Light the Night event helps bicyclists illuminate themselves at night

Posted on September 3, 2015

Several hundred people attended the third-annual Light the Night event in Uptown Normal Thursday. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC)

By Joe Ragusa

NORMAL – Organizers of the third-annual Light the Night event are trying to help out those who don’t want to shell out a lot of money for bike lights.

“You can buy a light for 60 or 80 bucks at a bike shop, or you can get one that serves the same service but maybe isn’t quite as bright,” Bike BloNo treasurer Michael Gorman said.

Around 1,000 sets of lights were handed out Thursday night in Uptown Normal. Jeff Smith of Bloomington said he wanted a few sets so his children will be safe.

“It gets dark earlier in the fall, so I was hoping to get the kids out and active,” Smith said.

Organizers of the event included Connect Transit, Good to Go, the Town of Normal and Uptown Partners.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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