PAST: JUNE 28 (Mon) 7 pm Film: “Beyond the Motor City”, co-sponsor: green decade newton MAY 23 - we made a self-guiding bicycle map and led a bicycle convoy for the newton history museum house tour MAY 16 12-3 pm 3rd annual bike newton rally & friends and family ride  (250 attendees, 150 riders) Speaker: steve miller (livablestreets alliance ) newton mayor setti warren led the ride sponsors/donors: harvard pilgrim health care foundation, green decade newton, village bank, coldwell banker res. re, wainwright bank, w suburban ymca, international bike, harris cyclery, ems, newton conservators, seegel lipshutz & wilchins, llp, jp licks, whole foods, panera, blacker’s bakery, trader joe’s, nathan aronow nextet friends: newton bike/ped task force, needham bikes, greenstreets initiative, pietzo electric bikes, urban adventours, newton health dept free raffles: trek bike (international bicycle center), bike stroller (harris cyclery), light set( ems), 1 yr teen membership to w suburban ymca, gift certificates from panera, urban adventours, harris cyclery MARCH 28, 2010 BIKE NEWTON “NEWTON UNPLUGGED & CONNECTED” EVENT get your bike ready for spring MARCH 21, 2010 BIKE NEWTON GENERAL MEETING Discussions with city officials about Newton’s application to be designated a BICYCLE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, SMARTCYCLING CLINIC for youth Oct 24, 2009 350.ORG worldwide event (photo below) Sept 10, 2009 Public Presentation of Commonwealth Ave Carriage Road bicycle & pedestrian promenade by 6 Northeastern U Transportation Engineering students of Prof Peter Furth May 17, 2009 2nd annual bike newton rally and friends & family ride SPEAKERS: Nicole Freedman, Boston Bicycle Coordinator., David Watson, MA Bike, George Kirby, Newton BPTF RAFFLE WINNERS: YMCA teen membership - Evan Nitkin; bike from Harris Cyclery - Alex Maper-Frances, bike from INTERNATIONAL BIKE - Matty Bohn, plus 8 prizes from: Landry’s, Farina’s, Harris, International Bike. April 23, 2009 VIDEO: MAYORAL CANDIDATES TRANSPORTATION FORUM Sponsors: Bike Newton and NewTV Topics: public transit, development, bicycles & pedestrians, traffic, parking Mar 21, 2009 ¨NEWTON UNPLUGGED & CONNECTED” BIKE NEWTON members help you tune up your bike! Dec 1, 2008 Peter Furth, PhD “A Network of Greenways for Boston” co-sponsor: Bicycle & Pedestrian Task Force Oct 6, 2008 Screening of “Contested Streets” & Jeff Rosenblum, LivableStreets Alliance May 18, 2008 1st BIKE NEWTON RALLY AND Friends & Family RIDE 350 attendees at Rally/ 250 Riders Raffle Winners: bike from International Bicycle Center - Chris Kuklinski West Suburban YMCA teen membership - Kevin Zhu 16 prizes from Harris Cyclery, St Moritz, EMS, Centre Ski&Bike SPEAKER: Dr Anne Lusk, Harvard School of Public Health Mayor Cohen accepted a bike from Farina’s, to be shared by city workers Molly Schaeffer presented the Mayor with a helmet THANKS TO: Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Cabots, Clif Bar, Shaw’s, Newton Police, Visitors from Newton’s Sister City, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Donors: Hammond Real Estate, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Village Bank, Allegra Print & Imaging, Dutch Bicycle Co, International Bicycle Center, EMS/Newton, West Suburban YMCA, Farina’s Bicycle Center Sponsors: Green Decade/ Newton and Newton Conservatorshttp://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/calendar/house-tour_list_2010.asphttp://bikenewton.blogspot.com/2010/03/bike-newton-membership-meeting-march-21.htmlhttp://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/index.phphttp://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcjcs7qs_0cmt97zgh09_Rally__Ride.htmlhttp://www.newtv.org/ConversationswiththeCandidates.htmhttp://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/peir070708.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6
ONGOING: commonwealth ave carriage road bicycle & pedestrian promenade proposal for bike lanes on washington st.- eunice kim WASHINGTON STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - NU Engineering students GREEN LINE EXTENSION bicycle-friendly communities, application feedback 2010 http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcjcs7qs_0cmt97zghNEWS_events_files/Washington%20St.pdfNEWS_events_files/Final%20Design.pdfhttp://wiki.greenneedham.org/gnc/index.php/Transportation/Green_Line_ExtensionNEWS_events_files/Newton,%20MA%20BFC%20Feedback_Spring%202010.pdfhttp://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/index.phpshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4

Newton War Memorial 5/18/2008

UPCOMING: (all bike newton events are free)


FREE VALET BIKE PARKING at NEWTON FARMERS MARKET Tuesdays 1:30 pm - 6 pm  cold spring park, through october


August 11   7:30 pm     STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING,  brigham house  20 HARTFORD ST. NEWTON HIGHLANDS


NewtonStreets: Sunday street openings for bicyclists & pedestrians: AUG 8 lake ave,  SEPT 12  Albemarle park, co-sponsor: newton parks & recreation. to volunteer, contact john rice, 617 201-7088,  jrice@tsnn.com