It’s finally Fri-YAY! Has this #4dayworkweek seemed super long to anyone else? Well TGIF. it’s finally Fri-yay and the last day of Bike Everywhere Month. While that doesn’t mean you should stop riding (in fact, we encourage you to keep it up through the summer and beyond!), it does mean that it’s time to celebrate another awesome way of getting around!
First, let’s cheers to an awesome month of biking.
Today, May 31 from 4:30 – 6:30 PM, join Commute Seattle for a Bike Month Celebration at Optimism Brewing Company! Commute Seattle will select winners for our prize drawings and celebrate employers who support bike commuting throughout May and beyond! Thanks to everyone who participated in Commute Seattle’s Bikes and Bakeries campaign!
Then, beginning tomorrow, let’s kick off #RideTransit Month: a celebration of transit riders in Washington State.
Photo courtesy of King County Metro.
Get on board and show your support for transit by taking the Ride Transit Month pledge—it’s quick, easy, and enters you to win great prizes. All month long, join the Transportation Choices Coalition and statewide transit partners as we celebrate all riders with events, prizes, and encouragement. Just choose your favorite mode—bus, light rail, train, ferry, vanpool, or water taxi—and enjoy the ride. Whether you’re new to transit or are a regular rider, we’re all in this together. Join the community and enter to win at www.ridetransitmonth.org.
Not tired of biking from bike month? (You rock.) Consider a multi-modal commute and bring your bike!
Photo courtesy of King County Metro.
Here’s some resources for integrating biking with transit:
- King County Metro: Bikes and Transit
- Sound Transit: Bringing your Bike
- Community Transit: Bikes and Buses
- Washington State Ferries: Bicycles on Washington State Ferries