TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Environmental Services Director
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: March 15, 2016
Title
PROCLAMATION FOR FLORIDA BICYCLE MONTH MARCH 2016
Body
Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve the proclamation of March 2016 as Florida Bicycle Month.
Background:
Bicycle month is sponsored at the national level by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast in May. Bicycle month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling and encourage folks to give biking a try. In Florida, Bicycle Month is celebrated in March. The Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization is sponsoring the Palm Beach Commute Challenge which is a friendly competition between places of work to encourage and track the use of alternative modes of transportation and pounds of Carbon Dioxide saved within Palm Beach County during the Month of March. One of the many ways to help promote this initiative is to approve local proclamations for Bicycle Month.