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MEDIA
ADVISORY - sent July
9, 2010
Award-winning Bike Train
returns to North Bay
The award-winning Bike
Train Initiative is returning to North Bay for 3 weekends in
2010. After a successful pilot project in 2009, the Bike
Train has partnered with Ontario Northland to give cyclists
even more options to explore Ontario's Near North. The dates
of the North Bay Bike Train are, July 16-18, Aug. 13-16,
and Sept. 24-26.
There are a host of
events for Bike Train passengers to enjoy, the schedule is
included below. Please join us for a photo opportunity as
the first Bike Train passengers of the season are welcomed
to North Bay on Friday, July 16th.
WEEKEND GETAWAY
AGENDA:
Friday, July 16, 2010
7:40am—Passengers arrive
at Union Station (Great Hall) to check in
8:40am—Ontario
Northland/Bike Train departs Union Station
1:50pm—Ontario
Northland/Bike Train arrives in North Bay
**1:50-2:30pm—Media Event
- Bike Train Welcome Event at train station
2:30pm—Group ride
downtown along Lake Nipissing waterfront
(**3:00pm—Hotel
Check-in—North Bay**)
6:00pm—Bike Train Cocktail
Party at Inn on the Bay (valet bike parking)
Saturday, July 17, 2010
9:30am—Group ride leaves
Cycleworks lead by local cyclists featuring lunch stop
at the Waltonian Inn (Group rides 30 km, 60 km, & 100
km)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Morning—Recreational
Rides & Touring
12:00pm—Group ride to
train station
1:35pm—Bike Train departs
North Bay
7:15pm—Arrive in Toronto
ABOUT THE BIKE TRAIN
INITIATIVE:
The Bike Train Initiative
introduces bike racks onboard select passenger rail trains
to destinations across Ontario, making cycling holidays easy
and accessible. The initiative is a project of
Transportation Options, a nonprofit organization dedicated
to stimulating sustainable systems of transportation, and is
funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Government of
Ontario, and Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, and
supported by more than 30 organizations and businesses.
For more information on
the Bike Train Initiative visit
www.biketrain.ca or contact:
Peter Lipscombe, Marketing
Manager, Bike Train Initiative
Office: 416.338.0499 Email:
plipsco@toronto.ca
Media Reminder
(sent July 15, 2010) - Bike Train arriving
Friday, July 16, 2010 (.pdf) |
