[CMI-CM] CONGRATULATIONS! (Re: [CCB] Bicycle Friendly Business awarded to CUMTD)

[Rick Langlois]

This is BIG news!
Congratulations to the CUMTD!

CCB is very proud of the SHARE THE ROAD BUS and we couldn't have produced it
without the great support of the CUMTD.  Likewise, CCB is very thankful for
the great support from CUMTD in the production of the C-U Area Bicycle Map!

This award from the League of American Bicyclists to the Champaign-Urbana
Mass Trassit District will further the mission of the CCB and realization in
Champaign County community of the importance and possitive impact a bicycle
friendly community will have for all!

Again, COMGRATULATIONS to Bill, Jan, Cynthia, and the entire CUMTD Team on
this great, first in the area, National Award!


Rick Langlois
Chairman, Champaign County Bikes



On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:35 AM, <choyle57 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> *For Immediate Release*
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> *Contact: Jan Kijowski*
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> *Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District*
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> *PRESS RELEASE*
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> *September 24, 2009***
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> *The League of American Bicyclists Announces Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit
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> *Washington, DC - September 24, 2009 –* The League of American Bicyclists
> is proud to announce the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) is
> named as a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Business. The MTD is one of the 45 new
> BFB award winners and the only public transportation provider to receive
> this designation. This is the third time BFB winners have been announced
> since the program's inception in 2008 when the League announced the first 13
> designees. “We’re delighted to highlight the MTD and the ways in which they
> are getting more people on bikes,” stated League President Andy Clark. “In
> today’s challenging economic climate, businesses with healthy, happy and
> productive employees are going to be the most competitive and the most
> sustainable – the Bicycle Friendly Business program recognizes some of the
> best examples of this in practice.”
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> Businesses that apply for the award designation inspire and encourage their
> peers. The MTD serves as an example for best practices and innovations in
> bicycle friendliness at the workplace. The MTD makes bicycling an easy
> option for transportation and provides amenities such as bicycle parking
> areas and on-site changing rooms.
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> The BFB program recognizes socially responsible businesses that promote
> healthy, happy, and green workplaces and provides a road map to become even
> more bicycle-friendly in the years to come. “Businesses across the nation
> are rising to the challenge of reducing their carbon footprint and improving
> the health of their employees - we are excited to be able to provide a
> roadmap to help achieve both these goals, and to recognize those companies
> that are leading the way," said Clark.
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> Bicycle Friendly Businesses are corporations, organizations, nonprofits and
> associations that weave bicycling into their business culture and give
> employees and customers the opportunity to be active stewards of their
> personal and environmental health through bicycling. When bicycling is
> infused in an office or company culture, great things happen: reduced health
> care costs; more productive employees; improved worker and customer;
> satisfaction; smaller carbon footprint; and increased corporate social
> responsibility. See attached or click here for all new 2009 Fall BFB award
> winners. Visit www.bikeleague.org to view a list of all BFB winners.
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> Applying as a BFB is easy and free. Applicants receive technical assistance
> from the League staff as well as tools to evaluate and assess their bicycle
> friendliness through the application process. The BFB application is
> available online at www.bicyclefriendlybusiness.org.
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> The Bicycle Friendly Community and Bicycle Friendly Business programs are
> generously supported by program partners Bikes Belong and Trek Bicycle’s
> One World, Two Wheels Campaign.
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> *The League of American Bicyclists promotes bicycling for fun, fitness and
> transportation, and works through advocacy and education for a
> bicycle-friendly America. The League represents the interests of America's
> 57 million bicyclists, including its 300,000 members and affiliates. For
> more information or to support the League, visit www.bikeleague.org. For
> information about the MTD’s program, please contact Cynthia Hoyle at
> 217.649.6505 or by email at **cyhole at cumtd.com* <cyhole at cumtd.com>*.*
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