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ABC staff members and cycling instructors spent 2 hours with CNN International reporter, Ralitsa Vassileva - pictured right speaking with our Executive Director, Rebecca Serna - shooting video and taping interviews for a story about how the American public is responding to rising gas prices, in part, by turning to bicycling as an alternate form of transportation and how ABC is helping people who want to do so overcome their doubts and learn to cycle confidently on city streets.

Update: It looks like the story will air Tuesday, May 6 with a re-broadcast over the weeked of May 10-11. The show, iReport for CNN, is carried on CNN International and is seen all over the world. In the U.S. go to Comcast channel #206.

The back story of how this all came together is interesting in and of itself.

Long-time ABC member and volunteer Tommy Lupo, working in Saudi Arabia for the past year, has become the first registered international user of our new website. He's seen in the photo at right in the Saudi desert sporting, of course, a BRAG 2003 t-shirt. Tommy shared his tentative plans for coming home in a recent email.

A core principal of the Clifton Community Partnership's Urban Design Guidelines is to improve accessibility and connectivity throughout the Clifton community by expanding transportation choices.

The first design project of the Urban Design Guidelines will focus on pedestrian and bicycle lanes on the north side of North Decatur Road, between Emory Presbyterian Church and the CSX rail line near Clairmont Road.

Join your neighbors and the Goody Clancy design team for a design session on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m at Emory Presbyterian Church, 1886 N. Decatur Rd., Decatur, GA 30307.

According today's PEDS Update, 2 ABC members, Chester Perry and Paula Grad, were among the leaders in helping document and report some 250 loose, dangling, or otherwise hazardous utility wires to PEDS during their John Lamb Memorial Wire Hunt with Chester scoring a first place win and Paul coming in third. As is almost always the case, the work that PEDS does on behalf on pedestrians benefits cyclists as well. Congratulations to Chester and Paula and a big thank-you to PEDS!