Warsaw, Winona Receive Bicycle Friendly Honor
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Bicycle Indiana is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes safe bicycling; educates bicyclists, motorists and policymakers; and advocates for laws, policies and infrastructure to increase bicycling in Indiana.
Nancy Tibbett, Bicycle Indiana executive director, presented a plaque for the designation to Craig Allebach, Winona Lake town coordinator, Joe Thallemer, Warsaw mayor, during a ceremony Friday night in Winona Lake.
“The achievement would not have happened without the mayor, town, residents and bike club,” Tibbett said.
Warsaw and Winona Lake join other Indiana cities that are Bike Friendly communities: Bloomington, Carmel, Columbus, Goshen, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and South Bend.
This week, the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Communities, and Warsaw and Winona Lake have been named a joint bronze level Bicycle Friendly Community.
There are now 259 Bicycle Friendly Communities in 47 states across America.
The bronze bicycle friendly award recognizes Warsaw and Winona Lake’s commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investment in bicycling promotion, education programs, infrastructure and pro-bicycling policies.
The Warsaw and Winona Lake Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was completed in January and adopted into Warsaw’s Comprehensive Plan by the Warsaw Common Council in February.
There was a moment of silence for lives lost to bicycling and a prayer for safety of bicyclists.
The presentation kicked off the annual Fat and Skinny Tire Festival that runs today and Sunday in Winona Lake.
A Critical Mass Ride was Friday night with hundreds of participants biking from Winona Lake to Mad Anthony’s Lake City Taphouse in Warsaw.
Allebach thanked the League of American Bicyclists for the award.
“A lot of hard work has gone into this designation, and two communities have worked together to be bicycle friendly, and that speaks volumes to the cooperation of leadership,” Allebach said.
Thallemer said the city is extremely proud to receive the status, and said safety is important for bicyclists and pedestrians.
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Bicycle Indiana is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes safe bicycling; educates bicyclists, motorists and policymakers; and advocates for laws, policies and infrastructure to increase bicycling in Indiana.
Nancy Tibbett, Bicycle Indiana executive director, presented a plaque for the designation to Craig Allebach, Winona Lake town coordinator, Joe Thallemer, Warsaw mayor, during a ceremony Friday night in Winona Lake.
“The achievement would not have happened without the mayor, town, residents and bike club,” Tibbett said.
Warsaw and Winona Lake join other Indiana cities that are Bike Friendly communities: Bloomington, Carmel, Columbus, Goshen, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and South Bend.
This week, the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Communities, and Warsaw and Winona Lake have been named a joint bronze level Bicycle Friendly Community.
There are now 259 Bicycle Friendly Communities in 47 states across America.
The bronze bicycle friendly award recognizes Warsaw and Winona Lake’s commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investment in bicycling promotion, education programs, infrastructure and pro-bicycling policies.
The Warsaw and Winona Lake Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was completed in January and adopted into Warsaw’s Comprehensive Plan by the Warsaw Common Council in February.
There was a moment of silence for lives lost to bicycling and a prayer for safety of bicyclists.
The presentation kicked off the annual Fat and Skinny Tire Festival that runs today and Sunday in Winona Lake.
A Critical Mass Ride was Friday night with hundreds of participants biking from Winona Lake to Mad Anthony’s Lake City Taphouse in Warsaw.
Allebach thanked the League of American Bicyclists for the award.
“A lot of hard work has gone into this designation, and two communities have worked together to be bicycle friendly, and that speaks volumes to the cooperation of leadership,” Allebach said.
Thallemer said the city is extremely proud to receive the status, and said safety is important for bicyclists and pedestrians.
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