Break The Gridlock!

Break the Gridlock is a Chicago-based organization dedicated to promoting appropriate transportation, and reducing Chicago's dependence on automobiles.

On Friday August 15, members of Break the Gridlock will lead a group bike ride to a screening of the award winning film "Kilowatt Ours" at Café Catedral, 2500 S.

Lowell Nelson, Cigdem Tunar, Todd Allen, Joe Reichert, and others will be presenting an open workshop on the joys of winter cycling on Saturday, August 23 starting at 10:00 A.M. The workshop will take place at the mouth of the North Branch Trail accessed from the northeast corner of the Devon/Milwaukee intersection.
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Friends,
BTG's newest campaign, "BTG Summer School", a series of educational workshops aimed at people considering switching to bicycle commuting for the first time, is underway!

The first workshop will be held at 5 PM on Sunday June 29 2008 at the Mercury Café, 1505 W. Chicago Ave.

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The approximately 1-hour workshops will be publicized via press releases and posters in bike shops, and will feature a structured presentation aimed at addressing all the questions and concerns of a beginning cycle commuter. Frequency will be monthly, at minimum.

Occasional "special topic" workshops such as biking with kids and hauling items by bike are also being considered.

Break the Gridlock is sponsoring a semi-formal discussion relating to
getting "our" message out to the media, at the New World Resource
Center, 1300 N. Western Ave, on Thursday May 29 from 7 to 9 PM.

The discussion is borne of recent media focus on the safety of cycling
in Chicago, and will center around how to speak to media to assure our
message comes across and avoid being misquoted or misconstrued. We will
have Margo O'Hara, communications director of CBF as well as other guests.

In addition to a semi-formal discussion, we will assemble the Derailleur