Backup Documents 05/13/2025 Item # 4HPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the month of May is National Bicycle Month; and
WHEREAS, bicycling plays an unportant role in the lives of millions of Floridians. Bicycle usage
promotes health and wellness and helps to encourage citizens to develop habits of physical
activity to become or stay fit; and
WHEREAS, the rng of bicycles increases roadway and parking capacities by reducing the number of
cars on the roads; and
WHEREAS, Collier County has the highest percentage of people in the state who use a bicycle as their
sole means of transportation; and
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition conducts the Lights for Bikes Program to provide bike lights,
safety gear, and language -appropriate safety information to low-income commuter cyclists
who bike to work, often in the dark; and
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition supports the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the
Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to improve the County's infrastructure
to better accommodate all road users; and
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition partners with the Collier MPO to publish acounty-wide map
highlighting bike lanes, paved shoulders, sidewalks, and multi -use pathways to better equip
residents and tourists to choose active transportation; and
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition has introduced the vision for and is furthering the development
of the Paradise Coast Trail, which will be a 100+ mile trail built exclusively for safe and
enjoyable walking, running, and biking; and
WHEREAS, Naples Pathways Coalition will be hosting the Annual Ride of Silence on May 21, 2025, at
6 PM at Gambier Park to honor and remember people who were killed or injured while
biking;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that May 2025 be designated as
NATIONAL BIKE MONTH
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 13th Day of May 2025.
Board of County Commissioners
Collier ounty, Florid
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Burt L. Saunders, Chairman