[g2:230 size=200 class=left] For those of you who are at your desk here is an image of the bike parking corral at Oakland City Hall from 2002 (pre-VBP racks). Please contribute your images/videos and check out the great images now posted of the BTWD celebrations.
For news about the most successful BTWD event ever read the Inside Bay Area report by Erik Nelson including a great quote from Lisa Lestishock Alameda Co Bike Commuter of 2007.
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Energizer Station Counts
(click links for images)
- Oakland City Hall: 459 (39% increase over 2006). More images.
- Ohlone Trail @ Marin Av in Albany: 227
- MacArthur BART: 330
- Contra Costa County (includes great video)
- El Cerrito Plaza BART: 150
The EBBC’s prize a beautifully renovated vintage Fuji Espree ($1100 value) attracted a record number of new EBBC members who each received 4 raffle tickets. The bike was won by Raines Cohen who only received a single ticket for parking his bike in the corral and spent the morning shooting video of the crowd of downtown Oakland bike commuters. Raines was surprised and noted that his wife Betsy Morris had just had her rear wheel stolen at North Berkeley BART.
[g2:444 size=200 class=right]The winners of regional prizes will be announced in June. You have until June 1 to register at 511.org. One individual in each county served by BART will win a BART-Friendly Breezer Zag8 folding bike.