Break The Gridlock!

Soliciting new members! You get to be on a 501.c3 board, meet every few months often at a bar, network about Chicago bicycling, and sometimes give away money.

Interested?  Join us on May 30th:
http://facebook.com/events/407358369285918

Come LIKE us on Facebook

http://facebook.com/pages/Break-the-Gridlock/115693785143208

Update: A million thanks to all the volunteers who came out to support this event, which grew by 63% over last year's ride!

We are thrilled to announce that year's Urban Assault Ride, sponsored by New Belgium Brewing, will benefit Break the Gridlock, The Chainlink and West Town Bikes.  Our task is to recruit volunteers for jobs such as beer security at Murphy's Bleachers and helping (and cheering) at checkpoints. 

Sign up here: http://urbanassaultride.com/chicago/volunteer/npo
(NOT the link you see from the main Urban Assault page.)

Volunteers will receive a t-shirt, food, drinks, and beer (21 and older). As an added incentive, our friends at the Active Transportation Alliance are offering Urban Assault volunteers a discount for Bike the Drive, which is the following weekend.  Enter GRIDLOCK5 for online registration at www.bikethedrive.org

Please consider volunteering for this fun event. Your time helps support local causes that promote biking and reduce car dependency.

Why do 86-year-olds drive?  Because most of their life in America has been tied to automobile dependency.

This mother's editorial in the Chicago Tribune reminds me of another reason to support funding for public transportation.  As the Baby Boomer generation ages, I fear we may see more preventable tragedies on our roadways.

Join cycling friends this Sunday Feb 20th for a whimsical bike activism outing to "shutdown" the Chicago autoshow. Starts in Daley Plaza (50 W Washington, under the Picasso) after noon, then a short social ride reaching McCormick Place (2301 S King Dr) by 1pm. There we'll spread joy and inspiration about low-car living with costumes, cheers, conversations, free advice and demos. We'll be flyering for the next Saturday's Cycle Swap in Pulaski Park, where consumers can "tradeup" from their cars to bikes. Promises photos and fun, and warm drinx somewhere after 3pm. Latecomers text "where" to u@massup.us

The 2011 FLYER is now posted for DOWNLOAD and PRINT: http://autoshowshutdown.org/tradeup 

Break The Gridlock has extended its deadline for petitions to join its Board of Directors. 

See the original announcement below.

For more information, please see the Join The Board page.

Hope to see many Break the Gridlockers at Wednesday's World Car Free Day Celebration.

The ride leaves at 6pm sharp (gather at 5:30pm)  from Daley Plaza and ends at 7pm at the Bike Winter kick-off meeting* at the Billy Goat on Madison (1535 W.)

PARK(ing) Day is coming this Friday, September 17th to cities around the world who are united in reclaiming public space for people (and not cars!).  Chicago has its share of events going on.  Stroll or roll by one of these installments on Friday and exercise your right to relax in reclaimed park(ing) space:

Break The Gridlock invites individuals in the Appropriate Transportation advocate/activist community to join our Board of Directors.  Joining Break The Gridlock's board is the best way to help Chicago's grass-roots activist community grow and thrive.

Board members serve for (about) one year and will help BTG continue the into it's second year since its re-founding.  The board will work towards furthering the organization's mission as well as growing the organization and its capacity.