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Many Events Scheduled For 20th Pioneer Valley Bike Week

WAMC

     Saturday May 11th marks the start of the 20th Pioneer Valley Bay State Bike Week.

     A series of activities are planned in several communities to highlight bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation.

     In one Springfield neighborhood, people will get a glimpse of what the future could be with streets designed to more safely accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians.

     WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Becky Basch, a senior planner with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, one of the organizers of Bike Week.

     A schedule of Bike Week events can be found here.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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