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PROCLAMATION
BIKE MONTH MAY 2013
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto joins cities and counties throughout the country and the
League of American Bicyclists in celebrating May as National Bike Month; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Area’s 19th annual Bike to Work Day will be held on May
9, 2013, with the participation of transportation, public health and advocacy organizations including
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the
Valley Transportation Authority, the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition, and the Silicon Valley Bicycle
Coalition; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto has been designated as a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly
Community since 2003 and continues its commitment to innovative bicycle facility design and
implementation through the 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan; and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto’s Safe Routes to School partnership with the Palo Alto Unified School
District and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs has coordinated programs of safety engineering, education,
enforcement and education and dramatically increased the percentage of students cycling to school;
and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto recognizes cycling as a highly beneficial transportation mode that
promotes healthy living and a vibrant local economy, alleviates traffic and parking congestion,
improves the quality of our air and reduces the production of greenhouse gases; and
WHEREAS, National Bike Month and Bike to Work Day are effective at encouraging more
commuters and more residents to try leaving their cars at home and biking to more places more often;
NOW THEREFORE, I, H. Gregory Scharff, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, along with my
colleagues on the City Council, do hereby proclaim the month of May 2013 as Bike Month and
recognize May 9, 2013 as Bike to Work Day in Palo Alto.
Presented: May 6, 2013
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H. Gregory Scharff
Mayor