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| Tue May 13 |
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- We have almost met our goal of 2000!! 1938 commuters have registered as of 11:11 pm! WOW!
- The Bike Collective breakfast was a good time this morning!
- The RDG Planning Mayor's Invitational was a BIG Success. Never have I seen the area Mayors, City Planners and Bicycle Advocates all in the same room for 3 hours talking about bicycle related topics! Only good things can come from this!
- A record 45+ commuters rode with Congressman Boswell on Monday.
- Added Atlantic Ride of Silence to the events
- Posted many new Bike to Work news items about Bike to Work Week
- Updated gas prices from $3.44 to $3.67
- Updated Staging Locations. Add Staging captains and contacts info. Also changed a few start times and dropped the Huxley location.
- Updated Commuting and route contacts
- Added Mitchellville to the city listing for the Registration
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| Fri May 2 |
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- Fixed two Bike Ed links that were linked to the wrong events. My bad!
- Ugh... Raining outside today!
- We are getting there! 1389 cyclists have pledged to ride their Bike to Work one or more times May 10-16th
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| Tue April 29 |
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| Sun April 27 |
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- Added 3 more Ride of Silence Locations in Iowa
- We are not in Kansas anymore! It was time to raise the gas prices. Raised gas price $.30 per gallon (was $3.14 to $3.44) which increased the dollar savings and additional $654.02.
- WOW Look at all the prize winners! Must be registrered to win! Are YOU?
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| Thu April 24 |
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| Sun April 13 |
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- Posted more Prize Winners!
- Added Ballard, Center Point, Coulter, Corydon, Clarion, Cumming, Desoto, Fairfax, Mingo, Nora Springs, Runnells, and Wellman to the city list
- Consolidated these companies: EMC insurance, Allied Insurance/Nationwide Agribusiness,
John Deere, Johnson County, self-employed, and the State of Iowa
- Added a Ankeny to Des Moines Commuter Map to help those coming from Ankeny to downtown Des Moines or Johnston
- Feel free to send links to Commuter Maps you have created. It may help others Bike to Work!
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| Wed April 9 |
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- Added Palo to the city list
- Here is a link to the official Des Moines Bike Routes. This is a rudementary map, but it shows all the bike routes and lanes. Use it to make your route to work!
- 2008 Staging locations coming soon...
- Helmet Hair Specials coming soon...
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| Mon April 7 |
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- Added new page called Fun Incentives that lists a bunch of videos, cartoons and images about biking to work!
- Over 23,000 commuting miles have been pledged by 740 participants (so far...).
- You can't bike all day if you don't start in the morning!
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| Sun April 6 |
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Here is a review of the previous week, and a look towards the immediate future:
- Angela Dalton had three Bike to Work 101 presentations last week: a total of about 20 people attended.
- We had one article in the Des Moines Register.
- Registration opened on the 1st and we reached 500 (for socks) on Thursday at approx. 1:40 p.m.
- Thursday night we drew names for our first pair of $50 gift certificates.
- We had 671 registered riders as of 9:50 p.m. on April 6, 2008.
- RDG Planning and Design and the Des Moines Cycle Club are in current Employer and Club leaders.
- There is a Bike to Work 101 class on Tuesday April 8.
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| Fri April 4 |
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- The first prizes have been awarded!
- Fixed the Registration to accept last name with quotes. Sorry to the Irish!
- Added these cities that were missing from the list: Wellman, Riverside, Hills, Sharon Center, Frytown
- Use the Commuting forum to discuss the best routes for getting to work.
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| Thu April 3 |
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- WOW! Registration has been open for 2 days and 447 commuters have already registered! Hurry up! the FREE socks are just flying out the door!
- Des Moines Register posts a Feature on Bike to Work Week
- FREE Shower list will be updated over the weekend
- Ride yer Bicycle!
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| Mon March 31 |
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- Fixed a few sections on the Confirmation email and Page
- Altered the Statistics page to calculate the number of times a person will commute multiplied by the number of miles they commuted multiplied by 2 for the round-trip
- Sent out a Ride Reminder to let everyone know the registration opened an evening earlier.
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| Mon March 31 |
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- If you are reading this, then you'll know that Registration opened up a day early.
- May will be here before you know it! How many newbies will YOU get involved?
- Let Bike to Work Week 2008 begin !
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| Sat March 29 |
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| Sun March 9 |
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- Working to get the Bike To Work 2008 site LIVE!
- Registration will open on April 1st 2008.
- Print out the Employer's guide and give it to you employer! Get them involved!
- Check out the 2007 Update list.
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[Last Update: Tue May 13, 2008 11:20:07 PM]
