Lake Bluff Recognizes May as Bike Month

Wearing a bike helmet is cool – whether you are a kid or a professional bike racer. Photo by Ethan Glading

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Officials in Lake Bluff have recognized the month of May 2015 as National Bike month and the week of May 11-15 as Bike to Work Week. The announcement came during a village board meeting on Monday.

“Our local bike paths and roadways attract thousands of bicyclists each year from our Village and from around the greater Chicagoland area,” said Village President Kathy O’Hara. “We want people to know that Lake Bluff is a bike-friendly community and for everyone to be safe on their bikes.”

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To further promote bicycle safety and education, the Board of Trustees encouraged children and adult bicyclists as well as motorists to complete an interactive online bicycle learning quiz created by the League of Illinois Bicyclists found at www.BikeSafetyQuiz.com .

“Taking the Bike Safety Quiz is a way to educate cyclists and motorists as to the proper and safe operation of bicycles,” O’Hara said.

The Bike Safety Quiz offers versions for adult bicyclists, child bicyclists and motorists. The quiz is interactive and learning comes from short explanations tailored to the user’s right or wrong answers.

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