About Bike Week

Amherst Bike Week Presentations and Films

MONDAY  May 12  3:00 – 5:00 pm
Jones Library Large Meeting Room

1:30 – 2:00   “Enjoy the Ride”
2:00 – 3:00   “Contested Streets”
3:00 – 5:00   “The Day I Became a Woman” & Assorted Short Films
Contact: Karen Jones, pveaa@comcast.net

TUESDAY  May 13  3:00 – 5:00 pm
Jones Library Large Meeting Room

3:00 – 5:00  “Beijing Bicycle” & two short films
Contact: Karen Jones  pveaa@comcast.net

THURSDAY  May 15  7:00 – 9:00 pm
Jones Library  Large Meeting Room

7:00 pm  Short Films
1. London Transit PSA: Do the Test
2. Why I Bike

7:10 pm  What is Going On With the MassCentral Rail Trail?
A presentation by Craig Della Penna co-sponsored by the Amherst Bike Commute Committee, the Amherst Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Pioneer Valley Electric Auto Association.
Introduction by Neils LaCour  

Mr. Della Penna will provide an update on developments with the 104 mile Rail Trail that will pass through Amherst.  He will discuss the social and economic benefits Rail Trails have brought toscores of communities throughout Southern New England.

FRIDAY  May 16  4:00 – 9:00 pm
Bangs Community Center Room 101

4:00 – 6:45 pm Assorted Documentary and Animated Films
1.  Contested Streets     60:00
2.  Bike Move NYC 4:47
3.  NYC Community Bicyclists of the Month: Neistat Bros  4:04
4.  Hal Grades Your Bike Locking System  8:30
5.  NYC Parking Day 2007  6:22
6.  Bike Move Portland   4:40
7.  Clarence the Traffic Calming Sasquatch  3:07
8.   JoyRide 5:10
9.   Bogota: Cyclepaths, Parks & Open Spaces   10:00
10. The Case for Physically Separated Bike Lanes  8:30
11. Portland: Celebrating America's most livable city  30:00
12. Istanbul: Taking a Bite Out of Traffic  4:33
13. Street Transformations: Meat Packing Plaza  1:44
14. Why I Bike  4:44

7:00 pm  Feature Film: The Bicycle Thief  (in Italian, with English Subtitles)

Pioneer Valley Bike Commute Week 2008 is sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) and MassBike/Pioneer Valley (MB/PV)

Additional sponsors include: Amherst Books, Amherst Cinema, Big Y, Broadside Books, Bruegger's Bagels, Celery Stalk Restaurant, Chameleon's, Deals & Steals, Downtown Sounds, Food Bank Farm, GoNOMAD Café, Haymarket, Hot Mama's, Hotel Northampton, Joe's Café, Just Soap, Mapleline Farms, Mountain Goat, Northampton Athletic Club, Northampton Bicycle, Northampton Coffee, Paul & Elizabeth's, Panera, Pedal People, Runabout Cycles (Florence), Serio's, State Street Market, Stop & Shop, Sugar Maple Trailside Inn, Sylvester's, Thayer Street Associates, Universal Health & Fitness, Whole Foods Market and Woodstar Café.

Community Organizers:

Amherst-Meryl Mandell (582-0554)
Chicopee-Hank Herchel (592-4282)
Easthampton-Liz Sturgen LSturgen@aol.com (527-6230)
Greenfield-Alden Booth (773-0333)
Hadley-Dorothy Baumann (582-0733)
Holyoke-Rob Gagne (539-9314)
Northampton-Price Armstrong (505-710-8608)
Pelham-Adam Novitt taxonomy@gmail.com
Springfield-Jonathan Moss, jonathan.moss@bhs.org
Sunderland-Norman Flye (665-0033)
Westfield-Don Podolski (562-5237)
West Springfield-PVPC (781-6045)

PVPC Regional Coordinator: Catherine Miller Cmiller@pvcp.org 781-6045 (Intern: Jayne Bernhard jmbernha@history.umass.edu)

MB/PV Regional Coordinator: Lynn Grabowski lmg07@yahoo.com

Updated by James Lowenthal
Last updated: April 19, 2008

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