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    Bike to Work Festivities on May 22 Are Open to All


    The Campus's annual Bike to Work Day celebration is set for May 22 at 5 p.m. on the Faculty Club Lawn, and Susan Kinnell Carty plans to be there.
    "I wouldn't miss it," said the UCSB Bookstore's book buyer and a campus bicycle commuter for almost 10 years.
    She peddles an eight-mile roundtrip every workday so long as weather and the size of her book load permit. Carty is 64 years old, but did not allow even a hip replacement three years ago to keep her off two wheels for long. She figures she has already saved nearly $2,500 by not buying parking permits.
    Carty will join many others at the May 22 party for the free mini-tune ups offered by the Associated Students Bike Shop, not to mention the food, drink, and raffle prizes. All UCSB employees are welcome to attend the hour-long festivities, said James Wagner, coordinator of the Transportation Alternatives Program.
    Though she retires in December, Carty has a vision for UCSB's transportation future: She would like to see cars banned from campus and employees shuttled back and forth aboard a Disneyland-style people-mover from remote parking areas.

    A.S. Bike Shop mechanic Brenton Taylor tunes the bike for helmeted Ken Ardry, a housing services carpenter, at last year's Bike to Work Day fest.