Local Motion AmbassadorsLeaders. Teachers. Believers. Champions.
We know you’re out there! And the City needs YOU for our new Local Motion Ambassadors program.
The City is looking for volunteers who can put their transportation expertise to a meaningful use by encouraging and assisting others to make the choice to stop driving alone and instead use transit, walk, and bicycle. By volunteering as a Local Motion Ambassador, you will have the opportunity to interact with the public, meet other transportation champions, and win fabulous prizes ranging from Trader Joe's gift cards to MP3 players!
Local Motion Ambassadors are persons living and/or working in the City who are interested in volunteering to assist with promoting transit, walking, and bicycling as realistic travel options. Transit riders and cyclists are often enthusiastic about their travel decisions and genuinely celebrate when a neighbor, friend, or coworker tries transit or cycling and experiences the benefits for themselves.
Ambassadors help others make the choice to try a new travel option and, in many cases, hold his or her hand through the process. Once you get involved, you’ll help represent the City at festivals, transportation fairs, and even the Mount Vernon Trail with our partners like the National Park Service. Additional ambassador opportunities include hosting the Local Motion display in your community or at your work workplace; writing an article for your community and workplace newsletter; speaking at a resident or work event.
Local Motion Bicycle Ambassadors
The City of Alexandria, in partnership with WABA and National Park Service, is recruiting and training volunteer teenage students to help champion bicycling throughout the City.
The goals of the Local Motion Bicycle Ambassadors program are to increase the number of trips being made by bicycle into and around Alexandria; encourage safe bicycling practices; and help bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians better share roads and trails. To accomplish these tasks, a limited number of student ambassadors will be trained in safety practices, bicycle equipment, basic maintenance techniques, and navigating the bikeways network. Ambassadors will then carry forth their messages to peers and the general public at numerous community events taking place throughout the City between June and October.
Ambassadors – primarily students from Francis Hammond and George Washington middle schools – will be eligible to receive exciting rewards, ranging from gift cards to electronics and cell phones, based on the number of outreach hours logged at various events. They will also enjoy a recognition and celebration luncheon at the end of the outreach season.
The Local Motion Bicycle Ambassadors kicked off the season by assisting with bicycle valet parking at the Alexandria Red Cross Waterfront Festival on June 14-15. Working with the Washington Area Bicycle Association and students and staff of the Jefferson-Houston Elementary School Safe Routes to School program, ambassadors distributed City bikeways maps and safety information, and helped oversee bicycle valet operations.
