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2017 Tour de Staten Island
ORGANIZATION: Transportation Alternatives
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3 people are interested
Come Volunteer for the 7th Annual Tour de Staten Island!
Sunday, April 23, 2017
The Tour de Staten Island is a fun-filled, non-competitive bike ride through the neighborhoods and parks of New York City’s greenest borough! Tour volunteers help with course marshaling, set-up, registration and manning our rest stops, and more.
All volunteers will receive a gift of a Tour de Staten Island t-shirt at their shift.
Please contact us at volunteer@transalt.org to sign up!
Volunteer Opportunities
Start Site VolunteersFlagship Brewery: 7 am - 11 am
Help check-in riders and distribute t-shirts. After all riders are checked in and on the route, you’ll pitch in to get our finish festival set up and underway.
Finish Fest VolunteersFlagship Brewery: 11 am - 4 pm
Greet riders as they complete their pedalfest of Staten Island. Hand out t-shirts, be part of the bike valet team, put up signage and be a smiling face at the TransAlt info table.
Rest Area Volunteers Freshkills Park (8 am - 12 pm), Historic Richmond Town (8 am - 12:30 pm) OR Great Kills Park (10 am - 2:30 pm)
You’ll be helping riders refuel, and sending them back on the course with a rousing cheer. Expect to hang signs, make peanut butter sandwiches, give high-fives, and more!
Riding Marshals50-mile route marshals: (7 am - 4 pm), 35-mile route marshals (7:30 am - 4 pm). Meet at Flagship Brewery.
You are an experienced cyclist with the ability to fix flats and handle other minor mechanical breakdowns. Please bring your bike and be ready to ride the entire course. Help riders navigate the route, negotiate tricky intersections, fix flats and find their way to rest areas and bike repair stations.
Stationary Marshals7 am - 4 pm, Meet at Flagship Brewery (unless instructed otherwise)
Guide riders through potentially tricky areas of the route. You do not need any prior experience marshaling, but should have access to a bike and be willing to ride it to your marshalling station, which may be a substantial distance from public transit.
Thanks in advance for helping T.A. make this a safe and fun event!
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About Transportation Alternatives
Location:
127 W 26th St #1002, New York, NY 10001, US
Mission Statement
Reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile and promote bicycling, walking and public transit as better transportation alternatives.
Description
With 100,000 active supporters and a committee of activists working locally in every borough, TransAlt fights for the installation of infrastructure improvements that reduce speeding and traffic crashes, save lives and improve everyday transportation for all New Yorkers.
Since our founding in 1973, T.A. has paved the way for remarkable changes in New York City’s transportation infrastructure: the extraordinary growth of bicycling, the launch of Citi Bike and the introduction of innovations to city streets, like Complete Streets, parking-protected bike lanes, automated speed enforcement cameras, public plazas, Select Bus Service and Neighborhood Slow Zones, and much more.
Right now, Transportation Alternatives activists are leading the fight to improve infrastructure for bicycling and walking on scores of local streets and to change traffic enforcement policy and practices citywide. The goal is to achieve Vision Zero -- the elimination of traffic deaths and serious injuries on New York City’s streets.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
The Flagship Brewing Company at St. George40 Minthorne StreetStaten Island, NY 10301
DATE POSTED
March 6, 2017
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Bicycling
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- We have various 4-5 hr. shifts.
- No requirements besides a desire to help make NYC's streets safer.