Released on = April 21, 2007, 8:59 pm

Press Release Author = John Z Wetmore, Perils For Pedestrians

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Bicycle racing in Maryland is just one of the subjects
featured on Episode 107 of \"Perils For Pedestrians\". The program will be carried on
The Universityhouse Channel (DISH Network 9411) on Tuesday, April 24, at 9:30 PM
Eastern time, 6:30 PM Pacific time.

Press Release Body = Bicycle racing in Maryland is just one of the subjects featured
on Episode 107 of \"Perils For Pedestrians\". The program will be carried on The
Universityhouse Channel (DISH Network 9411) on Tuesday, April 24, at 9:30 PM Eastern
time, 6:30 PM Pacific time.

John Z Wetmore, host of the \"Perils For Pedestrians\" television series, opens the
program with an interview with Mark Sommers of DC Velo. Sommers is the organizer of
a criterium bicycle racing event in Silver Spring, Maryland. A criterium race
consists of numerous laps around a closed course. It is spectator-friendly because
the cyclists pass the same spots repeatedly during the race. Sommers discusses the
logistics of holding a race on closed-off streets in a dense downtown area.

The Silver Spring event was several separate races over the course of the day for
different age and skill categories. Wetmore interviews Rebecca Larson, winner of
the women\'s professional race. She has been racing since she was a teenager. The
previous month she came in sixth in the National Road Race.

Wetmore then travels to Nashville, Tennessee, for a look at Music City Moves. Music
City Moves is the \"Active Community Partnership\" for the Nashville region. It is
one of 25 partnerships across the United States receiving funding from the Active
Living By Design program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Over five years,
the partnerships are to work on making changes in their communities to promote
physical activity as part of daily life. Laurel Creech, with Team Green, and Toks
Omishakin, with the Metropolitan Planning Department, discuss the progress made so
far.

The final interview is with Caryn Giarratano, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator
for the Missouri Department of Transportation. She is working to include bicyclists
and pedestrians in planning and design at MoDOT, a process called \"routine
accommodation\" or \"complete streets\".

\"Perils For Pedestrians\" is a public affairs television series that looks at
problems confronting pedestrians and bicyclists in their communities, and solutions
to those problems from across the United States, and around the world. John Z
Wetmore, host of the series, has interviewed advocates, engineers, planners, and
public officials in all 50 states and in 9 foreign countries. In addition to The
Universityhouse Channel on satellite, \"Perils For Pedestrians\" appears on over 100
public access cable channels. Episode 107 can also be seen on Google Video at:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid

Web Site = http://www.pedestrians.org

Contact Details = John Z Wetmore
Perils For Pedestrians Television
5305 Bradley Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-654-5305
john@pedestrians.org