FLCC> Fwd: bike to work day

[Wayne Gottlieb]

Here's from the journal.  
--- "Hill, David" <dwhill at ithaca.gannett.com> wrote:

> From: "Hill, David" <dwhill at ithaca.gannett.com>
> To: "'wgottlieb at yahoo.com'" <wgottlieb at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 12:56:35 -0400
> Subject: bike to work day
> 
> You sent in the notice below to the place on our web
> site for sending letters to the editor. The opinion
> editor referred this to me, as I oversee most local
> news coverage. Sounds like a good idea (I bike to
> work most days; it's barely a mile and all flat, so
> I'm nothing special). If you want to pursue having a
> guest column published, you should contact Andrew
> Tutino
>
(atutino at ithacajournal.com<mailto:atutino at ithacajournal.com>;).
> I can't speak for Andrew as to whether he can work
> it into his page's schedule.
> 
> As for coverage in news, I see a definite
> possibility of photographing some of these key
> community members - I presume you mean mayor, county
> legislators, maybe some business people, but you can
> fill me in, I guess - and perhaps a story to go with
> the photo(s) to be published the day after, on May
> 17. However, in advance, a possibility would be to
> interview a cycling club member or two who bikes to
> work much or most of the time. Hypothetically, we
> could interview three: One who, like me, has a
> short, easy ride; one who has to go a long way and
> overcome many disincentives, to put it
> euphemistically, such as distance, hills, traffic,
> having to get to work early or stay late, etc.; and
> someone somewhere in between. We'd interview them in
> advance and get photo(s) of one or more peddling to
> work or prepping the bike, something like that. As
> for this map, what's it of? I'd have to know more
> before saying anything more.
> 
> To state the probably obvious, I think this is a
> great time to cover bike commuting, as the price of
> car fuel is nuts and more people are probably
> looking for alternatives to driving, that silly
> thing. As you probably know, Ithaca collectively has
> the will to do more bike commuting, but its
> topography, infrastructure and climate are
> obstacles. Many people overcome them, but they do
> exist. I have a friend who bike-commutes from Ellis
> Hollow Road (talk about living dangerously!) to
> Ithaca College at least a day or two a week. A story
> might show how the obstacles are dealt with and
> point out how things could be improved. By the way,
> I know of at least one employer who's looking into
> getting bike racks for its staff - the Journal!
> 
> Does Gene Endres do his bike-on-the-radio thing
> anymore?
> 
> 
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:49 PM
> To: ITH-Letters
> Subject: Online Press Release Submission
> 
> VALIDATEKEY:
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> first_name: Wayne
> last_name: Gottlieb
> address1: 1397 Ellis Hollow Road
> city: Ithaca
> state: NY
> zip: 14850
> Phone_number: 272-4577
> age: 50-64
> Message: May 16th is bike to work day.  The
> Fingerlakes Cycling Club and the Curb your Car
> Coalition are planning an event for the day. Several
> key community members around the city will ride
> their bikes to work (if all goes according to plan).
>  Would you be willing to publish a map of the
> various routes and times, a cover article and/or a
> guest article in the editorial section?  Thanks,
> Wayne
> Reply: Please do
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> 
> 
> David Hill
> Metro Editor
> The Ithaca Journal
> (607) 274-9257
> 
> 



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