- Chip Weiner
- Mayor Bob Buckhorn leads the way from City Hall to the Bike Bash
The city of Tampa is slowly but surely moving towards becoming a seriously bike-friendly municipality. Last month Mayor Bob Buckhorn issued out a request for proposal for local entrepreneurs who are interested in creating a bike sharing program, which would stock 300 bikes for low-cost, short-term use made available at closely spaced rental stations.
Such programs have been created in the past two years in places like Washington D.C., Boston, Miami and San Francisco, and advocates for making Tampa a more livable community believe such a program enhances the desirability of the area.
The leading advocate for bicycling in Tampa and the entire Tampa Bay area over the past half-decade or so has been Alan Snel. Snel was at the center of activities on Sunday for the "Bicycle Bash," a celebration and exhibition for cyclists in Hillsborough County, held this year in downtown Tampa at Cotanchobee Park, located behind the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
