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Thursday, 28 January 2016

Get active on your way to work on Go By Bike Day

Upper Hutt City Council’s Activation team are encouraging residents to embrace Go By Bike day on Wednesday 10 February, enticing them with a free breakfast to fuel their efforts.

UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 28 JAN 2016—This year’s nation-wide Go By Bike Day is on Wednesday 10 February. Supported by Bikewise, the Go By Bike Day initiative is designed to encourage people to choose this more active mode of transport for their daily commute in order to build exercise into their lifestyle.

Evidence has shown that regular exercise brings considerable benefits to health and wellbeing. So Upper Hutt City Council is encouraging active recreation and regular exercise as part of building a strong and healthy community.

In keeping with Council’s Activation mandate, “More people, more active, more often,” the Activation team are supporting the nation-wide Go By Bike Day by hosting a free breakfast for those who commute to or through Upper Hutt’s city centre by bike on the day.

“Go By Bike Day is for everyone, and schools, colleges, families, and corporates are all encouraged to take part,” says Activation Team Leader, Ellie Davidson. “We are encouraging Upper Hutt residents to ditch their usual mode of transport, and instead cycle to work, school or the train station.”

The Activation team is also accommodating those who do not have a bike. There will be some ‘spin bikes’ set up for those without a bike who would still like to take part in the active initiative and ‘earn’ their free breakfast.

The free breakfast for cyclists will be available from 7.00 am on the Wednesday 10 February at the Upper Hutt Civic Centre.

The Safer Journeys team will also be attending the event, promoting awareness for their Share the Road campaign. Cyclists who attend the breakfast will have the opportunity to be photographed with their bike and become a part of the campaign.
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