The City of Chattanooga’s Bike Chattanooga Bicycle Transit System invites the public to help celebrate its third year of operations in the Scenic City with a celebration at the Nightfall Concert Series on Friday, from 7-9 p.m. The community is invited to join Bike Chattanooga at Miller Park to enjoy Bike Chattanooga themed cupcakes, free bicycle valet service provided by BikeWalk Chattanooga, live music, and a member mix and mingle.
To introduce locals to the convenience of using Chattanooga’s Bike Share System, the City of Chattanooga, Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation are launching Activate Chattanooga to provide free annual memberships to Chattanooga residents. Free memberships have a $5 key activation charge at the time of sign up. The free annual membership offer is good while supplies last and available to new Bike Chattanooga members only who reside in the City of Chattanooga. To show appreciation of existing annual members, Activate Chattanooga will add a year to existing member accounts for $25. Members will simply login into their Bike Chattanooga account and renew their current membership at half the regular price.
Officials said, “CDOT wants all Chattanoogans to have a Bike Chattanooga Key in their pockets as a constant reminder of the availability of biking as an efficient and healthy way to complete trips around town. We are excited that The Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga are making this possible with financial support of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee Health Foundation.”
Instructions on how to redeem the Free Activate Chattanooga Annual Memberships may be picked up on Friday at Nightfall during the birthday celebration event. The Chattanooga community will have the option to sign-up for their membership at the event or at a later time by going to www.bikechattanooga.com/signup and creating a new account under the Activate Chattanooga Membership type. A credit/debit card must be used to secure an annual membership and a $5 processing fee will be charged at time of transaction.
Third Year Birthday Milestones since July 23, 2012 Launch:
549,846 miles traveled
60,350 casual members and 1,473 annual members created
23,643,378 calories burned and 373,895 CO2 saved
Record Day: May 25, 2015 (USA Pro Cycling Road Race Sponsored by Volkswagen) with 657 complimentary passes issued, 1,075 trips taken, 232,845 calories burned, 3,750 CO2 saved, and 5,415 miles traveled.
Other Membership Offerings from Bike Chattanooga:
Bike Chattanooga offers locals and visitors a variety of membership options including 24-hour access passes for $8, 3-day access passes for $15, and annual memberships for $50. The corporate and community partnership program allows businesses and organizations to subsidize memberships to employees at a reduced rate while helping to encourage health and wellness in the work place. Current Bike Chattanooga community partners are Volkert, Playcore, Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, Chambliss, Bohner, and Stophel, and the City of Chattanooga.
Conference memberships allow event organizers to offer attendees access to the network for only $20 per membership. More information on all membership types may be found on www.bikechattanooga.com/pricing. Businesses and organizations also have the opportunity to sponsor free Bike Chattanooga days during downtown community events such as Ironman Chattanooga, RiverRocks, and the Head of the Hooch.
Bike Chattanooga is made possible through the continued strong support of the Chattanooga Department of Transportation, Outdoor Chattanooga, CARTA, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, and our current sponsors: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, the Chattanooga History Center, and the Tennessee Aquarium.