I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on June 17, 2014 at 3:16am

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Permalink Reply by Nançois on June 19, 2014 at 4:53am

I just organized a Divvy-to-Work-Day for my department in honor of BTWW!

Since we all live within a few miles of each other within the city, this involved scheduling pick-ups for co-workers at a couple Divvy stations on the way in to work, where I got them hooked up with a free pass, showed them how to use the bikes, and talked briefly about safety issues while heading over to the Lakefront Trail. We hit the BTWW pit stop at Fullerton, docked a couple times along the way, and made it to work in style! I can't tell you how happy I was to have the opportunity to show them something that is really important to me, and they had fun too. One even said this was the first time she could ever recall enjoying the commute. Thanks to them all being really good sports, this was my best Bike-to-Work-Week yet.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on June 20, 2014 at 2:15am

Yes. Went to the Bike to work rally at Daley Plaza before heading to work. Hope others did the same thing.

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on June 20, 2014 at 2:18am

This is great!

Nançois 8.5 said:

I just organized a Divvy-to-Work-Day for my department in honor of BTWW!

Since we all live within a few miles of each other within the city, this involved scheduling pick-ups for co-workers at a couple Divvy stations on the way in to work, where I got them hooked up with a free pass, showed them how to use the bikes, and talked briefly about safety issues while heading over to the Lakefront Trail. We hit the BTWW pit stop at Fullerton, docked a couple times along the way, and made it to work in style! I can't tell you how happy I was to have the opportunity to show them something that is really important to me, and they had fun too. One even said this was the first time she could ever recall enjoying the commute. Thanks to them all being really good sports, this was my best Bike-to-Work-Week yet.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on June 20, 2014 at 2:52am

Thanks for doing this. I hope you get a regular commuter or two out of this.

Nançois 8.5 said:

I just organized a Divvy-to-Work-Day for my department in honor of BTWW!

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Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on June 20, 2014 at 2:59am

I rode today, and every day for the last 3 weeks. We got rid of a car so full-time commuting for daddy!

Unless weather absolutely blows (aka unsafe since I don't have bike lanes on the roads I take), then I'll drive/get driven but otherwise 2 wheels will be rolling all year.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on June 20, 2014 at 3:09am

Pratt at Magnolia, looking east about 6:20:

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Permalink Reply by Nançois on June 20, 2014 at 3:32am

Best part is, we took Divvy because none of them thought they could make it all the way downtown, but about half of them did! Lesson 2 will be showing them how to put their own bikes on CTA buses.

Gene Tenner said:

Thanks for doing this. I hope you get a regular commuter or two out of this.

Nançois 8.5 said:

I just organized a Divvy-to-Work-Day for my department in honor of BTWW!