Graduate students Grace Zimmerman, left and Erin Eisses stop at a treat station on their way to school in Anchorage during National Bike to Work Day on Friday. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Friday’s commute looked a bit different as bicyclists took to Anchorage’s streets and trails to celebrate National Bike to Work Day.
The annual event was founded by the League of American Bicyclists and is observed in towns across the nation to promote health and community. In Anchorage, the event is organized by the city’s Health Department and Bike Anchorage, a biking advocacy and education group.
This year, warm weather and ample sunshine gave Anchorage’s Bike to Work Day a boost as volunteers at sponsored treat stations passed out food and other goodies at booths across the city.
Cyclists commuting home on Friday were able stop by snack tables again from 4 to 6 p.m.
Employees with Umialik Insurance Company volunteer to pass out water and snacks to cyclists at their station near Lyn Ary Park in West Anchorage. This is the group’s seventh year participating in the event. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A person bikes on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Bicyclists stop at a treat station. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
People bike on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage during National Bike to Work Day on Friday. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Emily Mesner is a multimedia journalist for the Anchorage Daily News. She previously worked for the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve and the Western Arctic National Parklands in Kotzebue, at the Cordova Times and at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Michigan.
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