Bike To The Moon Week Kicks Off In Pleasanton

News release from the Alameda County Transportation Commission:

PLEASANTON, CA — In celebration of Bike Month in May, the Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) Program will host the second annual “Bike to the Moon” Week, a week-long virtual event to encourage students to walk, bike, skate, scoot, carpool, take transit and use other active modes of travel. The event will take place from Monday, May 9 to Friday, May 13, 2022. This is the second year of “Bike to the Moon” Week. This virtual event aims to align with the Safe Routes to Schools Program’s mission of striving for healthy kids, safer streets and strong communities.

Students, families, teachers, and staff digitally track their miles and minutes of activity during this event, with the goal of biking all the way “to the moon”, which is 286,900 miles away. For participants to collaboratively travel the goal distance, Safe Routes to Schools staff will convert all activity collected–both minutes and miles– into “moon miles” using a Mileage Tracking Tool. Activities submitted by 5:00 p.m. on May 16 will be converted and counted collectively toward the “moon miles.” Visit the Safe Routes to Schools Program’s “Bike to The Moon” Week event webpage for more information on mileage tracking.

This year, schools have the option to host a traditional Bike to School Day during “Bike to the Moon” Week as a way of celebrating Bike Month. Both events celebrate bicycling and the mission of supporting school communities in reducing pollution and congestion, being active and healthy, and building community.

During the event, members of the media can monitor the participants’ collective progress to the moon on social media by following the event hashtag, #IBikedToTheMoon, and by visiting the Program social media pages―Facebook and Twitter. The Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools Program will provide a daily update of the number of participating schools and the number of moon miles traveled.

Opportunities for in-person media coverage or live coverage of the event, in addition to the metrics posted on social media, are dependent on schools’ visitor policies. Visit the Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools Program’s “Bike to The Moon” Week event webpage and see the Media Toolkit for more information and promotion resources.

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