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Bike Week LA in Santa Monica Tuesday & Wednesday May 17 & 18

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Wednesday: 2 FUN EVENTS

Ballona Creek Camp Coffee – Special Bike Week Edition – BYO coffee & share breakfast outdoors!   7am Coffee Outside

Camp coffee gatherings add adventure to everyday routines! For us it’s #BallonaCreekCampCoffee!
Special Bike Week Edition on the jetty off of Poseur Bridge in between MDR and Playa. Here’s location and our route. We will be cooking breakfast food to share too! Join the Fun. Questions?
Bring the stuff to BYO “brew you own” or just bring a full cup of your morning beverage with you 🙂 Search Instagram for lots of photos,  #‎ballonacreekcampcoffee. If you’re on the east side look up with #‎larivercampcoffee!

Guided Santa Monica City Bike Tour: Esplanade, MANGo, Bike Lanes and More!
Handlebar Happy Hour… 

City Hall Green Lanes
Hard to believe it was three years ago we were celebrating the announcement of our Bike Friendly Community Silver Award from the League of American Bicyclists,  Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC).
Now as we continue our quest for GOLD, join us on a Guided City Tour of some of our newest bike lanes, infrastructure and MANGo. We will start with a visit to the nearly complete Esplanade and our DTSM protected 2 way cycle track and the Expo II 4th Street Station. Give input, ask questions hear about what’s up next –
The ride begins in front of Santa Monica City, 1685 Main Street meet at 5:00pm

Recap Monday:
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We dined Monday at a favorite local eatery, the Veggie Grill!  Veggie Grill will donate 33% of all receipts* for customers that mentioned Santa Monica Spoke all day!

Tuesday morning: Ladies Choice: Women & Biking, discussion and socialize over morning coffee at Sidecar Donuts!

A nice group gathered over coffee and yummy donuts at Sidecar this morning

1st round —
@Sidecar Yummy!

Full list Bike Week, Bike Month & Bike Local SM Specials 2016

Santa Monica Spoke and Local EVENTS Listed 

Free ride time on Breeze Bike Share May 19th – 21st

2016, Santa Monica Bike to Work Pit Stops: Metro LA Pitstop Map

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA

Bike Month Proclamation Santa Monica City Council

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The City of Santa Monica will be formally recognizing May as National Bike Month at our next City Council meeting Tuesay May 10th. As a Silver Level Bike Friendly Community, this is positive reminder of the important contribution that biking holds for mobility, sustainablilty and the health and well being of our city, its residents and visitors.
We would love for you to join us for the presentation 6:30pm Tuesday at City Hall.

Join us at City Hall to receive the proclamation!
2nd Floor Council Chambers

City Hall Green Lanes

Orchestra Santa Monica: “From France to Vienna”

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“From France to Vienna”

Steven Vanhauwaert, piano
Allen Robert Gross, Music Director

Beethoven: Overture to “The Creatures of Prometheus”
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

Special: Arrive by bike* and save up to 33%

*or bring a selfie of you on a bike.  Adults $20  (instead of $30), College $10 (instead of $15), K-12 $5   (instead of $10). Purchase tickets at the door or RSVP here for link to purchase tickets in advance

— Contributing Concert Sponsors: Mimi Yu and Alex Chai —

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A joyous symphony written in deepest despair – Beethoven’s Second Symphony concludes our season. The remarkable Belgian pianist Steven Vanhauwaert performs Saint-Saëns’ sparkling Second Piano Concerto, while the program opens with Beethoven’s celebrated Overture to”The Creatures of Prometheus”.

For more information: www.OrchestraSantaMonica.org  or 310.525.7618

Santa Monica Open Street: Coast

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Metro presents: Santa Monica’s first Open Street Event: COAST

Bike, bus, train or walk your way to a free, engaging and fun way to explore Santa Monica. Enjoy two miles of car-free streets and discover local food, music, shops, culture, dance and games with family and friends.

This local event transforms our streets into a park for the day – with music, restaurants, shops, dance and games with family and friends.  Stroll with Samba dancers, picnic, and feel the breeze as you move through the streets!  Explore the interactive Coast Zones celebrating culture, sustainability and mobility, as well as other attractions along the route.

Visit Santa Monica Spoke in the Mobility Zone at the Santa Monica Civic. Katie Rogers of Carless in LA will be at our booth too!
Free Kids Bike Skills Course with instructors & bikes.
Helmet Decorating and so much MORE!!

The streets of Santa Monica belong to everyone — not just drivers, but people on bikes, pedestrians, and hey, maybe even hoverboarders. Come visit the Mobility Zone for great music, free bike repairs, information on Santa Monica’s revamped bike lanes, bike share and redesigned bus system, Our bike rodeo, a helmet decorating, and so much more. And did we mention there will be ice cream?

  • Big Blue Bus
  • Bike Center
  • Bike It / Walk it Santa Monica
  • Bike Rodeo: Bike clinic for kids on pedestrian and bicycle safety
  • Breeze Bike Share
  • CASM Climate Corps Booth
  • dublab: ambient music
  • First Aid by the American Red Cross
  • GoSaMo / Transportation Management Office
    • Join GoSaMo, the City of Santa Monica’s brand new campaign with giveaways and more at today’s Pop-up mobility kiosk
    • Show off your favorite way to get around by designing your own t-shirt and then having it screen printed right in front of you
  • Helmet Decorating Workshop for Kids with Safe Routes to School
  • Peddler’s Creamery: Ice Cream made by peddling a bike!
  • REI Bike Repair
  • Santa Monica Spoke: Bike Exhibition, display of all kinds of bikes
  • WISE & Healthy Aging
  • ZipCar

For ongoing updates and additional information about COAST, RSVP to the Facebook Event, follow the City of Santa Monica on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and use the hashtag #GoSaMo.

Visit the 5 themed hubs along the route.

Full Event Programing can be found here for the:
â‘  Colorado Esplanade
â‘¡ Culture Zone
â‘¢ City Zone
â‘£ Sustainability Zone
⑤ Mobility Zone
â‘¥ Main Street and Norman Place
Coast Performers
Buy Local Event Specials
Bike Repair Along the Route
Get to Coast car free and carefree.
Bike Rentals
FAQ

 

Family, Bikes on Expo Tour

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Let’s go Multi-Modal with the Whole Family.

Expo Line Opens to Santa Monica on May 20th. Lets Celebrate with the whole family!
With funding from our partners at Metro lets take a ride on Expo, Kids Bikes and All!
We start at 17th Expo Station take a short ride on the Expo II Bike Path and then jump on Expo to Exposition Park for a short ride around the Rose Garden, then back to Santa Monica. Fun for the whole family.

Start time planned for 10am,
Receive a FREE Expo II Commemorative t-shirt when you pre-register.
One for each child plus One adult shirt per family., while supplies last!

FINAL UPDATES will be posted here
To REGISTER fill in the form below!
Registration limited please RSVP today