National Bike Month..Get out and Ride

 National bike month is being celebrated all over the nation and with a huge push to become a more bicycle friendly community, Charleston has a few events I am attending. This Friday the ride over the river is sure to turn a descent crowd and hopefully make some noise with city planning. It will not be a ride to work for me, but I use this bridge almost everyday. From my house downtown this is my normal route to the gym just across the river. The ride over the bridge is notoriously sketchy. The bridge allots for only one narrow path riders have to share to and from, with traffic whizzing quite close it's always a relief to complete the crossing. More recently advocates have petitioned the city to eliminate one lane of traffic to dedicate to pedestrians of all types. The point of this ride from West Ashley to MUSC downtown is to bring awareness about how many individuals actually use or would use this lane if it was pedestrian friendly. Hopefully the city takes notice when a two wheel mob led by a police escort make its ways across the river Friday.