5.19.2010
On the eve before the Big Event we're at 295 rides world-wide on all 7 continents in 22 countries and all 50 of our United States. Thank you all for your incredibly important roles in making this all possible as volunteers who often spend a considerable amount of personal funds to support your events.
If you happen to be aware of other events happening in your city/ community not listed on our database please submit what you know using our form; we'd love to know about every event happening & reach 300 events world-wide.
We've just received some of the best of news as well as some of the worst and we'd like to share it with you as an encouragement and reminder of why what we're doing is so important.
First, here's a link to Congressman Earl Blumenauer's (3rd District, Oregon) performance earlier today on CSPAN demanding attention to bike fatalities (May 18, 2010, YouTube video). This short video is truly inspirational, giving our efforts national level support from one of the biggest bicycling advocates we have in Washington, DC. Earlier this spring he also wrote a very powerful endorsement calling our event the "National Ride of Silence". Just as an idea, reading Earl's endorsement before or after your events might give your participants much needed comfort and confidence in the direction of our government.
The very sad news comes from our neighbors to the north in Montreal, Canada, where in just the past few days they've experienced 2 horrible road tragedies claiming 4 bicyclists, 3 in one crash alone. This news article gives the details which you might want to share in brief at your events tomorrow.
Finally, an important reminder from a very weary webmaster: PLEASE submit your POST-event reports using our online form. Please DON'T email them to me. Our form allows you to submit your written report and links to photo galleries, videos, news stories as well as attach up to 10 of your better photos.
Let the Silence Roar!
Tim Potter
Webmaster
5.07.2010
10 STATES
MAY 7, 2010
We have 10 states left to become a unified voice in the United States over sharing the road.
Can you find two other people to ride with on May 19, 7 pm, to join us in support of mourning the loss of our cycling brethren and those injured by motorists? Can you?
Please consider joining us. To do so, click on the tap on the left, marked “Add A Location” under Event Locations. Tell us where you’ll ride and that you’ll let us know how many joined you, and that’s about it. Simple. Easy. Please do so now while we can still reflect your participation. If it gets too close, we can NOT guarantee you appearing on the web site OR on the map.
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.
It would nice to have you join the union of bicyclists from coast-to-coast so that our voice could be larger, and possibly heard by insurance companies, city planners, authorities, motorists, or local, state, or national governments. The media looks at our map to see our growth, and to see who to contact. Your local paper would be interested in knowing you are part of a larger grassroots force.
We have 10 states left to become a unified voice in the United States over sharing the road.
Can you find two other people to ride with on May 19, 7 pm, to join us in support of mourning the loss of our cycling brethren and those injured by motorists? Can you?
Please consider joining us. To do so, click on the tap on the left, marked “Add A Location” under Event Locations. Tell us where you’ll ride and that you’ll let us know how many joined you, and that’s about it. Simple. Easy. Please do so now while we can still reflect your participation. If it gets too close, we can NOT guarantee you appearing on the web site OR on the map.
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.
It would nice to have you join the union of bicyclists from coast-to-coast so that our voice could be larger, and possibly heard by insurance companies, city planners, authorities, motorists, or local, state, or national governments. The media looks at our map to see our growth, and to see who to contact. Your local paper would be interested in knowing you are part of a larger grassroots force.
Yes. You, and two buddies. Three of you. Riding silently, slowly, at the same time on the same day as others everywhere. It’s Memorial Day for cyclists. Please join us. It's free.
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