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Bike Miami Addendum

Posted By Daniel M. Perez On January 21, 2009 @ 11:07 am In Activities, Events, News | Comments Disabled

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!).


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[1] Gibb Park: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&q=http://wikimapia.org/sys/exp_kml/%3Fid%3D4884155%26l%3D0%26v%3D69783843&ftid=AE872EF1A623DF08

[2] 30-second video: http://cbs4.com/video/?id=69488@wfor.dayport.com

[3] It’ll be a free-wheelin’ Sunday in downtown Miami: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/854050.html

[4] Bike Miami Days Slideshow: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/view/223871

[5] my wife and I: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/view/223871/46

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