Join us for ThinkBike 2015 at HistoryMiami, Monday, January 12th & Thursday January 15th for free, informative sessions and fun events celebrating how biking can make Miami more livable and sustainable.Brought to you by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in cooperation with Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization, Friends of the Underline, the Dutch Cycling Embassy, Bike305 and The Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade, ThinkBike 2015 features several presentations and workshops at HistoryMiami and the Downtown Miami-Dade County Public Library.Led by an experienced team of Dutch urban planning and mobility experts, ThinkBike 2015 focuses on The Underline, the transformative 10-mile linear park and urban trail below Metrorail from the Miami River to Dadeland South, and how it can enhance connectivity, mobility, and biking safety for hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors.Sign up for the free opening session on Monday, January 12th from 9 AM-noon, that kicks off off with a public presentation of Dutch best practices for bike infrastructure, planning, and implementation. Experts will share how the Netherlands was transformed into the world’s most bike-friendly country, where the bike is used as an alternative to driving a car. The kickoff concludes with a virtual bike ride along the M-Path, the existing bike path below Metrorail.Sign up for the closing session on Thursday, January 15th, from 1-3:30PM at HistoryMiami, which will feature the findings and recommendations for the Underline's implementation by renowned mobility and infrastructure experts.After the closing session, ThinkBike 2015 will conclude with a Party on the HistoryMiami Plaza where we will present a VanMoof bicycle to the winner of the LoveBike contest. Sign up here for the ThinkBike Party on the Plaza from 3:30-5:00 PM. Be sure to bring your family and friends for an an afternoon of fun.LoveBike: Enter to win a VanMoof bike courtesy of The Netherlands Consulate in Miami. Visit www.theunderline.org/lovebike, tell us what you like and don't like about biking in Miami. Entries accepted through January 12, 2015. We'll announce the winner at the ThinkBike 2015 Party on the Plaza at HistoryMiami on January 15th 3:30-5 PM.
