Green Streets Initiative

Walk/Ride Day Celebrations at the King Open School

The King Open School in Cambridge MA has a very well planned out system for their Walk/Ride Day celebrations. It includes all grades and all students! You can see the full size image with all the details at the following links:

Powerpoint File

PDF File

Recent Raffle Winners!

Here are some of our recent raffle winners:

 

Susi Ecker was entered in the Walk/Ride Day Raffle by checking in through our web site. Susi bikes 25 miles a day for her commute to and from work. She takes her bike on the T and even on a recent trip to Portland Oregon! Susi was the recipient of an EMS gift card.

 

Chris O'Connor was also the lucky recipient of an EMS Gift Card. Chris participated in Walk/Ride Day by walking the 2 miles of his daily commute.  

 

Catherine Allen was the winner of a Green Streets T-shirt. Catherine walked four miles to get to work on Walk/Ride Day.

 

Beverly Neugeboren also won a Green Streets T-shirt by checking in on-line. Beverly walks to work everyday!

 

Don't miss out on your chance to win prizes like these as well as many others! Check in here for the next Walk/Ride Day! 

Help Provide Bikes To Low Income Communities!

Volunteers from the Cambridge office of National Student Partnerships (NSP) are developing a project to provide low income community members with free bicycles, locks and helmets. There are currently no social services for free, sustainable transportation in the community.  Many of the homeless and unemployed individuals who work with NSPvolunteers are unable to go to job interviews or access existing social services because they cannot afford to ride the T. To respond to this problem,  we hope to provide 20 low-income community members with bicycles in September of 2009. In order to realize this goal, we need community support and involvement!

You can help by:

• Refurbishing and donating a used bike
• Donating a few hours of your time to refurbish bikes
• Working with NSP volunteers to develop the program (no bike expertise necessary!)
• Donating space to store bikes
• Providing a financial donation

If you would like to get involved, please contact us at LiftBostonBikeProject@gmail.com or by calling (617) 349-6342.

Green Streets Director on Living Car-Free With Kids