Motorists are invited to join in on Car Free Fridays and Lunch Breaks for Cyclists on Feb. 5.
The monthly first-Friday events, known as Car-Free Fridays, were launched last summer to encourage residents to use alternative modes of transportation, promoting a more green community.
The campaign is aimed to get more people to leave their vehicles at home and start realizing the global and personal benefits of riding a bicycle.
Organizers believe that choosing to commute by bicycle can have immediate positive health and environmental results.
Added benefits are the "lunch break" discounts for cyclists at more than 20 eateries in Long Beach between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Cyclists need only mention the promotion and show proof of ridership in the form of their helmet or bicycle lock key to take advantage of the discounts.
For an updated list of participating Long Beach restaurants, visit www.bikelongbeach.org. Interested in having your restaurant participate? Contact the transportation programs planner, at courtney.aguirre@longbeach.gov or (562) 570-6667.
Joe Segura, a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, has covered Gotham City, er Long Beach, for 34 years. During his very, very long -- endless -- tenure, he's covered almost every beat, and he was the main writer for BeachWeek, which focused on life and lifestyles of the shoreline communities from downtown Long Beach to the Huntington Beach pier.
Leave a comment