This year’s Missoula ride proceeded from the Missoula County Courthouse to Higgins Ave., SW Higgins Ave., Russell St., South Ave., Stephens Ave., Orange St., and Broadway St. return to the courthouse. KPAX TV provided video news coverage.

In remembrance of the recent pedestrian fatalities in Missoula, we also organized a simultaneous Walk of Silence. A small group of pedestrians walked from the courthouse to Higgins Ave., S. 3rd St., Orange St., Broadway and return to the courthouse.

On Thursday, May 9th, at noon, in conjunction with the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP), BWAM will host a pre-recorded webinar entitled Economic Benefits of Walkable and Bike Friendly Communities in the 1st Floor Conference Room at Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, 350 Ryman Street.  Because we don’t want you to miss your lunch, all attendees who pre-register at the BWAM APBP Webinar Registration page will have a freshly prepared lunch compliments of  The Buttercup Market & Cafe.

There’s growing evidence that providing great places to walk and bicycle is a successful strategy for maintaining or restoring economic vitality. Savvy practitioners need to know how to make persuasive economic arguments for building pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Attend this webinar to learn about different approaches to convincing decision-makers to invest in active transportation. Read more about this webinar.

Presenters: Todd Litman, Executive Director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Martha Roskowski, Green Lane Project Director, Bikes Belong
Jillian Stephen, P.Eng., Niagara Region Public Works Department; Project Manager, Economic Value of Active Transportation Project

Continuing Education Credits: APBP will provide an attendance certificate to those who document their professional development hours; each 60-minute webinar provides one hour of training (.1 CEU). APBP applies to the AICP for  Certification Maintenance credit for each webinar.

Space is limited and you MUST sign up in advance for lunch (deadline on registration page). Don’t miss this webinar or the delicious lunch from. Sign up now!

Helmets will be required and while we invite riders of all levels, only bicycles and adult tricycles will be permitted and all riders must be comfortable riding for at least 1 hour at 12 miles per hour.

In addition to the Ride of Silence, BWAM will be organizing a simultaneous Walk of Silence. If you are not comfortable biking the 6.5 miles on busy streets, please consider joining others for a 1.6 mile walk to remember those pedestrians who have been killed or injured due to a motor vehicle crash.

Link to our Contact Form and select Ride of Silence to ask a question about how you can participate or help with the event.

As a special incentive for you to renew your BWAM membership or join if not yet a member, we are offering free initial memberships to the Adventure Cycling Association (a $40 value) to the first five who qualify before April 30, 2013 by:

• renewing at the Individual Level or above and recruiting a new member at the Individual Level or above or
• joining or renewing at the BWAM BAM $50 level or above.

This offer can only be made to individuals who are not currently members of the Adventure Cycling Association.

Use our Join Now or Update Your Information page to update or enter your membership information and submit your membership donation via  JustGive or PayPal. If you are recruiting a new member,  let us know in the comments block and remind them to fill in the “Referred by:” box with your name. You may also print out our membership form and mail it with a check to BWAM, PO Box 8881, Missoula, MT 59807-8881.

This offer provided through BWAM’s membership in the Alliance for Biking and Walking.

We encourage you to sign on to this petition and participate in this year’s Ride of Silence wherever you may be. This petition needs a total of 100,000 signatures  by Feb 15, 2013 so that the White House will review and respond. Petition text:

Get on a bicycle and ride one of the Rides Of Silence with the rest of the country and the world, May 15, 2013, 7 pm

We respectfully petition the President and his staff to join The Ride Of Silence on May 15, 2013, 7pm for the boldest bike ride in history. There are locations in all 50 states, so there will be one near where ever the President is traveling. This free, slow (12 MPH), and silent ride, for a short distance, is a simultaneous collection of quiet statements in support of cyclists’ right to safe travel. On one night in cities around this country and the world, cyclists gather annually to ride in silence to raise awareness of cyclists’ right to the road and to honor cyclists killed by motorists. 2012 Ride Of Silence: 319 locations world-wide, 50 U.S. states, 20 countries, 6 continents, 0 words spoken, a million powerful memories. Chris Phelan, Founder, www.rideofsilence.org. One day, one time.