Victoria
We're Hiring! Event Coordinator for BTWW 2012.
Are you looking for an exciting way to make a difference in our community? Bike to Work Week encourages people to embrace a lifestyle that is healthy for the body, the pocketbook and our environment. And, most of all it’s FUN!
Great Opportunity! CanBike ll Training March 9,10,and 11, 2011
Bike to Work Victoria is looking to train more instructors for our very popular Bike Skills Courses. This course is a pre-requisite to becoming an instructor trainee in our Bike Skills and Safety course as well as our Canbike Kids course.
2012 T-shirts
The 2012 Event T-shirt will be unveiled in April at our Kick-off Launch event.
Last year t-shirts can be obtained at the BTWW office for $5.00.
Payment by cash or cheque (made out to Greater Victoria Bike to Work Society) is accepted.
All proceeds from T-shirts go towards sustaining the Bike to Work Week event.
Kids Courses for Schools
Bike to Work Victoria with support from the Capital Regional District has developed an exciting Bike Skills safety course for school kids in Grade 7 (approximately 13 years of age).
The course consists of 3-4, two hour sessions including in-class and on-road training.
There is a cost to run the course.
2011 Bike to Work Victoria Yearbook
Check out the highlights from 2011 in our yearbook! We are busy working towards another great event in 2012. Don’t forget to mark your calendars: May 28 - June 3, 2012!
New Office Hours
BTWV Fall and Winter Office Hours
Tuesday-Thurday 10:00am-2:00pm
Outside these hours you can reach us by:
Phone 250.920.5775 and leave message
Email: frank@biketowork.ca or marsha@biketowork.ca
Bike to Work Week T-shirt Blowout
Bike to Work Victoria has a small collection of great t-shirts from past year events. We are clearing them out at an all-time low price of $5! The sale starts Monday Oct 3 and end Friday Oct 14. Get your orders in now!
Love Bike to Work Week? Tell Everyone!
Until October 15, 2011, you can vote for Bike to Work Week on CityHUB. Please check it out and vote as much as possible. We’d love it if you would vote for us once per day!
Thank you from the Bike to Work Week Team!
Thankyou for participating in Bike to Work Day!
Bike to Work Day was a great success! Thank you for coming out and celebrating cycling with us once again! It’s a very important time of year to prepare for comfortable commuter cycling with changing weather and shorter days.
Fall Bike Skills Courses Schedule
The Bike Skills & Safety Course Schedule for Fall 2011 is now available.
Check out the Bike Skills page for more information and remember that registration is required.
Victoria Survey Winner
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Bike to Work Week survey! This information will help us to build an even more successful event in years to come! We have drawn our prize winner who will be using her $100 gift certificate to a sponsor bike shop of her choice!
With Parking Meters Extinct, Cyclists Hunt for Lock-Up Spots
When the City of Victoria first started talking about removing parking meters in favour of pay-by-stall street parking, Coun. John Luton knew there would be serious problems for cyclists.
Eliminating meter heads meant the posts could no longer be used as unofficial, but secure, spots to lock up bikes. Hundreds of bike parking spots suddenly disappeared.
BTWW Final Results and Thankyou
Bike to Work Week 2011 has been an outstanding year! We had nearly 6,000 total participants register and take part (with more on the trails and in the community who were not counted!). We counted almost 900 new riders and we cumulatively cycled 265,627.14 kilometres during BTWW! Bike to Work Victoria organizers are very proud of the tremendous turn-out
Thursday and Friday Prizes
Hi Everyone. The Thursday & Friday Prize Lists have now been posted! Check to see if you or your team has won!
Wednesday Prize Winners
Thank you for your patience with our technical issues! Please check here to see if you or your team has won a prize. Thursday and Friday Prize lists will be available soon!
ENTER YOUR RESULTS! Deadline - Friday June 10, 2011
Hello Team Leaders. Thank you so much for participating in Bike to Work Week 2011! We need your results. Please complete the on-line form for your team no later than this Friday June 10. Once you have entered results, your team name will appear in the list of participating teams.
To Enter your Results please follow these steps:
WRAP-UP BBQ This afternoon!
Hello Bike to Work Week participants. It’s Friday! What a great week we have had so far. Participation at all of our celebration stations has been way up over past years! The trails and cycle corridors have been busy. So far it’s been a tremendous event. AND - it’s not quite over!
Tuesday Prize Winners
Thank you everyone for patiently awaiting our list of prizes & prize winners! Monday’s Prize Winners have been drawn and are listed below. Please note that all teams are drawn using a random number generated table. This ensures equal chances to win for everyone! Celebration station prizes are drawn from the bucket!
BTWW Day 4 and 5 (June 2 - June 3)
Hello Bike to Workers! Here is the latest update on upcoming celebration stations!
Thursday afternoon you will find us at:
3:30-5:30pm - University of Victoria (Main Fountain in front of the library)
3:30-5:30pm - Langford - Veterans Memorial Park
And, FRIDAY!!!
Monday Prize Winners
Thank you everyone for patiently awaiting our list of prizes & prize winners! Monday’s Prize Winners have been drawn and are listed below. Please note that all teams are drawn using a random number generated table. This ensures equal chances to win for everyone! Celebration station prizes are drawn from the bucket!
2011 Census and National Household Survey
The 2011 Census is now underway and the new National Household Survey (NHS) should start arriving at Greater Victoria homes this week.
BTWW T-shirts Running low
Get your order in or come by and pick up your BTWW t-shirts quick! We are running out. We still have at least a couple in each size available (small to XXL) - but please don’t miss out! Submit your team order to marsha@biketowork.ca or come by the office to pick them up 201-531 Yates Stre
