2nd Annual Holiday Ride 12/22

 

2023 Holiday Riders in front of Sierra Madre Elementary

2nd Annual Holiday Ride! 

Join friends and neighbors for the 2nd annual unofficial "Holiday Ride," Sunday 12/22, 5:30PM - 6:30 PM.  We will meet in front of Sierra Madre Elementary at 5:30PM and enjoy a festive roll through downtown and the surrounding area of town.

Hot Links: 

• US Department of Transportation highlights the importance of active transportation as a climate strategy. The fate of such federal climate efforts is in doubt with a new administration in Washington. Fortunately, local governments have a primary role to play implementing safe road designs and encouraging active mobility like walking and biking. 

• Author Jessica McKenzie is interviewed in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists about her new book on the environmental impact of lithium mining. Here, too, encouraging alternatives to driving can help reduce the environmental impact of EVs. As she puts it in the interview: "There’s already about 1.2 billion cars on the roads worldwide. Rather than trying to swap them for 1.2 billion electric cars, if we can turn that into half a billion electric cars, plus a whole lot of bicycles and subways and walkable neighborhoods, we’ll all be way better off."