road sign at night in Joensuu The following E-mail was sent to the media and interested parties : - 1989
- 200 yellow bicycles put on the streets of Joensuu
Finland as a means of free transport, have all gone
missing. Why are they now turning up in various places
around the globe?
2000- yellow bicycles are back on the streets of Joensuu
Finland as a means of transport. How did this happen?- After so much media attention around the world ( the
word "joensuu" in a search engine would bring the
result "yellow bikes" for instance ) a small group of
people at the North Karelia Polytechnic in Joensuu
decided to revive the 200 Yellow Bicycles of Joensuu
Project
- Who were this group of people ?
How was it funded?
Why are there divers involved ?
What is the Yellow Bike Orchestra ?
- For more information on how the divers are doing pulling the old bikes out of the river and what will the art-bikes trail involving 80 artists finally look like, please call in at :
http://www.barganews.com/bikes
- P.S We would like to link to your site. Is this possible ? Thanks
Here are some of the replies: - The messages were sent out at 11.45, just over an hour later, the replies started to come in. It was indicative that the first reply came from Turku in Finland from a group who are also involved in using bikes for city transport and who are also involved in the
- project of "organised coincidence" CRITICAL MASS . Well done Turku !
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:53:08 EET DST
From: Critical Mass <cm_turku@iobox.fi>
- Thank you for your email!
- Of course you can link our site!
- It's great to see that there's some action in Joensuu. I have a few really good friends living there!
- Best regards.
- Marko Korvela / CM-Turku
- From: Soininvaara Osmo <osmo.soininvaara@eduskunta.fi>
Subject: Vast:Joensuun keltaiset polkupyörät- Itse innokkaana pyöräilijänä olen toki ilahtunut siiä, että keltaisten
polkupyörien projekti jatkuu/syntyy uudestaan.- Osmo Soininvaara
- As a commited biker I am really pleased, that the yellow bicycles project is
continued/reborn- ( Osmo Soininvaara is a member of the Finnish parliament for the Green Party )
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:05:52 -0500
From: Michael Bluejay
Subject: Re: e mail for critical mass- Thanks for the info. I'm linking back to you now. Of course you can
link to me. The address for the Worldwide Critical Mass Hub is:- http://CriticalMassHub.com
- If you want to link with a baner, you can get a banner from my site.
- Thanks,
- -MBJ-
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:32:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Martin Schuhmann <cm-berlin@bikerider.com>
Subject: RE: e mail for critical mass- Yes! You can make a link to my side. I also can link your site on my page.
Please reply with the url of your site. Thanks CM Berlin
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:37:40 PDT
From: Jim Redd <reddude42@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: e mail for critical mass- If you want to link to the Chicago Critical Mass site, go ahead.
- Jim
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:16:38 +0300
From: Riitta Eskelinen <riitta.eskelinen@tikkurila.fi>
Subject: Vs: Joensuun keltaiset polkupyörät- Moi Ilja
- Mitähän maalia käytitte? Oliko Miranolia vai Unicaa?
- Sopisiko tällainen kommentti:
- Yellow is a colour full of life and energy. It reminds us of the sun, flowers and fruit. It is a most suitable colour for city bikes that bring their users joy and a burst of energy. In fact, I cannot think of a better colour for this purpose.
- Congratulations on a great project!
- Best regards
Riitta Eskelinen
Marketing Communications Manager
Tikkurila Paints Oy- ( the yellow bicycles were painted yellow using paint from Tikkurila Paints Oy )
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:37:22 -0700
From: Nic Warmenhoven <nic@oz.net>
Subject: Re: e mail for critical mass- Beautiful, you have an excellent site. It is the work of people like you
who make the web a great place.- I think I have maybe even spotted one of the missing bikes as far away as
Seattle, USA!- You may of course link to or use my web page
(http://www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html) in any way you wish.
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 12:43:07 +0300
From: Anitta.Rosenvall@minedu.fi
Subject: Joensuun keltaiset polkupyörät- Hei,
- Viitaten sähköpostiviestiinne 19.06.2000 Joensuun keltaisista polkupyöristä,
- ohessa kulttuuriministeri Suvi Lindénin vastaus kyselyyn.
- Kotisivuillanne käydessäni huomasin teidän käynnistäneen laajan etsintäkampanjan keltaisten polkupyörien takaisin saamiseksi Joensuuhun. Selatessani linkkejä, jotka kertoivat polkupyöriä löytyneen ympäri maailmaa ehdotan, että tutkimusmatkanne voisi suuntautua myös mm. Joensuun Otsolaan, Sirkkalaan tai Iiksenvaaraan. Todennäköisyys sille, että kadonneita polkupyöriä löytyy Joensuustakin on varmasti suuri.
- Joensuussa haluttiin edistää pyörällä liikkumista sijoittamalla vapaaseen käyttöön keltaisia polkupyöriä. Aito halunne saada takaisin hävitetyt polkupyörät osoittavat tahtoanne kantaa vastuuta yhteisistä asioista. Luulen, että meidän kaikkien asuinympäristö on sitä parempi, mitä enemmän me huolehdimme yhteisistä asioista ja omaisuudesta. Polkupyörien takaisin saaminen on hyvä tapa aloittaa.
- Menestystä harrastuksellenne ja aurinkoista pyöräilysäätä!
- Helsingissä, 30. kesäkuuta 2000
- Kulttuuriministeri Suvi Lindénin
psta- Anitta Rosenvall
erityisavustajan sihteeri/secretary to the political adviser
Opetusministeriö/Ministry of Education
PL293, 00171 HELSINKI/P.O.Box293, FIN-00171 HELSINKI
e- mail: anitta.rosenvall@minedu.fi
tel. +358-(0)9-134 17 447
fax.+358-(0)9-134 16 978
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