Clean Commute Offers NEW Alternative Commute Education Opportunity

Bridging The Gap is expanding the Clean Commute program. Working with major employers in the region to promote alternative commute options, Clean Commute now offers a variety of green bag lunch topics and bike clinics.

FREE Lunch and Learn Topics (20 minute presentation with Q&A):

Bike Commuting 101 - clothing, hygiene, parking, inclement weather, night riding, carrying techniques and equipment, route planning, rules of the road
Moms Talk About Bicycling with Children - from bike seats and trailers to living a car-free lifestyle with children
Stop for Pedestrians - Think of the Impact You Could Make - review pedestrian laws, what you should do as a motorist, what are my responsibilities as a pedestrian
Try Transit - learn how to use the bike carriers on buses, plan your route and navigate KCATA and the JO


Bike Clinics (Per person FEE per clinic with Licensed Certified Instructor/includes instructional materials from the League of American Bicyclists)

Let's Get Rollin' - 3-hour clinic with conversations on:

§ How to choose the right bike and gear
§ Recreational riding and commuting
§ Riding techniques
§ How to use bike carriers on buses
§ How to plan your route

Be Your Own Champion - 3-hour clinic covering:

§ Basic bike maintenance
§ Flat repair
§ Adjustments and cleaning techniques
§ Bring your bike or a wheel and tools if you have them

We Are Traffic - 2-hour clinic with 1-hour ride afterward. We'll discuss:

§ Rights and responsibilities as cyclists
§ How to be an advocate
§ How to safely ride in traffic
§ Using hand signals
§ Changing lanes - making a left hand turn
§ Dodging road hazards

Interested in hosting a clinic or green bag lunch at your office, social club, church, civic organization? Call Deb at (816) 561-1061, ext. 114 or email deb@bridgingthegap.org