It’s a chance to get some exercise and fresh air, and check out local celebrities wearing carbon fiber shorts. Friday is Bike to Work Day in Fort Worth. Dozens of cycling enthusiasts are expected to use Fort Worth’s growing network of hike and bike trails to get to work. Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, Tax Assessor/Collector Betsy Price and Fort Worth Transportation Authority president Dick Ruddell are among those expected to take part in a morning of pedal-rific festivities. Many riders say they will use the Trinity Trails to get to downtown. One group of riders plans to meet at Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus at 7:45 a.m. and pedal en masse to the Intermodal Transportation Center, 1001 Jones St., where free coffee and snacks will be offered to riders until about 9 a.m. Bike inspections and demonstrations of bike rack loading also will be performed. A news briefing will be held at 8:15 a.m., where dignitaries will trumpet the health benefits of leaving a car at home and taking a bike to work.
— Gordon Dickson
Check out a video of last year's Bike to Work Day featuring Betsy Price:
I think I will get out the 78 dodge pickup with the three bad spark plugs and oily gas and drive slow in front of the bikers.
Posted by: Al | May 19, 2010 at 04:04 PM
Al, I sure hope it burns leaded gas.
Posted by: Notch Johnson | May 19, 2010 at 09:11 PM
Al & Notch,
Why in the world would you be upset that lots of people will be getting off the road and making your commute to work faster, and possibly making the air you breathe less polluted. It's brain surgeons like you that make Texas great.
Posted by: Archist | May 19, 2010 at 09:18 PM
Riding from the TCC Weatherford office to Jones Street Intermodal is a joke. Just how are they getting their bikes to the TCC Campus and where do they work. Sounds like a bunch of dumbies, who are they trying to impress
Posted by: Jack Walker | May 19, 2010 at 09:34 PM
How did you know I was a brain surgeon?
Posted by: Notch Johnson | May 20, 2010 at 08:03 AM