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_i <br /> <br /> --j - ~ o ~ > <br /> May 16, 2003 <br /> CONTACT: lane Bishop, Bicycle & Alternative Modes Coordinator, 682-5471 <br /> ason Agar, Bicycle Education Coordinator, 338-2966 <br /> From Public In ormation Section, 682-5523 <br /> I <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> BICYCLE EDUCATION CLASSES TAKE TO THE STREETS <br /> Sixth raders at Monroe Middle School will practice newly learned bicycling skills during <br /> the week of ay 19. <br /> The s dents are learning about bicycling in traffic in a two-week class offered by the <br /> Bicycle Tran ortation Alliance of Oregon. The course, conducted during the students' regularly <br /> scheduled ph sical education classes, teaches helmet use and fitting, signaling, finding the safe <br /> and appropri to place to ride on the road, and making left and right turns. The students begin in <br /> ~ the classroo ,proceed to parking lots for practice, then to a nearby street corner, and <br /> ~ eventually to two community rides where they apply the lessons they have learned. Volunteer <br /> bicyclists as ist with the community rides. <br /> The onroe Middle School students will practice at the intersection of Ascot and <br /> ~irwood on ay 20 and 21, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. Their community rides are <br /> scheduled f r May 22 and 23, at the same times, leaving from the school. Adult cyclists who <br /> wish to volu teer to help with the community rides are invited to call Jason Agar, the program <br /> instructor, a 338-2966. <br /> Other sc oots participating in the program this spring include Hamlin Middle School in <br /> Springfield, nd Cal Young Middle School in Eugene. <br /> These cl sses are offered by a partnership of the Eugene Bicycle Coalition, the Bicycle <br /> Transportat on Alliance, the city of Eugene, the Oregon Department of Transportation, <br /> PeaceHealt ,Lane Transit District's Commuter Solutions program, Oregon Country Fair, Bike <br /> Friday, GE RS Bicycle Club, R.E.I., Co-Motion Bicycles, and many individual donors. <br /> P blic Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX: (541) 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />