allen (allenlouisegmailcom) and Nick Hristov (hristovncdiuncorg) Parking in lower level lot beside the Dairy Barn shops

4 SENIOR SERVICESmdash2895 Shorefair DrivemdashLed by Matthew Burczyk (Mattbkcityofwsorg) Parking in Senior Services parking lot away from the building

Join us for

Bike to Work Day Friday May 15th 7 AM

Led by experienced cyclists a bike commuting group will meet at 645 AM at these 4 locations to ride together to downtown Winston-Salem The group will depart at 700 AM Contact the ride leader if you have questions

For more information

wwwcityofwsorgbikemonth

Enjoy a free continental breakfast downtown at 4th amp Trade courtesy of

Triad Air Awareness and Forsyth County Department of Public Health


Too far to bike for Bike Month Put your bike on the bus

Whether you use your bike for transportation exercise or recreation bike racks on buses for Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA) and PART (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation) allow you to extend your trip by biking to or from a bus stop You can bike part of the way and connect with a bus route so you can bring your bike along for fun at your destination and enjoy a bus ride home Use your bike for a real workout knowing you can catch the bus home If weather is not cooperating with you as you take your exercise get out of the rain by grabbing a bus ride home You pay a fare but your bike rides free

Not sure about the bus schedule Technology can help Both WSTA and PART make applications available to check on buses and schedules from anywhere

WSTA is harnessing the latest GPS technology to give bus riders the ability to track the location of WSTA buses in real time and receive alerts on their smart phone tablet or computer when the bus is about to arrive at their stop

The system created by Next Bus eliminates much of the uncertainty as-sociated with bus riding Riders simply go to WSTA website (wwwWSTran-sitcom ) and select their route direction and stop from drop down menus on the home page to receive an estimate of the time before the next bus reaches that stop Links on the home page allow users to go to the Next Bus mobile app set up automatic alerts by email or text and view a live map that tracks the buses as they travel on their routes

An automated telephone system allows passengers to call (336) 778-3876 and enter their stop ID location to get highly accurate predicted bus arrival times at any WSTA bus stop locations (Stop IDs can be found by selecting a stop from the home page drop-down menu)

TRACK YOUR PART BUS LIVE

See where your bus is on the map and find out real-time bus predictions stop by stop

wwwPARTNCorgLIVEThere are 4 options to view your

routersquos arrival info

1 Mobile Web Use your mobile browser and visit partncorglive

2 TransLoc App Download the TransLoc Rider App for Android and iPhone Users Once the app has been installed click the transit system and routes that yoursquore inter-ested in tracking

3 Text Message Donrsquot have a smart phone Text your Stop ID to 41411 and you will receive a text message with the estimated time of a bus to the stop entered (PART will be installing signage at stops in the coming weeks with Stop ID rsquos)

4 Online Visit wwwpartncorglive to watch the buses move across your screen with information on next stops and estimated times of arrival So use either the WSTA or PART uses to extend your cycling range and build more exercise into your day

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CYCLING AND WALKING WINSTON-SALEMrsquoS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NEWSLETTER6

Citizens can now track progress on bond projects online

Matthew Burczyk the cityrsquos bicycle and pedestrian co-ordinator along with other city staff have been busy coor-dinating work on transportation bond projects that voters approved last November Bicycle and pedestrian projects include adding bike lanesshared lane markings sidewalks crosswalks pedestrian signals and other improvements Although the planning has started it will still take a while to create the designs hold public meetings check on right-of-way and put the projects out to bid

Now the city of Winston-Salem has activated a new web feature that allows citizens to track progress on the projects approved in the November bond referendum A separate web address 2014BondsCityofWSorg has been created to take citizens directly to the bond tracker page where they can get details on each of the 272 projects that are being financed with the bonds A link with information about the bonds and a link to the bond tracker page is also posted on the cityrsquos home page

Visitors can look up projects individually citywide by ward or by the five categories that projects are grouped un-der public safety streets and sidewalks recreation housing and economic development

Clemmonsrsquo Pedal amp Metal Festival

The Village of Clem-mons will host its second community bike event on Saturday May 16 2-5 PM at Frank Morgan Elemen-tary School off Harper Road Called The Pedal amp Metal Festival this event includes bike rides a bike rodeo free helmet and bike checks safety information and special deals on bicycles and helmets Cyclists of all ages are invited to participate in instructor-led bike rides Check out different types of vehicles at the Touch a Truck activity Snow cones and food trucks will be on site for refreshments

Frank Morgan Elementary School built near the new Novant Health building off Harper Road will benefit from a greenway (currently under construction) to connect the school to nearby neighborhoods This eventrsquos education efforts are the first step in preparing students for biking (or walking) to the school

Event sponsors Frank Morgan Elementary School Village of Clemmons Clemmons Bicycle Shop Novant Health Wake Forest Baptist Health and Lowes Foods


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This newsletter is published by the Bicycle amp Pedestrian Program in the City of Winston-Salem Department of Transportation which serves the Winston-Salem Urban Area

Publisher Matthew Burczyk 747-6884 mattbkcityofwsorg

Editor Judi Wallace 768-3339 judiwallacetriadrrcom

This newsletter is published quarterly by the Bicycle amp Pedestrian Program in the City of Winston-Salem Department of Transportation which serves the Winston-Salem Urban Area

Publisher Matthew Burczyk 747-6884 mattbkcityofwsorgEditor Judi Wallace 768-3339 judiwallacetriadrrcom

Donrsquot just ride a bike decorate your home with it

In honor of Bike Month consider this new trend A new form of recycling has designers creating furniture and decorative items using bicycle parts And these can come in very creative forms a folding screen made from bike wheels wall hooks crafted from gear sprock-ets clocks from drive trains and chain rings and a fireplace screen out of welded wheels Gilbert Vanden Heuvel a Canadian cyclist and metal artisan explains ldquoThe sexy sprockets flexible rubber and sturdy frame make for endless design possibilitieshellip[Bike parts] can be reshaped into something surprising and beautifulrdquo

The designs can also be functional such as this side table using bike wheels or this creative folding screen from the Phillips Bicycle Collection


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On Sunday May 3 2015 1-4 PM enjoy a chance to play in the street on the new Research Parkway in Wake Forest Innovation Quar-ter But donrsquot worry about traffic Research Parkway will be closed to motor vehicles from E Third Street to Rams Drive so that citizens can walk roll stroll cycle or skate without worry about cars

The East African Drumming Squad from the Downtown School will perform on stage at 130 PM Other groups performing include D-Unity dance team from Konnoak Elementary Salsa Winston-Salem dancers and Wheel Power amp Company from Whitaker Elementary School Wheel Power showcases students on unicycles stilts and pogo-hoppers

Along one side of Research Parkway will be exhibits with other activities for participants hula hoops jump ropes corn hole a SciWorks exhibit on how a bicycle stays upright a bike that makes electricity and many more The YMCA Innovation Quarter will set up a Bounce Castle On the other side of Research Parkway will be food trucks for Twin City Grill and Kona Ice as well as a small temporary park for relaxing and eating

For the children there will be a Story Walk from the Childrenrsquos Museum bike decorating helmet fittings and a Bike Rodeo led by the Winston-Salem Police Department A helmet will be given to any child who does not have one At 2 PM younger children can participate in a Trike and Training Wheel parade to show off their decorated bikes Arts for Life will provide art materials for children to create their own art and use their creativity

Thanks to a generous grant from the Forsyth County Health Department the public elementary school with the most supporters registering at the event will receive $400 worth of new PE equip-ment for students to use

This event which used to be called Cycling Sunday is now in its sixth year and attracts people from all over the region

Sponsors for this event include the City of Winston-Salem Bicycle amp Pedestrian Program Recreation amp Parks Forsyth County Depart-ment of Public Health Wake Forest Innovation Quarter Active Routes to School Region 3 and the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

Research Parkway the event location provides a vital link into the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter on the east side of downtown Winston-Salem Thanks to the generous donation of these Reynolds Tobacco Company properties the former factories and other build-ings for the tobacco company are being transformed into contem-porary offices housing and labs This event offers a unique opportu-nity to visit this revitalized area to see how it is changing

Letrsquos play in the street at Walk amp Roll Winston-Salem


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MAY 2015 · · 2015-04-30MAY 2015 May is National Bike Month, ... Recreation & Parks, Forsyth County Depart-ment of Public Health, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, ... a bike commuting