M AKING YOUR C ITY B ETTER FOR B ICYCLING AND W ALKING : H OW AND W HY B RENT H UGH E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR
Statewide Bicycle & Pedestrian Advocacy Over 4500 members across the state 50+ member Advisory Commission representing groups across the state Celebrating our 20 th Anniversary
We work to support ALL types of bicycling, walking, trails Walking, hiking, running Road, mountain, trail bicycling ALL reasons: Transportation, recreation, health, competition, fitness, fun
Our Vision for Missouri World class bike/ped network Encourage more bicycling & walking Improve safety Build a movement in support of bicycling & walking MoBikeFed.org/Vision
WHY? Att ttracts acts people/businesses to your city: “People want to live and work in places where they can safely and conveniently walk and/or bicycle” (Federal Highway Admin) Heal alth th & En Environment onment Ec Economics: onomics: “Bicycle and pedestrian facilities increase home values, drive spending at local businesses, and spur economic development in communities” (USDOT) One of the most co cost t effecti ctive e investments government can make
OUR COMPETITION – NATL & INTRNATL . . . P ERCENTAGE OF T RIPS BY BICYCLING & WALKING
U.S. . Vehicle icle Miles Travel eled ed (Millions) ions) Sinc nce e the Dawn n of the Age of the Aut utomobil obile 3500000 3000000 2500000 2000000 1500000 1000000 500000 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 FWHA Data Chart: Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, mobikefed.org
U.S. . Vehicle icle Miles Travel eled ed (Millions) ions) Sinc nce e the Dawn n of the Age of the Aut utomobil obile 3500000 3000000 2500000 2000000 1500000 1000000 500000 Times are changing . . . 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 FWHA Data Chart: Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, mobikefed.org
U.S. . Vehicle icle Miles Travel eled ed (Millions) ions) Sinc nce e the Dawn n of the Age of the Aut utomobil obile 3500000 Don’t plan for this 3000000 2500000 When 2000000 reality is this 1500000 1000000 500000 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 FWHA Data Chart: Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, mobikefed.org
U.S. . Vehicle icle Miles Travel eled ed (Millions) ions) Sinc nce e the Dawn n of the Age of the Aut utomobil obile 3500000 Don’t plan for this 3000000 2000-2010, 2500000 the amount of When 2000000 reality bicycling in is this 1500000 Missouri 1000000 DOUBLED 500000 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 FWHA Data Chart: Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, mobikefed.org
H OW 12 Ideas to Supercharge your City’s Bi Bikin ing & W & Wal alkin ing Many id idea eas – choose ose one or e or two! Thin ink in in f four ur mai ain ca n categ egorie ries: s: Net etwor ork k (barriers) Encourage uragement nt (getting more people to bike and walk more often) Safety ty People ple (supporters, “a movement”)
H OW 1. 1. Creat ate e ci city tywide wide pla lans: Bicyclin cling Walki lking/si ng/side dewalks alks Trails ails Low-hang hangin ing g fruit it Long ng-term rm vision on Most st impor ortant ant fact ctor or in receiving eiving fede deral ral grant nt fundi nding ng MoBikeFed.org/Bike-Ped-Trails-Plans
H OW 2. 2. Ea Easi siest est st star arti ting ng pla lace ce: Citywide tywide bicycle le rout ute e sy syst stem em Find nd out ut where ere cyclists ts/gr /groups oups are already dy riding ng Which ch stree eets ts are already dy bot oth h Bike e friend endly y AND Ac Actual tually y used Use EX EXISTIN TING G stree eets ts & fa faciliti ties es Can be in town AND/OR OR commo monly nly used ed routes es in surroundi ounding ng countr ntrysi yside Make e a plan (map) En End result: ult: Map (online/p line/print) rint) Bicy cycl cle e routes es mark rked ed with h signs ns and/or r pavem ement ent marki rkings ngs Cost: Few thousand and to few hundred red thousand and $$$
H OW 3. 3. Crea reate e a ci a city y bi bike/ e/ped ped/t /trails rails ad advisor visory y co commit ittee ee Citi tizen ens Sta taff El Elec ected ed of officials als
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H OW 4. Bicycle e Fri rien endl dly y Com ommu muni nity ty/ Walk Fri rien endl dly y Com ommu muni nity ty – Joi oin n th the e st statewide de mo movem emen ent! t! MO population living in Bicycle friendly communities, a Bicycle Friendly Community: universities & businesses in MO: 2008: 0 2008: 0 2009: 428,000 2009: 3 2010: 652,000 2010: 17 2011: 1,133,000 2011: 26 2012: 1,225,000 2012: 27 2013: 1,262,000 2013: 30 2014: 1,305,755 2014: 36
H OW 5. Ado dopt t a Co a Complet lete e St Stre reets ts Poli licy Complete Streets meet the needs of: Driv iver ers Walkers Bicyclist clists Trans nsit it use sers Al All ages es (younge gest st to oldest st) Al All levels s of ab f abilit ity y & disa sabili ility Ever eryone! one!
H OW 5. Co Complete e St Streets eets – Jo Join the he Mo Movem emen ent! t! Missouri is now a national Complete Streets leader: 2001 - 0 policies 2002 - 1 policy 2007 - 3 policies 2008 - 5 policies 2009 - 5 policies 2010 - 13 policies 2011 - 20 policies 2012 - 22 policies 2014 - 25 policies MoBikeFed.org/CompleteStreets
H OW . Ban an Ha Haras assm sment ent of Cy Cycl clis ists ts an and d 6. Ped edestrians estrians Top c p concer ern of our mem ember ers Shouti ting/ g/scari scaring/ g/thr throwi wing g obje jects cts is is common, mmon, da dange gerous, , and d di discourag uragin ing Crea eate e an en envir ironmen ent t supp pporti tive e of bik ikin ing/ g/walki lking 6 MO cit itie ies wit ith ordi dinances es now MoBik ikeF eFed ed.org/a .org/anti ti-ha hara rassm smen ent
H OW 7. Na Natio ional nal Cel eleb ebrat rations ions Bik ike e Mo Month nth (Ma May) y) Bik ike e to o Work ork Wee eek k (Ma May) y) Wal alk k to Sch chool ool Mo Month nth (Oct ct) Ma Mayors s ride/w /walk alk/b /break reakfast st
H OW 8. 8. Cr Crea eate e & E & Enco cour urage age Event ents Bike e Rides es - On r road ad & tr trai ail Wal alks ks Runs Wee eekl kly, , mon onth thly ly, , an annual ally ly Cl Clubs/ bs/gr groups/ oups/mee meet-ups ps Encourage, don’t discourage ( ie ie, per ermits ts)
H OW 9. Safe e Rout utes es to S School ol Program ram Walki king ng School Bus us Bike e Tra rain Inf nfo about ut biking ng & walking ng and nd en encour urag agem emen ent for r stud uden ents/pare parent nts Growing ng int ntnt ntl mo movem emen ent; ma many y re reso sour urces es http:/ tp://www ww.saf safer erout outesinf info. o.or org/ g/
H OW 10. . Bi Bike e Ed Ed Cl Classes ses Like e Dr Driver ers s Ed, bu but for or bi bikes es In In-cla class ss and on on-bi bike Dr Dramatical tically ly incr crea eases ses co comfor ort, , safety ety, , abi bility ty of of peo eople le to bi o bicy cycl cle e for or transpor sportatio tation n & r & recr ecrea eation tion http:// p://mobi mobikef efed ed.org .org/con /conten ent/bicy t/bicycl cle-ed educ ucati tion on
H OW 11. . La Law w Enfor orcement cement Hug uge e role le in n bicycle, le, ped edestrian, estrian, road ad saf safety ty Usually don’t know what is most impor ortan tant t to en enforce ce
H OW 12 12. Creat reate/Find /Find Reg egular ular Ong ngoi oing ng Fun unding ding Bike/ped ped project cts s in Capital al Improvement ement Tax Bike/ e/pe ped groups ps can help PASS S or RENEW EW your tax Ded edicat icated ed bi bike/ e/pe ped/trails /trails/green /greenways ys tax axes es Regula ular r budge get item Needed d at local al, , st state, national onal levels. s. We’re currently working on inclusion of bike/ e/ped ped in any new stat ate e transp anspor orta tation tion funding ng
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