Friday May 21st is Bike to Work Day

Friday May 21st is Bike to Work Day, organized by the Washington Area Bike Association. Have been doing this for years and it is an incredibly festive day. The suburbs have "pit stops" which have become mini fairs with music and food and giveaways - and then there is a big rally downtown at Freedom plaza. The Rosslyn pit stop has become a huge gathering of bikers from Norther Virgina. It's wonderful to see streams and streams of bikers pouring down the bike paths and across the bridges to the rivers. And it creates a powerfully visible statement of the important of bike commuting to our transportation system. Register today, and come out and show us your wheels!

From WABA:

Join thousands of area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a clean,fun and healthy way to get to work! Meet up with your neighbors at one of 35 regional pit stops, ride into the city with experienced commuter convoys and meet your fellow cyclists at Freedom Plaza. Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections invite you to try bicycling to work as an alternative to solo driving. Help the Washington region become a better place to ride. Bike to Work Day is a FREE event and open to all area commuters. There will be a raffle, prizes, food, drink and more at all pit stops throughout the region.

Free T-shirts will available for the first 8.500 registrants who are in attendance at the pit stop they registered for.