http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress Encouragement, Education & Advocacy for Bicycling in the Real World Thu, 24 May 2012 19:12:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Encouragement, Education & Advocacy for Bicycling in the Real World Commute Orlando no Encouragement, Education & Advocacy for Bicycling in the Real World http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2009/02/13/guerrilla-marketing/ http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2009/02/13/guerrilla-marketing/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:45:57 +0000 Keri http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/?p=2351 March is Florida Bike Month—perfect timing for ramping up our bike buddy/mentor program in a big way. Wouldn’t it be cool if we brought together bike commuters from around Central Florida to form bike buses to the Mayor’s ride? Here’s how you can help: Spread the word about CommuteOrlando’s Ride Buddy/Mentor Program by distributing these mini-fliers to neighborhood bike stores, coffee shops, the office breakroom, on community bulletin boards and other public places. Simply print out this PDF and trim. Introduce your friends to the forum where they can ask questions, share stories and offer assistance to other cyclists. Participate in discussions! The more active our community of transportation cyclists, the more we will be taken seriously as a part of the transportation system. Thanks for your help! Together we’ll make Orlando a better and better place to ride.]]> http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2009/02/13/guerrilla-marketing/feed/ 6 http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2009/01/26/forum-and-mentor-program/ http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2009/01/26/forum-and-mentor-program/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:31:53 +0000 andrewp http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/?p=2200 We have installed a forum on Commute Orlando to allow for more discussions and to provide a format for connecting ride buddies and mentors. If you haven’t already, go take a look-see … register yourself and set up a profile. Use the forums to ask questions, find ride buddies, offer your services as a mentor, tell stories, look for or sell equipment… and connect our community of utility cyclists. This came from a request I had made to Keri a while back.  I thought that newcomers to the Commute Orlando site who had questions to ask of all of us did not have a simple place to go.  I also wanted to find a way to get out the message of Mentorship that we had talked about a few weeks ago. The initial setup of the Forums site features a sub-forum specifically for the mentorship program.  There are also a few other sub-forums that we can use … and thus comes my question to you! What kind of sub-forums do you think we should set up?  Do you like what we have, or do you think something should be added/removed?  What other thoughts do you have about us opening up this [...]]]> http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2009/01/26/forum-and-mentor-program/feed/ 7 http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2008/12/15/mentorship/ http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2008/12/15/mentorship/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:46:42 +0000 andrewp http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/?p=1870 A while back, we all talked about what could be done to get more people involved in using their bicycles.  While we had lots of interesting discussion on infrastructure ideas, gasoline prices affecting ridership, and such, I felt we were missing something. Doing a little further reading, I found several cities who had instituted a Bicycle Commuting Mentor Program.  Basically,  experienced cyclists commit to helping anyone who is interested in learning how to use their bicycle for the purpose of transportation.  I thought this idea had a lot going for it.  It’s something that can start small, grow over time with others involvement, and eliminates one of the biggest obstacles in trying something like this — who can I call on for help? Here in my office, I put up a notice on our daily email newsletter.  Here’s what I said: Commute by Bike to Work!! Have you thought about riding your bike to work, but were concerned about how safe it is?  Maybe you’ve tried commuting but weren’t sure how to cope with riding in the rain, in the dark or in traffic. Would you want to learn all the ins and outs of bicycle commuting?  Whatever your situation, [...]]]> http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2008/12/15/mentorship/feed/ 7