{"id":344,"date":"2017-09-22T18:13:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?p=344"},"modified":"2017-09-22T18:13:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:13:54","slug":"bicycle-safety-awareness-being-highlighted-during-ride-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/2017\/09\/22\/bicycle-safety-awareness-being-highlighted-during-ride-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle Safety Awareness Being Highlighted During Ride Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">Press Release from the NCDOT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s3\">Bicycle Safety Awareness Being Highlighted During Ride Event<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s3\"><i>NCDOT joining bicycling clubs, teams, and organizations in emphasizing safety<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>RALEIGH \u2013 <\/b>Bicycling clubs, teams, advocates, organizations and officials with the N.C. Department of Transportation will meet for a second year on Sunday, Sept. 24 to raise awareness of bicycle safety during the Capital Area Ride for Safety (CARS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-345\" src=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/carslogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"177\" \/>The event was started in 2016 after a motorist struck and seriously injured four local cyclists in a traffic crash.\u00a0 Attendees and speakers will try to raise awareness of motorist and cyclist interactions with a vital message: when passing a cyclist, motorists should\u00a0slow down, look and wait for other traffic, then change lanes to pass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cUnfortunately this year, there have been numerous crashes and close calls between motorists and cyclists,\u201d said Julie White, NCDOT Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation. \u201cOne incident is too many, and it\u2019s our hope that events like these will encourage motorists to treat cyclists as drivers on the road by slowing down and passing with plenty of room. We want everyone to make it home to their loved ones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346\" src=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2016CARSride-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2016CARSride-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2016CARSride-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2016CARSride.jpg 818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of riders during the 2016 CARS ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">The ride (a 28-mile loop or 14-mile one-way option) will start at\u00a09 a.m.\u00a0at Wakefield Commons in Raleigh. There will be a stop halfway at 10 a.m. at Halifax Mall for refreshments, socializing and to hear from several speakers. There is also an alternate 5-mile, urban ride loop that will leave from Lynnwood Brewery at 9:45 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Event speakers include NCDOT Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation Julie White, City Councilman Bonner Gaylord, Paul Neville with the Raleigh BikePed Committee, BikeLaw attorney Ann Groninger and Lisa Riegel with BikeWalkNC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">To learn more about the event or view the schedule and route, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carsride.org\/\"><span class=\"s4\">https:\/\/www.carsride.org\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bicycling clubs, teams, advocates, organizations, and officials with the N.C. Department of Transportation will meet for a second year on Sunday, Sept. 24 to raise awareness of bicycle safety during the Capital Area Ride for Safety (CARS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[51,75,69],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}