These events are an opportunity to showcase local bicycle facilities and champion the bike as transportation. There is a bicycle cooperative at Arizona State University, in Tempe, that offers bike maintenance education and support. The City of Tempe Bike Loan Program outfits City staff with a bike and accessories for free in exchange for a year of bicycle commuting. Community publishes bicycling information, identifying suggested routes and stressing safety. The City of Tempe publishes an updated bikeway map every two years that includes a complete listing of local and national resources, traffic codes for bicyclists and commuter information.
Community provides public and encourages private bicycle parking facilities.
The City of Tempe, over the past five years, has provided for hundreds of bike parking spaces by installing racks throughout town. In 1995, four artist designed bike racks were placed downtown. A Bike Rack Brochure put out by the Bicycle Advisory Committee has been widely distributed to private enterprise and serves as a guide to proper selection and procedure for bike parking facilities. The City of Tempe also has an ordinance requiring bike racks at all new businesses.