Todd Luger :: Blog

http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/savannah-bicycle-campaig

What can a business do to become truly bicycle friendly?  The first step might be to correct policies that discourage bicyclists from patronizing an establishment. Providing secure bicycle parking is another way to attract those who shop by bike. To truly make the leap from bike tolerant to bike friendly involves rewarding cycling customers and supporting groups that promote bicycling.  B Street Salon in Savannah is leading the way. According to Savannah Bicycle Campaign Chairman Drew Wade, the partnership with the salon is important for a number of reasons.

“We’re thrilled about the concept. We are encouraged to see more businesses taking voluntary steps toward sustainability, including more sustainable forms of transportation like bicycling. A large proportion of  people who ride bikes regularly are men, and we are especially pleased to have this connection with B Street to promote bicycling as a safe and healthy activity for women as well.”

Read more about it on the Savannah Bicycle Campaign Web site.

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/03/04/weekend-preview-veer-tonight

Let this be a reminder to all of you happy Campaigners that spring is on the way, and with it more and more bike events. This weekend in particular is a busy one starting tonight, Thursday March 4 at River Club at 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, where bicycle culture film Veer will be screened at 9pm as part of the Spoked bike arts festival.



Don’t stay up too late, though, because Friday morning, March 5, 2Wheels 2Work rides again from Habersham Village at 8am. Join us anywhere along the way or at our Davant Park finish for Jittery Joe’s coffee and be entered in a free drawing for a cruiser courtesy Quality Bike Shop and McKee Court Reporting.



Last but not least, Savannah Wheelie rolls Saturday at 2pm from the Spoked expo, which will also include bike contests and demonstrations from 12-6pm. Join us at the Starland parking lot at Whitaker and 40th to check it out!

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/03/03/b-street-salon-partnership/

Most of us get our hair cut, styled, or otherwise tended to on a regular basis. We are very pleased to announce a new way to put part of the money you spend doing that here toward better public policy for bikes in Savannah.

Expanding their efforts to promote environmental sustainability, B Street Salon has begun a partnership with Savannah Bicycle Campaign. Patty McIntosh (below arriving at her appointment with salon owner and master stylist Monica McMasters), already a B Street client and regular bicyclist kicked the program off yesterday. Going forward, B Street will donate 10% of proceeds from services and products purchased at the salon by Savannah Bicycle Campaign members.



B Street sources environmentally responsible products and has long recycled materials from the business, even beginning a program to reuse bottles at their “Filling Station,” so their efforts are of course a good match for our own focus on sustainable transportation, and we hope this will be a model for similar partnerships with other local businesses.

Members of Savannah Bicycle Campaign and their immediate family members simply indicate their membership prior to checking out and the donation will be applied. This is a great way to make your dollars count in supporting local businesses who support sustainability, and support our efforts specifically to improve bicycling conditions here in Chatham County. If you or someone in your family is already a client, make sure to let B Street know you are an SBC member when you are at your appointment; and if you’re not already a client, consider giving B Street a try!

http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/its-a-big-week-for-bicyc

While the big news on the streets of Savannah yesterday involved a presidential motorcade, a different sort of vehicle should get more attention as bicycle-related events round out the week. On Thursday, March 4 at 9 p.m., the bicycle culture movie “Veer” will be screened at SCAD’s River Club. Sponsored by SCAD’s student news organization and Desoto Row Gallery’s “Spoked” bicycle art festival, the Matthew Modine-narrated film is free and open to the public. It’s preceded at 7 p.m. by a screening of the indie rock music poster documentary, “Died Young Stated Pretty.”

On Friday morning, the Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s 2Wheels 2Work bicycle commuting event returns, this time with the support of Savannah’s legal community. You don’t have to be a lawyer to enjoy free coffee from Jittery Joe’s in Davant Park or ride in the Wheels of Justice bicycle convoy from Habersham Village. You might even win a free bike!

On Friday evening from 6-9 p.m. an opening reception for Spoked will be held at Desoto Row, located in the Starland District. Artists included in the show are Graham Carswell, Ashley Dowling, Angela Petsis, Evan Pomerantz, George Retseck, Cecily Upton, Kevin Willsey and Jessie Jones.

Spoked continues on Saturday from noon-6 p.m. with a Bike Expo. The event will feature demonstrations, contests, informational booths and a group ride sponsored by the Savannah Bicycle Campaign.

http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/crash-your-car-no-big-de

The news that a man was hit by a car and critically injured crossing Bay Street brought out the worst in some of my fellow citizens. Commenting on a story in the Savannah Morning News, they celebrated the fact that “karma got this guy.” The pedestrian, 36-year-old Joshua Goodwin, was described as a “perp” and a “criminal” while listed in critical condition at Memorial Health University Medical Center on Saturday night.

News the next day that his condition improved must have been a bummer to the person who hoped Godwin’s injuries would be a “lesson to the jay walkers on Bay St.”

During the same time period, the Savannah Morning News published numerous stories about car crashes including:

2-vehicle accident blocks southbound Abercorn

Several accidents delay morning traffic

Driver cited in midtown crash

Car crashes into Carol’s Pampered Pets, goes through building

None of these articles attracted a single comment, not even the one about an SUV crashing into the lobby of a pet shop.  None of the drivers were called criminals. No one said they got what they deserved. No one said they hoped these crashes would serve as a lesson to other drivers.

The message is clear: Crash your car? It happens to the best of us. Get hit by a car? You’re a menace and you had it coming.

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/03/01/2wheels-of-justice/

What do you get when you put together breakfast, bikes and a bunch of lawyers riding to work?  The punch line escapes me, but the real answer is the upcoming 2Wheels 2Work: Wheels of Justice on Friday March 3.

We are pleased as ever to have Jittery Joe’s coffee at Davant Park to offer participants including those who ride with us the whole way from Habersham Village (park in the far northeast corner of the lot, as far from Red and White as possible if you drive there for a hybrid car-bike commute) and also those who stop by on bike on their way to work from anywhere in the city.  If law school wasn’t your bag, don’t fret — it’s open to all comers.  We will also have some other breakfast treats and a bike giveaway courtesy McKee Court Reporting and Quality Bike Shop.  Thanks also to our other sponsors Hunter Maclean, Brennan Wasden, the City of Savannah and the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Savannah Bar Association.

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/03/01/spoked-at-desotorow-gallery/

Join us Saturday, March 6 in the Starland District lot (Whitaker and 40th) for Desotorow Gallery’s Spoked bike art and culture festival.  There will be bike exhibitors (including us) from 12-6pm along with a Wheelie-style ride starting at 2pm.  You can check out the Spoked exhibit now at the gallery.  The festival also includes a screening of Veer, a movie about bicycle culture this Thursday 3/4 at 9pm at River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, so be sure to check that out too!

Feb 26 – March 10	Spoked A part of Desotorow’s Bike Artisan Festival, Spoked is a juried exhibition featuring work about the bicycle and cycling culture. “Unwanted” by Angela Petsis Digital Print from BW Negative, $175 Featured Artists: J. Graham Carswell Ashley Dowling Angela Petsis Evan Pomerantz George Retseck Cecily Upton Kevin Willsey Jessie Jones Opening Reception March 5, 6-9pm Sponsored by the City of Savannah, Scion, and SCAD Radio Press Release

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/02/26/sbc-twitter-weekly-2010-02-2

• http://twitpic.com/153u1q – Not in hand yet, but they shipped today: http://ow.ly/1aR8B #


• Need 5 more volunteers for HSF 5k this Sat — free T-shirt & food! Ride your bike AND wear a sweet NEW SBC MARSHAL vest! #


• Thrilled with12 new @BikeLeague LCIs for Chatham! Thanks to City of #Savannah & esp Garrison Marr and Sean Brandon! #

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/02/24/sbc-twitter-weekly-2010-02-1

• RT @JRBisMe: RT @scaddistrict: Now in District: When a car hits a cyclist #SCAD http://ow.ly/18Oxq #


• Sadly, no TIGER projects awarded in Georgia: http://ow.ly/18nhj #


• RT @atlantabike: DOT typical annual allocations go 3:1 for highways. Not so today. TIGER Funds awarded: http://bit.ly/cBVtXt #


• MLK corridor sans I-16 flyover: Charrette begins today: http://ow.ly/17wDR #


• Looking for volunteers with bikes to help with the HSF Run for Preservation next Sat Feb 27. Free shirt. Undying gratitude of your SBC. #


• SBC business meeting tonight 6pm in the bunker @MoonRiverBrew #


• RT @SustainableSAV: Series of workshops to imagine MLK without the I-16 overpass http://bit.ly/bd1cdp #

http://bicyclecampaign.org/2010/02/19/sbc-twitter-weekly-2010-02-1

• RT @JRBisMe: RT @scaddistrict: Now in District: When a car hits a cyclist #SCAD http://ow.ly/18Oxq #


• Sadly, no TIGER projects awarded in Georgia: http://ow.ly/18nhj #


• RT @atlantabike: DOT typical annual allocations go 3:1 for highways. Not so today. TIGER Funds awarded: http://bit.ly/cBVtXt #


• MLK corridor sans I-16 flyover: Charrette begins today: http://ow.ly/17wDR #


• Looking for volunteers with bikes to help with the HSF Run for Preservation next Sat Feb 27. Free shirt. Undying gratitude of your SBC. #


• SBC business meeting tonight 6pm in the bunker @MoonRiverBrew #


• RT @SustainableSAV: Series of workshops to imagine MLK without the I-16 overpass http://bit.ly/bd1cdp #