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Andrew Morton
NBG Blog and Photo Gallery Creator. See the slide shows of his 2002 Portland to SF Mayors' Ride
Part One Part Two
Presents
5th Annual
2006 NBG Day Cities
Baltimore | Berkeley | Boston | Boulder | Bridgeport | Chicago | Cincinnati | Columbus | Council Bluffs |
Des Moines | Denver | Folsom | Hayward | Indianapolis | Morgantown | New York City | Napa | Oakland | Omaha

Mount Rainier | Palo Alto | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Providence | Rancho Cordova | Reno
Salt Lake City |
San Francisco | San Jose | Santa Cruz | Washington DC | West Sacramento
NBG Day - What Happens?
A coast to coast relay celebrating the importance of city cycling                                  2007 Author Tour Dry Run
See
the "Wall Street Journal" story


2005 City Biking Report Cards
Boston based Busycle at SF City Hall - How it was made Podcast (42:09)
Lead Scout Scott Campbell
Powered by Google, soon this map (now in Beta!) will be inter-active and allow browsers to follow our riders!
THX to Max Chen & Gray Lowell, cyclists will also be able to use this map to plan rides of their own!
After image click, wait for red line with blue dots.. Does not work in Explorer.
Date
NBG Day 1
Mayor
Escort
Miles
Rider(s)
Notes
Fri
4/28
Tom Menino

"This was a very sweet event on a beautiful day. A tasty example of how this event really did bring the bicycling community together. Thanks, Jasmine

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Menino "drives" the Busycle




Daytime Population Change
+ 41%
589,141
Mon
5/1
3P Providence

David Cicilline

Ray Jordan of Mass Bike escorted Scott from Boston to Providence
125
Wed
5/3
3P Bridgeport


"Riders were great - Mayor Fabrizi had a great time - event was fun!", Caryn Kaufman Mayor's Press secretary


PT Barnum (former Mayor) Museum

John Fabrizi

About Bridgeport

125

Scott Campbell
Jim Muellner


Jim and Scott used ferry service founded 1872 by PT Barnum to get to Long Island

Fri
5/5
New York City
America's largest city


Jim Muellner Ken Podziba, Sports Commisioner & Rebecca Miller, Pub Health Advocate Ctty Liaison, Scott Campbell

Michael Bloomberg


City Hall & Park

About New York


70
Mon
5/8
Philadelphia
America's 5th largest city


Scott with John Boyle

John Street

John Boyle of the Bike Coalition of Philadelphia SPEAKS (22:14)

95

About Philadelphia


City Hall

Hear Scott tell us about all the love and kindness that has filled his ride (27:16)

Th
5/11
9AM
Baltimore
America's 18th largest city


Councillor Robert Curran read his proclamation to crowd


Martin O'Malley


Otis Rollley III, Planning Dir. awarded Mayor's proclamation

It was real exciting for me to be involved with the Mayor‚s Ride even if was just for a small bit of it.
Barry Childress

Barry Childress guided Scott
Biketown gave away 50 bikes to essay contest winners
120

City Hall

About Baltimore


First Commercial and Passenger railroad, 1828 | First electric streetcar, 1885 | Birthplace of Babe Ruth | Other firsts (many)

Baltimore Spokes
Biking in Baltimore

Report: Scott talks about "Bicycling" magazine merging their event with ours

Cycle America 2000 host city Mount Rainier
Fri
5/12

Former Mayor Fred Sissine explaininng Year 2000 route to police officer

Malinda Miles


Malinda awards Scott

Paul Park (PJ), Mount Rainier Bike Coop Director

About Mount Rainier
City Hall


Glut Food Coop


L to R: Phil Koopman (City Bikes), Will Campos (PG County Council), Victor Ramirez (MD Delegate), Scott Wilson (Rainier Riders), PJ Park (MR Bike Coop), Pastor Grandison (neighborhood church), Jeanelle Wallace (MR City Manager), Joe Robbins (Rainier Riders), Barry Childress, Scott

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Report from Joe Robbins of Rainier Riders

PJ meets Scott & Barry on his city's beautiful trails

Fri
5/12
2P Washington DC

Anthony Williams

2002 Send off Video

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Dennis Caffrey (Washington, PA), Barry Childress (Baltimore), Brian Robinson (Mt. Ranier), Jim Sebastian (D.C. Mayor's Office), Troy Bogdan (Bridgeville, PA), Scott Campbell (Santa Cruz, CA)  P.J. (Mt. Rainier).

Sat
5/20
Bob O’Connor


Nick Hein, Scott Campbell, Mayor Bob O'Connor and Troy Bogdan

About Pittsburgh


In 2002, Pittsburgh hosted NBG's first ever Mayors' Ride reception. Pictured : Gil Gilmore, former Mayor Tom Murphy, Dave Rabinowitz

360
Fri
5/16
Morgantown to Pittsburgh
Ron Justice

Jonathan Rosenbaum, City Councilman Don Spencer, The Mayor, Nick Hein, Rich Martin and John Lozier at 2005 event.

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Nick Hein
Tricia Hein (Nick's teenage daughter)
Wed
5/24
Columbus
America's 15th largest city


Michael Coleman


Former state senator and the Mayor's Chief Environmental Executive, Michael Schwarzwalder reads proclamation
not pictured - 12 members of the Mayor's Growth and Development Subcommittee
About Columbus



Scott with top vote getter Councillor:
MaryEllen O'Shaughnessy,

240



Sat
5/27
Mark Mallory

About Cincinnati



City Hall

Kurt Kleinschmidt guided Scott
105
Scott & CCC prez, Jen Clippard
Pedicab Fun
Scores of cyclists at City Hall
Jason Reser and Scott
Tue
5/30
Bart Peterson


Ray Irvin's vision for a statewide trail network

Governor Appoints Ray Irvin to create statewide trail network

About Indianapolis

Mr Greenway, Ray Irvin
poses with Scott Campbell

How Ray Irvin foreses a National Greenway System! 48:13
Transcript for above Interview


The Facts: How Ray Irvin transformed the region
111

How Cyclists Can Change Motorist's Attitudes, by Jim Gange (PhD) (20:03)
Fri
6/2
Chicago
America's 3rd largest city

Kathy Schubert, founder Chicago Cycling Club, Brian Hopkins, Cook County Bike Coordinator, Ben Gomberg, Chicago Bike Coordinator, Todd Gee, Handlebar owner, Scott,
About Chicago


Kathy Schubert (with Joey), Scott's host and celebrated, long time Chicago bike activist with Scott

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Fri
6/9
Frank Cownie


City Hall
on the Des Moines River

About Des Moines




Scott and Omaha Pedalers Prez Stephen Schnitker with Lorna Davros, long time NBG supporter and senior aide to the Mayor

342
Tue
6/13
9 AM
Council Bluffs


City Hall

Tom Hanafan


3000' long, 20' wide cable stayed bike bridge will cross the Missouri connecting to Omaha
Tue
6/13
About Omaha, the door to the West

Don Thorson, Mayor's Deputy Cheif of Staff receives Scott

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Fri
6/23

9AM Denver
John Hickenlooper
Front Steps of the Denver City/County Building



Scott & Streve with the Mayor


TransAm Record Holder (29 days), Steve Stevens. to lead ride to his Bicycle Museum and Boulder - Hear Podcast
On the road with Chris Krieg and Steve Stevens including Daisy Belle on 1886 tenor tuba

Steve Leads Pam & Scott
out of Golden >>>>

540

Clockwise Pam Slocum Denver City Hall, famous muralist Chris Krieg (pictured with his wife, Susie and daughter, Savannah)

Daytime Population Change
+28.0%
155.486

Fri
6/23
Mark Ruzzin


Mayor with Pam, Scott and Steve