Bicycle-to-Work Week

Ride with Mayor Allan Kauffman on Monday to kick off national Bicycle-to-Work Week, May 16-20.
 
Bicycle-to-Work Week is May 16-20, and the Maple City Bicycle Advisory Committee is encouraging people in Goshen to consider the possibility of biking to work that week.
 
As a way to kick off the week, the committee has asked Goshen mayor, Allan Kauffman, to lead an after-work “Mayor’s Ride” on Monday, May 16. Any interested cyclist is welcome to join the 4.5 mileride.
 
This “Mayor’s Ride” will start at 5:15 p.m. from the parking lot east of City Hall at the corner of East Washington and 5^th St., proceed south to the Goshen dam pond, return north on the Mill Race Trail and end at The Chief. No advanced registration is necessary.
 
“For trips of less than two miles, it’s often faster to go by bicycle than by car in the city,” said Evan Bontrager, a committee member. “We hope people will ‘test the water’ of bicycle commuting next week and enjoy the exercise and not paying the high price of gas.”
 
The League of American Bicyclists is the national sponsor of Bike Month, and Bike to Work Week, May 16-20, and Bike to Work Day, Friday, May 20.