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SEE CHICAGO
LIKE NEVER BEFORE
BANK OF AMERICA
BIKE THE DRIVE
MAY 24,2009
Bike on a car- free Lakeshore Drive along the striking skyline and gleaming lake with up to 25,000 of your closest bicycling friends.
Wander along Chicago's scenic lakefront, peppered with moments in history that make the city world- famous.
Register today at
www.bikethedrive.org
Reserve your space on the Drive- sign up now!
Experience Chicago like never before.
See the City's famous lakefront and architecture; relive legendary memories at the site of the 1893 World's Fair or the site of Barack Obama's history making election speech; breeze through lush parks; and come together with family and friends- all while biking on eight lanes and 15 miles of tranquil Lake Shore Drive.
The experience begins in Grant Park at Columbus and Jackson. From there, ride for miles in a bicycle utopia. View the entire route and ride guide here.
Bank of America Bike the Drive benefits the Active Transportation Alliance ( formely the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation ), a non- profit biking, walking and transit advocacy organization.
Save $25 and support our mission with the gold Package: $75 for Bike the Drive, Boulevard Lakefront Tour (Sept. 13) and all the benefits in a 1 year membership in the Active Transportation Alliance - a $100 value.
If you are visiting Chicago for Memorial Day weekend, check out all of Chicagoland's bicycling opportunities and accommodations.
****ATTENTION ****
On Sunday, May 24, 2009
lakr Shore Drive will be CLOSED to car traffic from Bryn Mawr to 57th Street
from 5:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.
Bank of America Bike the Drive bnefits the nonprofit Active Transportation Alliance's efforts to make communities better for bicycling and thereby improve the quality of life in the region. this event is produced in cooperation with the City of Chicago's Mayor's Office of Special Events.
Please use caution duribng the entire day, as many cyclists will travel to and from this event by bicycle.
For more information, call the Active Transportation Alliance at (312) 427- 3325 or visit www.bikethedrive.org
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