Sunday, October 21

1.00 - 4.00 pm Community Bike Ride [ click here for photos of the ride! ]
Public event - meet at Boston City Hall Plaza, bring a helmet, 14 miles of casual scenic biking around Boston

• Doug Mink, MassBike MetroBoston Chapter. So there’s lots of talk about bicycling in Boston at the Boson Bikes Summit, but how about doing some biking? MassBike MetroBoston Chapter invites you on a casual ride. Led by Doug Mink, long-time bicycle advocate.

Click here for the two possible 14-mile rides (only one ride will be selected), scroll down to “Boston Bikes Summit.”

Monday, October 22

12.30 - 2.00 pm Brownbag lunch discussion: State and Regional Bike Plans
Public event - Room 933, Boston City Hall

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bicycle Plan 2007
  Josh Lehman (Bicycle-Pedestrian Program Manager, Executive Office of Transportation)
  Bill Schwartz (Planners Collaborative)
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Bicycle Plan 2006
  Anna Biton (Transportation/Land Use Planner, MAPC)
• Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
  Dan Driscoll (Director of the DCR Office of Bikeways & Green Infrastructure)
  Gary Briere (DCR Director of Recreation)

7.00 - 9.00 pm “Role of Bicycling in World Class Cities” town-hall meeting
Public event - Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston

• Steve Madden, Editor of Bicycling magazine
• Kenneth Kruckemeyer, Associate Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Public Works (1983 - 1991)
• James Hunt, City of Boston Chief of Environmental and Energy Services
• Discussion led by Jeff Rosenblum (LivableStreets Alliance), Andy Clark (League of American Bicyclists)

Tuesday, October 23

12.30 - 2.00 pm Brown-bag lunch discussion: Bicycling and Health
Public event - Room 937, Boston City Hall

• Meir Stampfer, MD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
• Steven Miller, Chair of the Massachusetts Health / Transportation working group

7.00 - 9.00 pm Community open houses
Public event - see below for specific locations

• Jamaica Plain / Roxbury / Roslindale
  Agassiz School, 20 Child Street, Jamaica Plain
  Click for map.
• Allston / Brighton
  Allston/Brighton CDC, 320 Washington Street (3rd floor), Brighton
  Click for map.
• Dorchester / Mattapan
  VietAid Great Hall, 42 Charles Street, Dorchester
  Click for map.

Wednesday, October 24 12.30 - 2.00 pm Brown-bag lunch discussion: Bicycling and Economic Development
Public event - Room 933, Boston City Hall

• Jennifer Toole, Toole Design Group
• Bhupesh Patel, DesignTank
• David Straus, A Better City (ABC)

7.00 - 9.00 pm “Boston Bikes: past, present, and future” presentation
Public event - Conference Room B, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston

Discover Boston’s rich history of bicycling, why Boston is a great city for bicycling, and imagine the possibilities for our future. The expert team will present their findings along with a set of short-term recommendations for better bicycling in Boston.

• Rich Olken, former executive director of Bikes Belong Coalition
• Doug Mink, Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike)
• Expert team (led by Andy Clarke, League of American Bicyclists)
• and more!