How to get active with Local Motion's Bike, Walk and Wheel event

Charles Dunlap, Columbia Daily Tribune

Columbia organization Local Motion is encouraging the community to get active with its 22nd annual Bike, Walk and Wheel weeklong celebration starting Saturday.

"The weeklong series of events encourage community members to be more active by walking,biking, using a wheelchair, or riding the bus," Local Motion said in a news release, noting it was created in partnership with then Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman in 2002.

All Bike, Walk and Wheel events are free except for Bikes and Brews, which needs tickets. More information about all events is available through the Bike, Walk, and Wheel event page on the Local Motion website.

Local Motion, founded in 2000, is focused on transportation equity.

Planned events are:

  • Park Avenue Resource Fair — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, at Park Avenue;

  • Bikesgiving — noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at The CoMo Bike Co-op, 701 E. Ash St.;

  • Family Day Fun Ride — 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the Arcade District, 602 Fay St.;

  • Ride United: A Public Transit Event — 5-7 p.m. May 13 at Fretboard Coffee courtyard, 1016 Artist Alley;

  • Wheelchair & Bike Wash — 4-8 p.m. May 14 at Logboat Brewing Co., 504 Fay St.;

  • Bikes & Brews — 6-8 p.m. May 15 starting from Walt's Bike Shop, 1217 Rogers St.;

  • COMOTA Trailwork Walk — 6-8 p.m. May 16 at the Antimi Shelter in Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Center, 1615 Business Loop 70 W.;

  • Breakfast Station Day — 7-9 a.m. May 17 at various locations, more details at LoMoCoMo.org;

  • Bike to the Farmers Market — 8 a.m. to noon May 18 at Columbia Farmers Market, 1769 W. Ash St.; and

  • Mayor's Mile — 1 p.m. May 19 at Flat Branch Park, 300 S. Providence Road.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Local Motion hosts 22nd annual Bike, Walk and Wheel event in Columbia

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