BOSTON KICKOFF FOR NATIONAL MAYORS' BIKE RIDE

On May 3, at 4:30 PM, bicyclists will gather in Boston City Hall Plaza
to receive a Mayoral proclamation and send it off for the start of the
northeast leg of the National Bicycle Greenway Mayors' Ride, a 53-city
tour to show how bicycles can improve the health of cities as well as
that of its commuters.

The Boston rally will include people on old-fashioned HiWheelers, teens
participating in earn-a-bike workshops, bicycle commuters, and members of
local bike clubs and advocacy groups. It is being organized by the
Boston Bicycle Festival, a non-profit working in partnership with the
city to promote bicycling as a way of making Boston a better place to
live and work. Other participating groups include MassBike and Bikes Not
Bombs.

Boston Bicycle Festival Executive Director, Steven E. Miller said, "The
Boston contingent is part of a national effort, culminating in San
Chicago, IL on July 30, to raise public awareness that cycling, in
addition to being fun, is part of the solution for concerns around the
need for better nutrition and more physical activity, transportation and
environmental pollution, and the desire to increase the attractiveness
of urban areas as a place for young families to live and work."

Road cycling is now the country's most popular recreational activity,
according to the Outdoor Industry Association, involving more than 78
million participants compared to golf at 25 million.

The Boston Bicycle Festival is developing a sustainable, year-round
program that brings large numbers of people together from different
neighborhoods and towns to celebrate bike riding and the host city.
It's signature event will be an annual city-wide bike ride and
celebration based in Franklin Park. The first annual Boston Bicycle
Festival will occur in September 2005 in affiliation with the city's
on-going 375 Anniversary.

The Festival's goals include: (1) Bringing people together to celebrate
Boston's parks, neighborhoods, cultural diversity, and architectural
beauty. (2) Sharing Boston as a welcoming community in which to live
and work. (3) Promoting health through biking activity throughout the
city.

For the Boston NBG Day event. all are invited. Most people will simply
gather at city hall plaza, but some intend to gather at the Park St.
T-station and then bike over.

For more information, contact:

Steven E. Miller
Executive Director
Boston Bicycle Festival
280 Lincoln St.
Allston, MA 02134
p: 617-686-1050
email:

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