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ACCTion Alert, July 11th
from the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation
Become a member or donate ($1, $5,...
$1000)! Visit www.transportationchoice.org/membership.html.
Discover Transportation Freedom!
(NEW SINCE LAST ACCTION ALERT)
Seventh neighborhood bicycle ride and dessert
picnic -- Barracks/Rugby Neighborhood
Date/Times: Saturday, July 12, 6:00pm at
Greenleaf Park
Talk about transportation a bit while eating dessert
(including homemade ice cream)!
Ride your bicycle from Greenleaf Park to Downtown
And you may win $1700!!
Still looking for People to Host Transportation
Socials in Belmont, Johnson Village, Ridge Street, Rose Hill/10th
& Page/Star Hill, and JPA neighborhood.
Schedules
for the rides and transportation socials are here. Help
us encourage alternative/creative/green transportation!
Voice Your Opinion (& Inform
Yourself First)
The MPO is seeking public comment on the draft Fiscal Year 2009
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Date/Times: Wednesday, July 16, at
5:00pm at the TJPDC office
The TIP lists federally funded road, transit, bicycle,
pedestrian, and related transportation projects to be undertaken
over the next three years in the Charlottesville-Albemarle urban
area. The current TIP (FY06) and the Draft FY09 TIP are available
at http://tjpdc.org/transportation/tip.asp.
A final public hearing to approve the Draft FY09 TIP will be
held on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 5:00PM
at the TJPDC office.
2nd Annual ACCT Membership Picnic!
Food, Talk, Bike & Bike Locks & Lights Raffle
Date/Times: August 16, 5:00pm, Schenck's
Greenway
Become a member and join us at out annual membership
picnic!
Join Brita Climate Ride 2008!
A fundraiser and awareness raising event--a supported bike tour
from New York City to Washington, D.C. this September.
I know at least one local rider, Brenna Lynch, is participating!
If you want to give her a pledge (she is trying to raise $2,250
by the time of the ride -- for two organizations working for
effective, meaningful action regarding global warming and renewable
energy: Focus The Nation and Clean Air - Cool Planet), send
it our way (to ACCT, PO Box 1582, Charlottesville, VA 22902
or on this
webpage) and we will pass it along! Feel free to send
us a little donation as well, as we work for these things locally!
:)
Dates/Locations: September 20th
- 24th, from New York to D.C.
Join Brita Climate Ride 2008 for the first multi-day
supported bicycle tour where you pedal to raise money and awareness
for action on global warming. Climate Riders will cycle 320
miles in five days from New York to Washington D.C., following
scenic country roads and finishing on the steps of our nation's
capitol, where we will make a statement about our country's
need for action.
Along the way, expert speakers will educate and inspire Climate Riders and local communities about the science, the policies and the solutions to global warming. Our riders and the communities we pass through will learn how our government, businesses, and all Americans will benefit from a cleaner, healthier climate. This is a unique event--a fundraiser and climate conference on wheels, and an opportunity to meet people who are engaged in making a difference.
Each rider will be responsible for raising $2,250. Proceeds from the ride benefit Clean Air - Cool Planet and Focus the Nation, two organizations that lead the way in expanding climate change education, encouraging renewable energy policies, and promoting solutions to global warming.
The five-day ride will be entirely supported. All you have do to is bike; we take care of the rest.
Register online at www.climateride.org.
Limited to 100 riders.
Get your friends together and register today! Thanks to our
title sponsor Brita
for supporting Climate Ride in 2008!
For more information, contact Geraldine Carter at info@climateride.org
or visit www.climateride.org
Some sponsorship opportunities are still available. If your
company or organization is interested, please contact info@climateride.com
Transportation Blogs
We will begin listing blog sites
that are related to our mission on our Worldwide
Headlines page soon.
Let us know if you know of any great
blogs related to our mission!
Please, select at least one of the items above to follow up on and help to improve the transportation system of our city, region, state or nation!
Thank You All
Zachary
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