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The City of Charlotte Department of Transportation, Charlotte Area Transit System and Start 2 Finish are once again joining forces to host one of Charlotte's most healthy and inspiring events: 2017 BIKE! Charlotte. This event is set to start on Friday, April 28 and run through the following Sunday, May 14.
BIKE! Charlotte is 17 days of bicycle-related events and promotions used to encourage families, friends and colleagues to break out the bike and integrate it into their daily routine. The theme for the 13th annual event is "Riding for a Better Community". Whether used for transportation or recreation, bicycles are efficient, non polluting modes of travel with great health benefits. Its an opportunity to set your life in motion both physically and mentally. Visit Bike! Charlotte for more information.
The Education Day game at BB&T Ballpark is Wednesday, May 3 at 11:05 a.m. The event will bring an additional 50+ school buses around the BB&T Ballpark on Wednesday morning. Event organizers expect 4,500 attendees. Heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic is expected around the ballpark leading up to the start of the game. Commuters should use caution and allow extra travel time.
UNC Charlotte College of Arts and Architecture’s Tactical Urbanism Class has partnered with CDOT to decorate the crosswalks and adjacent sidewalks with chalk in the vicinity of the UNC Charlotte Center City campus.
On Friday, May 5, Brevard Street at 11th Street and 9th Street at College Street will close at 10 a.m. and remain closed for several hours.
During this time, UNC Charlotte students will decorate the crosswalks and adjacent sidewalks to provoke conversation and promote urban vitality in the educational core that surrounds UNC Charlotte’s Center City campus and First Ward Park. The work will continue the discussion started by Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City’s former Transportation Commissioner, when she visited Charlotte in early April. She advocated for streets that are safer and more engaging for pedestrians and cyclists, less dominated by automobiles, and suggested the use of temporary pilot projects as a way to begin that change. Students will decorate 1,000 feet of sidewalks using ecologically-themed elements, linking First Ward Park to the adjoining elementary schools.
The event is on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at
Sugar Creek Church of Christ on Sofley Road. Event organizers expect 1,200
attendees. Visit Sugar Creek Spring Festival for more
information.
The 7th Annual Kings Drive Art Walk is May 6 – 7
at Pearl Park. The festival is from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 and
from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 7. Event organizers expect 35,000
attendees. Visit Festival in the Park for more
information.
The event begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 at Gateway Village
Promenade. Event organizers expect 1,700 participants. The course includes North
Cedar Street, West Fifth Street, North Tryon Street, West Stonewall Street,
South Graham Street and West Trade Street. Visit Aids Walk Charlotte for more
information.
 AIDS Walk Charlotte
The race will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 at the David Taylor
Corporate Center. Event organizers expect 300 participants. The running portion
of the race uses Governor Hunt Road, David Taylor Drive, Research Drive and the
Mallard Creek Greenway. The bike portion uses Governor Hunt Road, David Taylor
Drive, Research Drive, WT Harris Boulevard, Medical Plaza Drive, Mallard Creek
Road, West Mallard Creek Church Road and Claude Freeman Drive. Visit University City Duathlon for
more information.
 University City Duathlon 3K
 University City Duathlon 5K
 University City Duathlon 18.5K Bike Route
The race begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 in Plaza
Midwood. Event organizers expect 100 participants. The route uses Wilhelmina
Avenue, Mecklenburg Avenue, Belvedere Avenue, Tippah Avenue, Kensington Avenue,
Thurmond, Place, Chambwood Drive, Ashland Avenue and Winter Street. Contact the
Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association at 704-634-9081 for more information.
 Midwood Miles 5K Road Race
The event begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 at the Little
Sugar Creek Greenway (Belk Plaza) at 425 North Kings Drive. Event organizers
expect 3,000 participants. The route includes North Kings Drive, East 3rd
Street, North Torrence Street, Park Drive, Charlottetowne Avenue, Armory Drive
and Same Ryburn Walk. Visit Walk to End Lupus Now for more information.
 Walk to End Lupus Now
The race begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 on East Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Event organizers expect 450 attendees. The route
includes East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, South Davidson Street, East 3rd
Street and South McDowell Street. For more information contact Rodney Sellars
at rodney.sellars@mecklenburgcountync.gov.
 Rodney’s Great Kids Triathlon
The event is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 7. The City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Blue Cross Blue Sheild of NC and Partners for Parks will clear the roads for the third Open Streets 704 event within walking and biking distance of the Elizabeth, First Ward, Windsor Park, Chantilly, Echo Hills, Commonwealth, Plaza-Midwood, Sheffield Park, Country Club Heights, Eastover and Cherry neighborhoods.
Open Streets 704 is a series of four Charlotte events made possible by a grant from the Knight Foundation. Open Streets 704 will literally open a length of city streets for an afternoon just for people! Taking cues from similar events around the country and the world, Open Streets 704 aims to build a better, healthier, connected community by encouraging Charlotte and Mecklenburg area residents to walk, bicycle, and experience the city together in a way that’s just not possible in a car. Visit Open Streets 704 for more information.
CDOT is implementing
a separated bicycle lane demonstration project on The Plaza, between Central
Avenue and Belvedere Avenue. The project will open as a connection into
the Open Streets 704 event, and be left in place until May 14. By converting the outside travel lanes in both directions to one-way separated
bicycle lanes, the project’s goal is to provide a safe and comfortable bicycle
facility on The Plaza while calming traffic through the historic district of
Plaza-Midwood.
Residents along The Plaza are instructed to place their trash and
recycling receptacles on the buffer zone at the edge of the bicycle lane on
Monday May 8.
Residents are encouraged to call 311 with
questions or concerns about the facility during the demonstration period.
 Residents along the demonstration project should put trash and recycling receptacles on the buffer zone on Monday, May 8.
West 3rd Street between South Church Street and
South Tryon Street will be reduced to one lane starting Monday, May 8 at 9 a.m.
and lasting through Monday, June 5 at 4 p.m. for construction work at the 300
South Tryon Street project. Construction crews will need an additional lane for
approximately four weeks for reconstruction of the roadway and installation of
curb and gutter along the project frontage. The exact timing of this
closure is tentative and is subject to change based on coordination with CityLYNX
Gold Line Phase 2 construction and other development projects uptown. CDOT is making every effort to minimize disruption to the public and will
coordinate closures to the extent possible.
Motorists
should expect heavier traffic and congestion during this closure, especially
during rush hour.
The event begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 12 at Elon Park
Elementary School. The route uses Ardrey Kell Road and Marvin Road. Email kellyduggan@yahoo.com for more
information.
The race begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 12 on Tryon Street.
Event organizers expect 5000 attendees. The route uses South Tryon Street,
Camden Road and West Tremont Avenue. Visit Right
Moves for Youth for more information.
The race will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 at the Providence
Plantation Racket & Swim Club on Houston Branch Road. Event organizers
expect 500 participants. The route uses Brook Hollow Road, Meadow Haven Lane,
Gary Moss Road, Goshen Lane, Summer Club Road and High Ridge Road. Visit Pineapple Dash for more information.
The event begins at 9
a.m. on Saturday, May 13 at Socrates Academy. Event organizers
expect 200 attendees. The route runs from from Socrates Academy to Colonel
Francis Beatty Park on Weddington Road, into the park and their trails, then
return to the school on Weddington Road. Weddington Road will need to be closed
intermittently from 8:45 a.m. to approximately 10:30 a.m. Visit Socrates
Academy for more information.
The event begins at 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 14 at Piedmont Town Center in
SouthPark. Event organizers expect 1,000 participants. The route uses Barclay
Downs Drive, Scofield Road, Topping Place, Manning Drive, Ferncliff Road,
Colony Road, Roxborough Road and Morrison Boulevard. Visit Mother’s Day 5K
for more information.
The event begins at 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 14 at Shalom Park.
Event organizers expect 450 participants. The route uses Providence Road,
Lansdowne Road, Prett Court, Folger Drive, Newhall Road, Lansing Drive,
Wingrave Drive, Preston Lane, Mammoth Oaks Drive, Creola Road, Shelton Street,
Jefferson Drive and Armstrong Drive. Visit Friends Run 10K and 5K for
more information.
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