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<br /> 4 { <br /> • ~ ~ <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E <br /> October 6, 1992 <br /> CONTACT: Kay Kronholm, 687-5296 <br /> Diane Bishop, 687-5298 <br /> From Public Works Public Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> CITY WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR BIKE COMMUTE WEEK <br /> A to al project designed to increase the use of bicycle commuting <br /> recently eceived national recognition from the Association for Commuter <br /> Transport tion (ACT). <br /> Dian Bishop, bicycle coordinator for the City of Eugene, and the Eugene <br /> Bicycle C mmittee won ACT's 1992 Golden Shoestring Award for Bicycle Commute <br /> Week held last May. The annual award is given to the individual, group, or <br /> agency th t implements a low-cost project generating a significant return or <br /> public aw reness in the area of commuter transportation. Bishop said she <br /> believes his is the first time the award has recognized a bicycling project. <br /> Bish p and the 12-member bicycle committee put together a number of <br /> Bicycle C mmute Week activities, including a Saturday bicycle fair, a ride to <br /> work with a city councilor, an in-house alternative modes competition, <br /> "buddy" r'des, and "Pork-and-Ride" stops offering free breakfasts for bicycle <br /> commuters. Total cost for the week-long event was $888. <br /> "Any time we can show the public how easily adaptable the bicycle is to <br /> commuting we feel we have made strides," said Bishop. "Even if people don't <br /> immediately jump on their bikes, the seed is planted." <br /> more <br /> <br />