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101 thanks to those that participated in Bike Month!

The month of June marks Bike Month in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region each year. Individuals and organizations throughout the Region are challenged by TravelWiseÌýto hop on their bikes in celebration of active and sustainable transportation.

To kick off Bike Month, the Sustainability Office tagged over 900 bikes on campus as a thank you and to promote variousÌýbike events throughout the month. On June 5, the Sustainability Office hosted King Street Cycles for a Bike Repair Lunch +ÌýLearn to teach students and staff basic bike repair tactics with a hands-on demonstration. On June 20, the Sustainability Office hosted their annualÌýBike Lunch, in collaboration with TravelWise and seven organizationsÌýfrom around campus and the broader community. Attendees received free tune-ups from King Street Cycles and the UW Bike Centre, free lunch snacks, engaged in great conversation, and even took home some free bike swag.

Throughout the month, the campus community was also challenged to log their bike trips on gotravelwise.ca for a chance to win one of seven bike-related prizes, including bike gear gift baskets and gift cards to King Street Cycles and MEC.ÌýWorking together, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ community made 1,902 bike trips and recorded 11,637 km of travel. In addition to fuel and travel cost savings of $4,270, UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ cyclists saved 2,661 kg of C02 - equivalent to taking a car off the road for 6 months!

Congratulations to everyone that biked during bike month, including our Bike ChallengeÌýwinners:

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  Grainne R.
• Hendrik W.
• Kyra C.
• Lillian L.
• Maureen F.
• Peter F.
• Richard H.

Throughout the rest of these summer months, consider biking to campus to reduce your personal carbon footprint and boost your health!Ìý