"Share the Road" Event to Launch Bicycle Safety Initiative Hosted by Stanford University Medical Center, June 20.The collaborative col·lab·o·rate intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates 1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. 2. project of Bikes Belong, Stanford University Medical Center Stanford University Medical Center (Stanford Hospital & Clinics) is one of four hospitals affiliated with Stanford University and Stanford University School of Medicine, along with the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, and Santa , and Silicon Valley Bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. Coalition aims to promote safety on Bay Area roadways and to generate goodwill between motorists and bicyclists.
Who: Yoriko Kishimoto, Mayor of Palo Alto
Kozo Shimano, President, Bikes Belong Coalition & Shimano
America
Dr. David Spain, Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care,
Stanford Hospital
Carl Guardino, President & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership
Group
MaryAnn Levenson, bicycle crash survivor
Gary Brustin, Board Member, League of American Bicyclists
Andy Ball, CEO, Webcor Builders
Corinne Winter, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Bicycle
Coalition
What: VIP ride and press conference
When: 9:30 am: press conference held in front of Stanford Hospital &
Clinics
9:50 am: Individual interviews
10:00 am: VIP riders leaving Stanford Hospital & Clinics
(Great Photos)
10:00-10:30 am: VIP Community Ride
Where: Fountain in front of Stanford Hospital & Clinics (grassy area)
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA
Speakers will address bicycle safety Bicycle safety is the use of practices designed to reduce risk associated with cycling. Some of this subject matter is hotly debated: for example, the discussions as to whether bicycle helmets or cyclepaths really deliver improved safety. issues and injury prevention measures. Individual interviews will be followed by an invitation only Share the Road bike bike see sulky. ride. This 3-5 mile community ride includes brief stopovers at major motorists gathering spots-local post office, gas station, car wash, etc. Riders will distribute free bicycle water bottles that include inserted in·sert tr.v. in·sert·ed, in·sert·ing, in·serts 1. To put or set into, between, or among: inserted the key in the lock. See Synonyms at introduce. 2. "share the road" information to engage road users in safety discussion and generate goodwill, and a motorist survey to assess motorist response to the goodwill efforts. Contact us for a route map to observe cyclists This is an incomplete list. Please add to this list if you are aware of an omission. This is a list of cyclists by decade. Cyclists by decade Cyclists before the 1880s
For general information on the Share the Road program, please visit http://www.wesharetheroad.org/ |
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