Out & About with Yay Bikes! : February 2015
Welcome to the monthly feature in which we round up all our events, earned media, meetings and speaking engagements for the month. Behold, February:
Feb 2 = Columbus Underground article: "Protected Bike Lane on Summit Just the Beginning, Says City & Cycling Advocacy"
Feb 2 = Columbus Dispatch article: "Transportation Insider: New markings to guide 4th Street cyclists"
Feb 3 & 25 = Yay Bikes!Member Champions Night (link to March's event)
Feb 5 = Annual Meeting of WTS Columbus (Women's Transportation Seminar)
Feb 12 = Regular meeting of Mayor Coleman's Green Team, on which Catherine serves
Feb 12 = Meeting of the CoGo Planning Team, on which Catherine serves, to strategize with the new Motivate CEO, Jay Walder
Feb 12 = Buckeye News Now video: "Bike lanes to be added off campus" (story @ 5:31–7:29)
Feb 13 = Meeting with Julie Walcoff of ODOT to plan for the National Safe Routes to School Conference in 2016 and other potential partnerships
Feb 16 = Meeting with Stuart Hunter, founder of roll:, to discuss Business Membership
Feb 18 = Regular board meeting of Downtown Residents Association of Columbus, at which Catherine was elected to the Board of Directors
Feb 20 = Meeting of City of Columbus engineers and project consultants to discuss proposed changes to 3rd/Summit & 4th Street designs
Feb 22 = Inaugural planning meeting for 2015's Ride of Silence
Feb 25 = Inaugural meeting of the Bike to Work Day Planning Group, on which Catherine & Meredith serve
Feb 25 = Regular meeting of the Bicycle Subcommittee of the Transportation & Pedestrian Commission, on which Catherine serves
Feb 26 = Meeting with Abby Rhodebeck, Outdoor Programs and Outreach Market Coordinator for REI to discuss Bike the Cbus sponsorship
Feb 27 = People for Bikes blog post: "Boston, Columbus, Detroit, Indy, Minneapolis, Houston, Denver & Seattle all Unveil Protected Lanes"