Bold Sprints

This Sunday 7pm at the All Asia Bar on Mass Ave. in Cambridge.

BE THERE!

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Ohh yea, the Nov. schedule for Bold Sprints is out!

Nov 2, 16, 30 at the All Asia bar 334 Mass Ave. Cambridge.

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Bike Classes Ferris Wheels

These look like some nice classes, and are cheap too!

Ferris Wheels Bike Shop in Jamaica Plain is offering classes in fall 2008 for bicyclists. Mondays nights at 7 pm. Oct. 20: Flats (hands-on); Oct. 27: Brakes; Nov. 3: Winter Riding tips (basic); Nov. 10: Bearings; Nov. 17: Quick and Dirty talk on flats (basic); and Nov. 24: Spoke replacement and wheel truing. Basic classes are: $5; hands-on are $30. Classes will be held at Ferris Wheels, 66 South St., JP. Register by calling Ferris Wheels at 617 524-BIKE.

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Allston Transporation Meeting

Got this in the email today. Get out there and tell them you want some bike infrastructure!

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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation, in conjunction with the City of Boston, is pleased to announce a public meeting to discuss the impacts of two transportation planning projects on the Allston neighborhood. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 from 7 – 9 PM at the Allston Brighton Resource Center, 367 Western Avenue, Allston, MA.

The meeting will include presentations on the Urban Ring Phase 2, a proposed bus rapid transit line that would serve a circumferential “ring” passing through Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford and Somerville, as well as a presentation on the Allston Multi-Modal Station Study, intended to identify feasibility of improved transit service along the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line.

A detailed meeting agenda can be found here (pdf)

Regan Checchio
Public Affairs Manager
Regina Villa Associates
51 Franklin St., 4th floor
Boston, MA 02110
Ph: 617-357-5772 ext. 14
Fax: 617-357-8361
E-mail: [email protected]

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Bikes Not Bombs Film Fundraiser

Got this in the email today, looks like a cool movie. Plus BNB rocks my freaking socks off, so you should support them.

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GHANA FILM: EMMANUEL’S GIFT, with BIKES NOT BOMBS Thursday November 6 6:30-8:30

Screening at the City Year Headquarters
287 Columbus Ave
Boston, MA 02116

Full info and a map at http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/node/419

With donated bicycles from Boston and the support of hundreds of local volunteers and donors, Bikes Not Bombs is co-sponsoring the development of a retail shop to be collectively managed by physically challenged people in Koforidua, Ghana. Join us for an inspiring film and discussion about this endeavor.

BNB is undertaking this project in partnership with a foundation in Ghana created by an extraordinary man, Emmanuel Yeboah. The First Look Pictures documentary, Emmanuel’s Gift (trailer and photos here:
www.emmanuelsgift.com) by Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern, is narrated by Oprah Winfrey. Following Emmanuel’s struggles and achievements, it gives a background for this new project.

For insightful updates and beautiful photos, please check out the blog of David Branigan, BNB staff in Ghana: http://bikesnotbombs-eefsa.blogspot.com/ and his photos page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnbghana

A five minute documentary on BNB, One Peace at a Time by Allegra Anderson, will open the evening, and a discussion with Carl Kurz, BNB’s founder and International Programs Director, will follow the screening of Emmanuel’s Gift.

Special thanks to City Year for generously allowing BNB to take advantage of their hi-tech, new, green media space.

Please spread the word. Please contact [email protected] or
617-522-0222 x100 if you are available to help distribute flyers!

Tickets are $7-$15, sliding scale and available for purchase online at http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/node/419, or by phone: 617-522-0222, or at the door.

MORE INFO:
Bikes Not Bombs is working with Emmanuel’s Education Foundation and Sports Academy for the Physically Challenged (EEFSA) to establish a bicycle workshop that will employ physically-challenged people in the city of Koforidua. Our trainer/mechanic David Branigan has been in Koforidua since May 2008 getting the shop setup and training the new mechanics. The micro-enterprise model plans for the eventual cooperative ownership of the business by the mechanics. We sent our first container of aid on April 26th 2008 with the tools, parts and bikes necessary for the establishment of the workshop. Included were workbenches custom-built by volunteer Paul Martin to be accessible from wheelchair height.

The film Emmanuel’s Gift tell the story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a physically challenged athlete who rode a bicycle across Ghana with one leg in his campaign advocating for the rights and abilities of the physically disabled in Ghana. Emmanuel’s campaign influenced the Government of Ghana to pass a Disability Rights Law that protects the rights of the physically disabled. Emmanuel went on to establish the Emmanuel Education Foundation and Sports Academy for the Physically Challenged with the financial support he received from the international community. He has been the winner of numerous awards including the Arthur Ashe Courage Award and the prestigious Casey Martin Award offered each year by Nike corporation. His leadership in bringing dignity and inspiration to the growing international movement for the rights of the disabled has led his people on to a new paradigm in Africa, one that challenges the stigma of poverty and self-deprecation that has pushed disabled individuals into the destitution of begging and marginalization on the fringes of society.

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Open Season 2008 (Alley Cat)

November 8th, 2008 Noon
Noon, By the Pavillion at Jamaica Pond (The Arboretum is a bitch to get out of)
This will be a hunting themed alleycat.
Bring your bullhorns and gunracks.
That sort of thing.
There WILL be beer at the finish line. And a B B Q.

I heard a rumor someone might even be deep frying a turkey….more here.

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Green Streets & Public Health Lecture Social

Tuesday, November 11
6:30 – 8:30 PM
German International School Boston
(formerly St. Anthony’s School)
57 Holton St., Allston

Come to two presentations from the Green Space Advocates. The first presents design plans for a low impact development greening project at the St. Anthony’s site along Everett Street. We are excited about working with our partners at the German International Day School and St. Anthony’s on this project.

The second is a presentation concerning the connection between public health and open space with particular attention to Allston Brighton.

There will be food and refreshments and time for mixing and mingling.
To RSVP, please email Kate or call her at 617.787.3874 x216.

The Allston Brighton Green Space Advocates meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Next meeting will be Nov. 19, 7PM at ABCDC’s office.

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DCR Public Meeting: Rehabilitation Of Craigie Drawbridge

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has scheduled a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 17, at the Museum of Science to discuss the planned rehabilitation of the Craigie Dam Bridge and Craigie Drawbridge.

The Craigie bridges carry Route 28 between Cambridge and Boston. The Dam Bridge lies directly under the roadway in Cambridge, adjacent to the Museum of Science parking garage, and carries Cambridge traffic that is heading to or from the Drawbridge. Structural elements on the Dam Bridge, which was built in 1908, will be extensively repaired, and the leaves and mechanisms on the Drawbridge, which was built in 1958, will be replaced. The pedestrian walkway on the southwest side of the bridge (adjacent to the Museum of Science) will be widened to accommodate pedestrians and bicycles.

DCR’s design consultant, Hardesty & Hanover LLP, estimates construction will take about two years. The project is still in the design stage; bids are expected to be solicited for the project in January 2009. Work is expected to begin in spring 2009 and be completed in spring 2011.

“The Craigie Dam and Drawbridge together make up one of DCR’s most critical infrastructure links, maintaining traffic flow throughout the Charles River Basin,” said DCR Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan Jr. “Thanks to funds allocated by the Legislature to fund Governor Patrick’s Accelerated Bridge Program, DCR will be able to repair both these bridges and ensure they last for many years to come.”

Approximately 116,000 vehicles cross the Craigie bridges each day. During the work, which will be done in phases, the bridges will remain open to vehicular traffic. Also, work on the Drawbridge will be done during winter, so as not to impede seasonal boating traffic.

“The Craigie Dam Bridge and the Craigie Drawbridge are important not just to the people of Cambridge and Boston, but also to the thousands of commuters who depend on their structural integrity on a daily basis,” said State Representative Timothy Toomey Jr. “I’m pleased that DCR recognizes their significance and has shown a commitment to their maintenance and repair.”

“I encourage people to attend this meeting to learn about DCR’s plans for the Craigie Drawbridge and Craigie Dam Bridge,” said Rep. Marty Walz. “It is important for residents of Boston’s West End and Cambridge to know about the rehabilitation and share any concerns they may have with DCR.”

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