Well first off – sorry for not being so good at keeping up my part of the team effort for sharing information about bikes in Ithaca. I’ll see what I can do about digging up a photo or two of those crazy bees on bikes that make an annual appearance at the Ithaca Festival. All that happened before I headed out for a wild and crazy Canadian canoe adventure. But now, I’m back, and here’s a story about a gal in Ithaca who has a New York pedicab. She gets around town for errands and social events, and is getting more fit in the process. She just signed up for a part of the Ithaca Carshare program (more on that later) to help out with times when she needs a car.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080721/NEWS01/807210302/1002

Who says you need months of prep time to pull off a successful bike to work day? The idea of promoting something about bicycling during May (bike month) was circulating on the Finger Lakes Cycling Club e-list and the Curb Your Car Coalition e-list the other day. Before you could fix a flat, the surge of interest that surfaced is amazing. In less than a week, there’s a web site up – http://icycle.org/biketowork/ - with ten routes outlined. Each route has at least one group leader. There are regular commuters and a few who are giving it a try. Teachers, parents, students and school administrators are planning their outings; there’s a “rolling school bus” lined up. There’s a flyer and PSAs being worked on through local media. Oh WOW! I’ll keep you posted.