These are just a couple of things I forgot to mention when I wrote my report of Bike Miami 3.

• Kudos to whoever thought of putting up a Bike Miami Info Kiosk/water station at Gibb Park ^[1], at the start of the Venetian Causeway bike lane. The volunteers there were asking cyclists if they were heading to/coming back from Bike Miami and handing out water bottles. Considering the centrality of this route for Miami Beach cyclists, this was a fantastic way to raise awareness of Bike Miami. I’d love to see more inter-city cooperation like this in the future.
• Local mainstream media, in general, once again failed to support a great event that helps build up a sense of community and spotlights the efforts to make Miami a more livable city for the new millennium. Shame on you NBC 6, WSVN Channel 7, Channel 10 and SunPost.
• That said, some local media did actually feature Bike Miami new coverage! Here’s what I found:

CBS4.com had a 30-second video ^[2] of their mention of Bike Miami on their morning news show the day of the event. Maybe next time they’ll mention it in advance on their prime time news show?

The Miami Herald had an article entitled “It’ll be a free-wheelin’ Sunday in downtown Miami ^[3]” that ran the Friday before Bike Miami (1/16/09), providing a small report on the event and a guide to the day’s activities. Very nice.

Miami NewTimes had a rep at the event snapping pics left and right that they compiled into a Bike Miami Days Slideshow ^[4] on their website (my wife and I ^[5] even made it into the slideshow!).