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This Week: School Rides, Bike-to-Work Day, & more

See our list of bike month activities for details on:  High School Bike-to-School Week Middle School Bike-to-School Ride/Scavenger Hunt Bike-to-Work Day Bike-to-Worship & Picnic Grande Finale Bi...

NMBA's 2012 Spring Group Ride

NMBA's 2012 Spring Group Ride will be held on Saturday, May 12th, at Tussey Mountain. This year along with NMBA members and other mountain biking clubs, we have invited the road bikers to join our festivities. Post-rid...

Street Skills for Cyclists

Postponed. Rescheduled for June 9th Sign up now: space is limited! Adult–$40.00 USD Student (with ID)–$30.00 USD Under 18–$30.00 USD Or print this page and mail with your ...

Unregistered bicycles may be confiscated; registration is free

Starting April 18, officials from Penn State Transportation Services will be tagging unregistered bikes on campus. If the owner of a tagged bicycle doesn't contact Transportation Services within 72 hours, the bike will...

Videon receives Bicycle Friendly Business Bronze

 Congratulations to Videon Central, the Centre Region's first Bicycle Friendly Business! Read the CDT story here:  http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/18/2917948/business-awarded-for-bike-program.html#storyl...

State College - Centre Region wins Bronze BFC
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:20
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State College – Centre Region is named a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists

Washington, D.C. – May 15, 2012 – May is National Bike Month with hundreds of events and thousands of riders celebrating bicycling nationwide. And a growing number of U.S. communities are taking steps to encourage residents to ride all year round —including the Centre Region. The League of American Bicyclists has announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) and the State College–Centre Region area was named a Bronze Level BFC. The Centre Region COG applied for the designation on behalf of six municipalities (the Townships of College, Halfmoon, Harris, Ferguson and Patton, and the Borough of State College).

The Centre Region Council of Governments is holding a brief ceremony to announce the Bronze level award as follows:

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: Centre Region Council of Governments Building
2643 Gateway Drive
State College, PA

If you're a cyclist in the State College area please join us on your bike for the ceremony! 

Full text of the BFC Press Release.

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Kallari Bikes project

The CRBC and the Penn State Center for Sustainability are collecting bicycles for children in the communities near Tena, Ecuador. The long walks to school in this region (sometimes two or more hours each way) keep many children from completing their K-12 education. Having reliable bicycles could make it much easier for them to get to and from school.

Most of us, on the other hand, have better transportation options, and many of us have an unused, rideable bicycle (or two) sitting in our garages or basements.

We are trying to connect rideable bikes with kids who need them. We’ll be holding a series of bicycle collections and will then ship the bikes to Ecuador, where they will be distributed to families by the Kallari Cooperative in Tena. Those who can contribute $10 to the shipping costs, along with their bicycle, are asked to do so.

Collection dates will be announced on this website. Information about and guidelines for donating are found here.

If you don't have a bicycle to donate, please consider a monetary donation to help offset the costs of shipping the bikes to Ecuador.

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