Dozens of people joined Mayor Tom Bates and City Councilmembers Laurie Capitelli and Kriss Worthington on a leisurely ride through Berkeley Thursday morning as part of Bike To Work Day. About 40 people gathered at the North Berkeley BART station around 8:00 am to link up and ride to the Downtown Berkeley Bike Station on Shattuck Avenue. Riders even got a chance to get a peek at the contested West Street Pathway. “I’m really a walker,” said Bates after the ride, as he consumed a plate of pancakes covered with bananas. “I ride my bike occasionally but I walk to work everyday. But it was really a wonderful experience. It made me think I should ride more often.” The 2012 Bike To Work Day was the region’s most successful, according to the East Bay Bicycle Coalition. About 17,000 people biked in the region, a 22% increase over last year. Ric Oberlink usually works from his West Berkeley home, but decided to ride downtown to show his support for biking. He may have been the only biker hauling a dog. Oberlink put Sassy Girl in a trailer he hitched to the back of his red bike. By early morning, she was […]
Dozens of people joined Mayor Tom Bates and City Councilmembers Laurie Capitelli and Kriss Worthington on a leisurely ride through Berkeley Thursday morning as part of Bike To Work Day. About 40 people gathered at the North Berkeley BART station around 8:00 am to link up and ride to the Downtown Berkeley Bike Station on Shattuck Avenue. Riders even got a chance to get a peek at the contested West Street Pathway. “I’m really a walker,” said Bates after the ride, as he consumed a plate of pancakes covered with bananas. “I ride my bike occasionally but I walk to work everyday. But it was really a wonderful experience. It made me think I should ride more often.” The 2012 Bike To Work Day was the region’s most successful, according to the East Bay Bicycle Coalition. About 17,000 people biked in the region, a 22% increase over last year. Ric Oberlink usually works from his West Berkeley home, but decided to ride downtown to show his support for biking. He may have been the only biker hauling a dog. Oberlink put Sassy Girl in a trailer he hitched to the back of his red bike. By early morning, she was […]