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Ride The Drive

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Sunday • August 10 • 2025
10am to 2pm

Stroll, roll, pedal or glide your way through Ride the Drive 2025 -- a free community event connecting park activity hubs with miles of select city streets closed to motor vehicles.  

What is Ride The Drive?

Ride the Drive is a single, one-day, free community event for all ages. The event closes select city streets to motor vehicles and offers Parks Hubs along the route overflowing with free activities.  

Ride the Drive encourages healthy living for adults and children by promoting alternative methods of transportation without the fear or noise of motor vehicles, for just a small part of one day a year.

Since the inaugural Ride the Drive in 2009, this event continues to celebrate Madison’s commitment to a healthy, active lifestyle, focusing on the environmental and economic impacts and the importance of social integration.

Ride the Drive event route map includes John Nolen Drive

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Olin Park 
202 E. Lakeside St.

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Law Park
410 S. Blair St. 

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McPike Park 
202 S. Ingersoll St.

How to Participate

Be a Volunteer

Join us as a volunteer with roles like setup, intersection guide, cleanup, and info booth staff. Each volunteer will receive a 2025 Ride the Drive t-shirt.

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Be a Sponsor

Become a sponsor to associate your business with this environmentally positive event, promoting healthy living.

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Be a Vendor or Exhibitor

If you’re a local business, artist or organization, showcase your offerings by becoming a RTD vendor.

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Thank you Ride the Drive 2025 Sponsors!

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Ride the Drive is organized by the City of Madison Parks Division, in partnership with numerous City agencies and local organizations. 

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