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North Carolina’s advocate for safe cycling and walking

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2018 NC Bike/Walk Summit – Camping and Hotel Locations

For those of you attending the 2018 Summit, here are some options for camping, hotels and home stays but, we hope that you will join us at the Raleigh Marriott City Center located at 500 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, NC 27601.  We have secured a special room rate for 10/18 and 10/19 of $129.00 per night.

Please visit the Raleigh Marriott City Center to register!

Hotels

Marriott City Center 

Others:
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
Residence Inn
Holiday Inn (the round one)
Hampton Inn on Glenwood Ave (south)
Doubletree Aloft
Red Roof Inn
Comfort Inn
Ramada Inn
Crabtree Valley Hotels
Holiday Inn
Candlewood Suites
Embassy Suites
Courtyard by Marriott
Residence Inn
Hampton Inn
Fairfield Inn
La Quinta
America’s Best Value Inn

Camping

Tent & RV – State Parks:

  • Falls Lake: Holly Point & Shinleaf Group Campsites- 14500 New Light Rd, Wake Forest.  676.1027. (20 miles north)
  • Jordan Lake: Poplar Point Campground, Beaver Creek Rd, Apex. lake@ncparks.gov  (25 miles west of RCC; on east shore of Jordan Lake).  Over 100 campsites (tent & RV) w/ showers & bathrooms.  No exit/entry before 8 am or after 9 pm. $20 per night.  Nearby campgrounds have no reservations (perhaps due to State Fair).
  • Umstead State Park: Twenty-eight campsites, plus group camps and a cabin. Drinking water and restrooms with showers. https://www.ncparks.gov/william-b-umstead-state-park/camping. (13 mi. north of RCC)

Private – The Matthews Campground at 7625 Lake Wheeler Road.  919.868.7132. (9 miles southwest of RCC).
Travel trailers & RVS only (no tents). minimum 2 night stay at$40/night w/ power, water, sewer, wi-fi no bath.

Home stay

Sign up here to host an attendee or request a home stay: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEsM0TnTcen-i53-NXVj2jlh_gRs1AESk2AfkreOcRykvymQ/viewform

2018 NC Bike/Walk Summit – October 19-20, 2018

Summit logoThe 2018 NC Bike/Walk Summit is being held at the Convention Center in Raleigh on October 19-20, 2018!! This year’s Summit promises to be packed full of information useful to bicycle advocates, transportation planners, business owners, elected officials, tactical urbanists, public health practitioners, and livability and sustainability professionals. Experts from across the state and beyond will be on hand to share their knowledge and experience.

Capital Area Ride for Safety – September 23, 2018

CARS Ride

To encourage safe cycling and to promote positive interactions between bicyclists and drivers, local riders, bike clubs and various organizations will be hosting the CAPITAL AREA RIDE for SAFETY (CARS) again this year on September 23, 2018. Join us this year for a new, dynamic and interactive ride and experience to be held at Dix Park, as CARS 2018 partners with City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department. There will be fully supported rides including 30 mile (50K), 60 mile (100k) and Greenway rides. There will also be a kid’s bicycle rodeo, music, food, and some inspiring guest speakers. For more information and to register, please go to www.carsride.org.

SRTS Conference – Save the Date March 21, 2018

 

Safe Routes to School Conference – Building a Path to the Future

March 21, 2018 8 am – 4:30 pm

Koury Convention Center

Greensboro, NC

 Save the date for the  NC Safe Routes to School Conference. Hear inspiring success stories and leave with new ideas to amplify and sustain your own work. Sessions will feature: school, community and state action including Active Routes to School Project successes; collaboration with other transportation and health priorities; and the process for changing the physical environment for walking and biking.  Registration is $35 and will open in early 2018.

Continental breakfast and lunch provided. APA credits may be available for attendees.
Sign up to be notified when registration opens.

Sponsored by: The North Carolina Department of Transportation

For questions, please contact ncsrtsconference@unc.edu

Hurry – Register Now and Get Your Hotel Room for the NC Bike/Walk Summit

Completing our Streets…for All!

The 6th Annual Bike/Walk Summit Hosted in Collaboration with AARP and Cape Fear Cyclists

November 3-4, 2017 in Wilmington NC

Register Now!  Just a few Bike/Walk Summit custom socks left so register now to secure a pair.  

Also, the hotel  rates (some at major hotel chains <$70/night within 10 min of downtown) must be booked by the end of September (in ~ 2 weeks!).

We are excited for new topics at the such as:

  • Facilitated discussions with advocates on how to make our organizations stronger to better advance bicycling and walking in our state.
  • Health advocates to share their SRTS successes
  • BikeShare Technology – implemented and being considered – roundtable
  • Our state’s Vision Zero team from NCSU ITRE will be on hand to provide a primer and share resources to help you advocate for your town to adopt a Vision Zero initiative

We look forward to hearing from new leadership at NCDOT – Deputy Secretary Julie White – as well as new perspectives from AARP on age-friendly communities, livability and of course Complete Streets.  The Wilmington Summit Planning Committee has been hard at work developing walking and bicycling mobile tours of downtown Wilmington and the UNC-Wilmington campus environs.  You can do these on your own or guided at selected times.  Transportation Professionals (open to all!) – please consider taking the Bicycling Traffic Skills Class on Nov 2nd.

Click here to Register Now!

 

Visit http://www.bikewalknc.org/nc-bicycle-summit/ for lodging information (toward the bottom) and to learn more.

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