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R.O.C.K., Roll and Ride in Franklin Park

July 12th, 2010

DotBike, DEHC’s spin-off community bicycle advocacy group, is co-sponsoring R.O.C.K., Roll and Ride in Franklin Park, a fun day of cycle activities this Saturday.

There will be bikes to borrow for free, escorted family friendly rides of various distances so everyone can find the right ride for them, a bike maintenance station, helmet giveaways while they last and other fun bike activities.

The registration area will be located across from the Giraffe entrance of the Zoo accessible via Pierpont Rd. off of Circuit Drive.

Saturday July 17th 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Boston Bikes, BCYF, DotBike, Franklin Park Coalition, JP Bikes and RozzieBikes.

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Posted in Greening Dorchester

Tags: active living bicycling event family ride

DEHC supports multicultural walk tour of Field’s Corner

June 25th, 2010

Fields Corner Walking Tour Saturday, June 26, 2010 – DEHC is part of the Fields Corner Collaborative which launched the first annual MyDotTour on Dorchester Day weekend. The tours are 1-hour long informational, youth-led —the first of their kind in Dorchester. Your last chance to take a tour is on June 26, starting 10 AM from the Fields Corner T station lobby. I urge folks to take the MyDot Tour. It is both extremely interesting and a great way to support a positive youth activity in Dorchester.

MyDot Tour was started by the Fields Corner Collaborative, a collective of community groups » Read more: DEHC supports multicultural walk tour of Field’s Corner

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Posted in Healthy Dorchester, Youth

Tags: active living event walkable streets

MAPC offers free bike racks to cities, towns across Eastern MA

May 27th, 2010

Cities and towns across Greater Boston can install bicycle parking racks in their communities at almost no cost this year, as part of a special reimbursement program administered by the MAPC.

MAPC, the regional planning agency for 101 cities and towns in Greater Boston, has more than $475,000 in funding still available for local governments to bring bike parking into town centers, schools and other areas this year.

With summer on the way, bike racks offer cyclists enhanced opportunities to enjoy warmer weather, to get fit, and to enjoy a low-cost form of transportation that provides an environmentally-friendly alternative to driving.

Bicycle parking can be nearly 100 times less expensive than vehicle parking per space, and employers who offer bike racks alleviate the demand for car parking. » Read more: MAPC offers free bike racks to cities, towns across Eastern MA

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Posted in Greening Dorchester

Tags: active living bicycling health livable streets

Bike Week: May 17-21

May 19th, 2010

It is inspirational to see so many out and about biking!

On Friday May 21st, DEHC will join DotBikers at 7 AM to form a convoy to ride downtown to Mayor Menino’s Bike Festival at City Hall Plaza, where there will be free breakfast and a bike festival. The Dorchester bike convoy departs from Peabody Square (near the Ashmont T station) at 7 AM then collects another group in Fields Corner around 7:10 a.m. Please sign up to ride with DotBike and help make Dorchester’s convoy the largest! Other events happening during bike week include:

Bike Week Kickoff, May 17 City Hall Plaza, Boston, 11:45 AM
Thursday May 20, 11 AM: Bike Friendly Business Award recognizing Codman Square Health Center among companies creating a bike-friendly atmosphere for their employees and customers. City Hall Plaza.
Also Thursday May 20, 5-9 PM: Cities for Cycling – America’s Best Cycling Cities, 20 Boston University’s Jacob Sleeper Auditorium, 871 Commonwealth Ave, Boston.
Learn what what Roger Geller from Portland OR, Jon Orcutt from New York City and Timothy Papandreou from San Francisco are doing to make their cities world-class bicycling cities.
And don’t forget to sign up for Friday’s Dorchester bike convoy!

Be sure to check our calendar regularly for more bike activities.

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Posted in Greening Dorchester

Tags: active living bicycling

Codman Square Health Center recognized as Bike Friendly Business

May 17th, 2010

On Thursday, May, 20, 2010, Mayor Menino will recognize Codman Square Health Center as a bronze-level Bike Friendly Business. The Mayor’s Bike Friendly Business award program recognizes Boston companies that encourage bicycling among their employees by engaging in bicycle friendly practices – this has the added benefit of making them more bike friendly for customers as well. By adopting a few basic, inexpensive practices, companies can significantly “improve the climate” for cycling in Boston.

Codman Square Health Center already supported bike commuting with a bike rack close to the front entrance and free shower facilities for employees. A few other simple steps (providing a link on their website to information for employees who would like to commute by bike, for example) garnered the award. The Codman Square Health Center is also exploring setting up a bike share program for employee work trips, using bike messengers for local deliveries, signing up a team for Hub on Wheels event in September, and guaranteeing a ride home for bike commuters in the event of a family emergency.
The Bike Friendly Business Awards are part of Mayor Menino’s vision to make Boston a greener, more sustainable, and livable city. Thursday’s honorees will receive a “Mayor Menino Bike Friendly Business” window sticker. We hope you will join us at the 2010 Bike Friendly Business Awards Ceremony, Thursday May 20, 2010, 11 AM at City Hall Plaza.