[ST] FW: 2004 Annual Ride to Work Day

["Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Andrew F. Kay, Jr. [mailto:captainquack@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:35 AM
To: captainquack@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 2004 Annual Ride to Work Day


 


Press Release: For Immediate Publication
Date: 6/17/04
Subject: Ride To Work Day 2004


MOTORCYCLES REV UP FOR ANNUAL RIDE-TO-WORK DAY


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Motorcyclist's 13th annual Ride to Work Day is Wednesday, July 21st. The
worldwide event involves hundreds of thousands of individual commuting
riders and scores of organized rider groups. Participation in the yearly
demonstration is estimated to triple the number of riders on the road.

According to the Ride to Work nonprofit advocacy organization, "Ride to Work
Day reveals that motorcyclists come from all walks of life, work in all
occupations, and range in age from teenagers to grandparents." The American
Motorcyclist Association and many other worldwide rider organizations
actively encourage all motorcyclists to ride their cycles to work as a
grassroots demonstration on the third Wednesday in July each year.

"Riding to work on this day shows the positive value of motorcycling for
transportation. Commuting motorcyclists everywhere are seeking employer
recognition and appreciation of riding, and greater governmental and public
acknowledgment of the advantages of transportation motorcycling. For many
people, riding is a socially responsible form of personal mobility that
saves energy, helps the environment and provides a broad range of other
public benefits," stated Andy Goldfine, this year's event organizer.

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Many motorcycles are lightweight, efficient and consume less resources per
mile than typical automobiles. A motorcycle's size and nimbleness advantages
over cars and light trucks also means that adding more of them to the daily
transportation mix makes urban parking easier, reduces road congestion and
improves traffic flow. Experience consistently shows that urban
motorcyclists reach their destinations faster and are more alert upon
arrival than those using automobiles.

Each work day more than eighty million cars and light trucks commute on
American roads, but only about 200,000 individuals regularly ride their
cycles to work. In countries where mobility is an issue, like Japan,
Germany, and England the benefits of motorcycling for transportation are
widely appreciated. In the United States, a smaller percentage of the seven
million currently registered cycles are used for daily transportation and
commuting.

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*  The Ride to Work nonprofit advocacy program can be reached at: 
POB 1072, Proctor, Minnesota, 55810 USA.

*  The Ride to Work Organization's Mission: 
Ride to Work advocates and supports the use of motorcycles for
transportation, and provides information about transportation riding to the
public.

*  Ride to Work Day Participating Countries include: 
Germany, Philippines, England, Israel, Turkey, Ecuador, United States, and
many others. 

For more information about Ride to Work Day visit http://www.ridetowork.org
or call 218.722.9806.
Contact persons: 
- - Christine Holt cholt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- - Andy Goldfine agoldfine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Transportation Fact Sheet HTML
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