South Coast Earth Day Festival 2011Earth Day 2011 Rocked! 38,214 people
came, 1,100 bikes parked at the bike valet
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Bike World Episode 1: "Earth Day Bike World" from Green Shorts Film Festival on Vimeo.
Wayne and Garth talk about the most excellent Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival and the new section of Earth Day dedicated to Bikes called Bike World! Featured guest includes Michael Chiacos with the Community Environmental Council.
Bike World is the first CycleMAYnia event in a line-up of more then 30 community bicycling events during the month of May 2011! For a full calendar of events go to: www.cyclemaynia.org
Come to Earth Day car free and stop by the
Air Pollution Control District/SB
Car Free booth located in
and ENTER TO WIN
prizes!
We will be giving away: gift bags from Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District; a vineyard picnic tour for two with partner Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle; a one-night stay at Car Free partner Hotel Santa Barbara; pairs of passes to partner Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, a certificate from partner Santa Barbara Sailing Center for a family (2 adults and 2 children) coastal, sunset or whale watching cruise; pairs of tickets on the Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner®, and TWO Grand Prizes!
One Grand Prize
will be round-trip tickets for two including roomette
accommodations from Santa Barbara to Portland or Seattle on
the Amtrak Coast Starlight® - amazing views
and meals included!
Another Grand Prize will be an Electra bicycle from partner WheelHouse. Stop by WheelHouse's booth in Bike World to see the prize you might win!
How to Come Car Free
View the online bike maps at www.trafficsolutions.info to plan your route, and enter Bike World near the corner of Santa Barbara and Micheltorena Streets in Alameda Park. There you'll find free valet bike parking sponsored by Bici Centro and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. You can also register at the Santa Barbara Car Free booth to win prizes, and enjoy many other exciting offerings that are part of Bike World this year.
Bike Trains
Meet up with a group bike ride - watch this page for new
rides and updates, contact Christine at
edu@sbbike.org to set up a new ride,
or just do it yourself and post it here:
www.sbbikeboom.com.
Sign up for a group ride on the SB Bike Coalition/Bici Centro
calendar
here!
Carpinteria on Saturday, April 16th
11:00 am Rincon Cycles, Carpinteria Avenue
11:15 am Linden & Carpinteria Ave.
12:00 pm Lillie Ave. & Evans Rd. (Post office)
12:20 pm Coast Village Rd. & Middle Rd.
12:50 pm Cabrillo St. & Milpas St.
1:00 pm Cabrillo St. & State St.
1:15 pm Destination Bike World Earth Day!
Santa Barbara / Mesa on Saturday, April 16th
Depart at 10:00 am Mesa Park located at 295 Meigs Rd.
10:20 am Shoreline Dr. & La Marina
10:35 am West Beach Path & Castillo St.
10:50 am Destination Bike World Earth Day!
Goleta / Isla Vista on Saturday, April 16th
11:45 am Isla Vista Food Co-op: 6575 Seville Rd.
Depart at noon
12:25 pm Coast Route & Maria Ignacio Route
12:35 pm Coast Route & Turnpike
12:45 pm Hollister & Arboleda Rd.
1:00 pm Modoc Rd. & La Cumbre Rd.
1:15 pm Modoc Rd. & Vista Madera 1:25 pm Micheltorena St. & San Pascual
St.
1:30 pm Destination Bike World Earth Day!
Goleta/ Isla Vista on Sunday, April 17th
11:45 am Isla Vista Food Co-op: 6575 Seville Rd.
Depart at noon
12:25 pm Coast Route & Maria Ignacio Route
12:35 pm Coast Route & Turnpike
12:45 pm Hollister & Arboleda Rd.
1:00 pm Modoc Rd. & La Cumbre Rd.
1:15 pm Modoc Rd. & Vista Madera
1:25 pm Micheltorena St. & San Pascual St.
1:30 pm Destination Bike World Earth Day!
Mesa on Sunday April 17
Meet on the Mesa and cruise down to Earth Day at a leisurely pace with
experienced riders. Families with children are welcome to join. Think
about riding the bus back to the Mesa at the end of the day.
Depart at 10:00 am Mesa Park located at 295 Meigs Rd.
10:20 am Shoreline Dr. & La Marina
10:35 am West Beach Path & Castillo St.
10:40 am Dolphin fountain 10:50 am Destination
Bike
World Earth Day!
Group leader: Dave Bourgeois Questions:
edu@sbbike.org
Bike World celebrates Santa Barbara’s growing bike culture and serves as a hub for highlighting active transportation at Earth Day.
Here are just a few Bike World highlights:
- Safe, secure valet bike parking.
- Bike-powered stage with bicycle-centric acts and presentations, such as the bike fashion show, young unicyclists, and ultra light bike touring.
- Do-it-yourself bike repair with help from Bici Centro’s mechanics.
- Info on CycleMAYnia, a month long celebration of bike events in May.
- Sustainable transportation info and resources from Traffic Solutions, and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition.
- Low-cost bike helmets for kids from the Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST).
- Displays of interesting and unique bicycles, along with bike related art.
MTD buses and shuttles stop near the Festival location at Alameda Park, and buses from all over the South Coast, including UCSB, Goleta and Carpinteria, stop at the MTD transit center, only five blocks away. See www.sbmtd.gov or call 963-3366 (answered by MTD staff weekdays 6am-7pm, Saturdays 8am-6pm or Sundays 9am-6pm) for routes and schedules.
Earth Day’s location makes it easy to get to without a car. Alameda Park is only a 30 or 40 minute walk from the Mesa, Upper State Street, or Milpas Street, and can be easily reached from lower downtown and the harbor either entirely on foot or with help from the MTD Downtown/Waterfront shuttle. So lace up your walking shoes and get some exercise while you make this a car-free day!
The South Coast Earth Day Festival is presented by the Community Environmental Council.
We think of Santa Barbara as the birthplace of Earth Day. See the Earth Day website for more info, and to find out about all the events planned for the months before and the Festival Day!
Green Shorts Video Contest
This new contest is open to residents of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. Videos under two minutes on the South Coast Earth Day Festival theme, "Powered by the People" will be aired online in the weeks leading up to Earth Day and at Earth Day. For all the info, see www.greenshortsfilmfest.org.
Coming from Out of Town?
Register on this page to receive info on the Santa Barbara Car Free 20% Offer on Amtrak, and see this page for information on Car Free promotions, including hotel and activity discounts and specials.
- Take the Coastal Express to Earth Day: This charter-style public bus service from Ventura to Santa Barbara costs only $2 each way and makes stops at the County Government Center, Pacific View Mall, downtown Ventura, and Eugenia Street in Carpinteria. See their weekend schedule at the Go Ventura web site.
- Take Amtrak to Earth Day: Call 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com for reservations and schedules.
Let Earth Day be the beginning...
Use Earth Day to discover your closest MTD stop, nearest bike path, or easiest walking route, and plan to make green transportation choices part of your regular routine - including your daily commute.
Check out www.trafficsolutions.info to start planning! Also see Your CAR-bon Footprint.