Thursday, July 16, 2009

Pro Walk/Pro Bike 2008 - Seattle, Washington

Pro Walk/Pro Bike 2008 - Seattle, Washington
Presentations

#2. Federal Funding for Nonmotorized Transportation and Recreation and the National Trails Training Partnership (Cascade II)
1) RTP Trails Nov 2008:
Presentation: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/fundrec_pres.htm
2) RTP and TE Summary: includes both briefs listed below.
Recreational Trails Program Brief: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/brief.htm
Transportation Enhancement Activities Brief:http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/te/brief.htm
3) New Approach for Transportation
USDOT Reform Proposal: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/reauth_reform.htm
Christopher Douwes

The (National) Recreational Trails Program--NRTP
Greg Lovelady (155Kb PowerPoint Presentation)
#6. Adapting the Bike Sharing Concept to North America (St. Helens)
A Public Bicycle System in Metro Vancouver?
Eileen Kadesh and Andrew Curran (605Kb PDF Format)
Bike Sharing in North America
Eileen Kadesh and Andrew Curran (968Kb PDF Format)
SmartBike DC and How it Happened (for Free)
George Branyan (444Kb PowerPoint Presentation)

#16. Maps and Community Engaged Mapping (Cascade IA)
The Neighborhoods on Foot Map Series
Seth Schromen-Wawrin (13.6MB PowerPoint Presentation)

#66. Designing Facilities for Bicyclists (Cascade II)
Thinking (and Building) Outside the MUTCD/AASHTO Box
Joshua Benson (3Mb PDF Format)

      We Are BIXI - BIXI System


      We Are BIXI - BIXI System: "We are BIXI"

      Tuesday, July 14, 2009

      Genessee Valley Greenway

      Genesee Valley Greenway

      (Coincides with our route from U of R North)



      Sunday, July 12, 2009

      Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a federal, state and local effort


      Overview

      Safe Routes to School image, © Andersen Ross/Blend Images/CorbisSafe Routes to School (SRTS) is a federal, state and local effort to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school and to make walking and bicycling to school safe and appealing.

      In New York, as in other parts of this country, travel to school by walking and bicycling has declined dramatically over the past several decades. The adverse impacts of this trend on air quality, traffic congestion and childhood health are alarming.

      The goal of New York's Safe Routes to School Program is to assist New York communities in developing and implementing projects and programs that encourage walking and bicycling to school while enhancing the safety of these trips.Safe Routes to school Logo

      These programs can bring a wide range of benefits to students and the community. These include an easy way for children to get the regular physical activity they need for good health and even to ease traffic jams and reduce pollution around schools.

      A major goal of the program is to increase bicycle, pedestrian and traffic safety. Successful Safe Routes to School programs in the United States usually includes one or more of these approaches engineering, enforcement, education, encouragement.

      Local and regional government, schools and community non-profit organizations ready, willing and able to implement SRTS initiatives are eligible to apply for funding.

      Applications are available for projects and programs to improve the health and safety of New York children who bike or walk to school. The program is open to all New York municipalities and school districts.

      What is Twin Cities Streets for People? | Twin Cities Streets for People

      What is Twin Cities Streets for People? | Twin Cities Streets for People

      Imagine KC from Arnold Imaging on Vimeo.

      Stimulus Watch: Keeping an Eye on Economic Recovery Spending

      Stimulus Watch: Keeping an Eye on Economic Recovery Spending

      Projects in Rochester, New York

      Below are the "shovel-ready" projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.

      The total cost of all the projects submitted by Rochester is $50,946,000

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      Monday, July 6, 2009

      Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog: Copenhagen Winter Cycling


      Copenhagenize.com - Winter Cycling from Colville Andersen on Vimeo.



      Scenes from a cycling life in Copenhagen during the winter. Featuring some of the 400,000 citizens who choose the bicycle throughout the wint

      COPENHAGENIZE.COM

      Each and every day 500,000 people ride their bicycle to work or school in Copenhagen. This blog highlights who they are, why they do and how it was made possible.

      Forty years ago Copenhagen was just as car-clogged as anywhere else but now 55% of the population choose the bicycle. 37% in the Greater Metropolitan area. Copenhagenizing is possible anywhere.