Sponsors:
Bike Florida
Florida Bicycle Association
Partners:
Gainesville Cycling Club
City of Gainesville
Bob Graham Center for Public Service
University of Florida Innovation Square
Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce
Gainesville Community
Redevelopment Agency
Gainesville Citizens for Active Transportation
Trek Bicycles
Friday education and information session: At Gainesville's restored historic train station at 203 SE Depot Avenue. The event is open and free to the public. You can order an optional $12 box lunch when you register.
The first 10 to register will receive a free Share The Road T-shirt but must be present at the event to pick it up.
9:30 to 11:30 am Speakers will include:
The benefits of trails and greenways
Dale Allen: Florida Greenways and Trails Foundation
What's a Cyclovia and why your city needs one?
Shawn Webber: Open Streets Gainesville
Florida Bicycle Tourism: An untapped Florida goldmine:
Ken Foster: Ride Director: Bike Florida
Noon to 12:45
1 to 4 pm Speakers will include:
Billy Hattaway: District 1 Sec. Florida Department of Transportation
DeWayne Carver: State Bike-Ped Coordinator: Florida Department of Transportation
Julie Bond: Senior Researcher: Center for Urban Transportation Research
Chris LeDew: Director: University of Florida Transportation Technology Center
Dr. Ruth Steiner: UF Department of Urban and Regional Planning
John Egbert: Associate Director, Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education Program
Bike and food truck rally at UF's Innovation Square at 747 SW 2nd Avenue, 5:30 to 9 pm. The event is open and free to the public.
Festival registration and packet pickup for the Santa Fe Century and Horse Farm Hundred from 5:30 to 7:45 pm.
Keynote Speaker: T.J. Juskiewicz
RAGBRAI® Director
Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa: The oldest and most popular cross-state bicycle tour in America.
6 to 9 pm
Tickets: $45 (includes meal, one free drink, and a free raffle ticket)
Location and menu TBA