Events

May 17 is Vanpool Monday!

• If you aren’t already in a vanpool, check with GO MAINE to see if there is a spot available van route in your community. E-mail us to ask about van availability on your commuting route. If you try it, we think you will like it!
• Suggest a vanpool route in your area.
  Are there other commuters like you who live and work near you? Let us know if you think a vanpool would work well on your route.

May 18 is Transit Tuesday!

• BANGOR: Celebrate Transit Tuesday with The BAT.  7 a.m.-9 a.m., Pickering Square Parking Garage.  Join The BAT for breakfast, and find out more about riding the bus, carpools, vanpools, walking and riding your bike in the Bangor region. Sponsored by The BAT, BACTS and other regional transportation organizations.  For BAT schedule and route information click here.
• BIDDEFORD-SACO: Ride free and enter to win prizes on ShuttleBus and ZOOM! Fares on all ShuttleBus-ZOOM routes will be FREE Tuesday, May 18, to encourage commuters to take the bus. Take the ZOOM or ShuttleBus for free all day, and enter to win T-shirts, monthly passes and umbrellas.  For route and schedule information click here.

May 19 is Carpool Wednesday!

• 2010 Active Communities Conference: Walking, Biking, Physical Activity and the Built Environment, Hilton Garden Inn, Auburn. This no cost annual conference includes sessions on funding opportunities, engineering options, safe routes to school, community success stories, walking and biking audits, and more. Brought to you by Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine State Planning Office, Maine Department of Conservation, Bicycle Coalition of Maine, Go-Maine Commuter Program, and the Maine Safe Routes to School Program. For more information contact Dan Stewart, MaineDOT Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Quality Community Program Manager, 624-3252 or click here.

May 20 is Walk or Anything Goes Thursday!
This is the day that Mainers get creative with their commute. Check out videos of wild, wacky, fun and “green” commutes.

• NRCM Continues to Be Creative 2010
• NRCM Gets Creative 2009
• Mike McDermott’s CAWW Commute, 2008

Share your Commute Another Way Week photos and videos with us. E-mail us for upload information!

May 21 is Maine Bike to Work Day!

• For Portland area bike commuters: Ride your bike to work and join us from 7-9:00 AM for a celebration at Lobsterman Park (corner of Temple and Middle St in downtown) for a free breakfast, music, exhibits and a chance to win prizes. From 11-1:00 join us again at Lobsterman Park for a lunchtime bonanza of exhibits, bike vendors, bike demos, bike workshops, discount lunch coupons and a chance to win more prizes! Learn more.
• Join Portland Trails for a guided walk along the new Bayside Trail.  We’ll learn about the new trail and bike/ped connections that will make your travel through downtown Portland quicker, easier, and safer! Meet at 5 PM at the Eastern Mountain Sports parking lot (corner Elm St. and Marginal Way). The walk will last about an hour.
• L. L. Bean Bike weekend event and sale

May 22 – 23

• L. L. Bean Bike weekend event and sale

May 25

• You CAN Get There From Here Forum. 5: 30 – 8:30 in Portland. Click for details.