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Pedaling for Health A presentation for the Health Planning Council Monday June 12 2017 Bike Walk Tompkins advocates for safer and more convenient walking and biking as transportation for people of all ages and abilities in Ithaca and Tompkins

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Pedaling for Health

A presentation for the Health Planning Council Monday June 12 2017

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Bike Walk Tompkins advocates for safer and more convenient walking and biking as transportation for people of all ages and abilities in Ithaca and Tompkins County.

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Health Benefits of Bicycling

  • Cardiovascular workout
  • Easy on joints
  • Can be done almost anywhere
  • Relatively low cost
  • Lifelong activity
  • Counter obesity and diabetes trends
  • Improves mental health and decreases anxiety
  • Bicycle Friendly Communities are more active in general
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Recreation and Transportation

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Women as Indicator Species

  • “If there aren’t at least

as many women as men, then usually it’s because cycling is not safe

  • enough. It’s an indicator

that you do not have good enough cycling infrastructure.” Gil Penalosa

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Today’s Topics & Speakers

BARRIERS TO BICYCLING Karim Beers, Coordinator of Get Your Greenback Tompkins and founding member of Bike Walk Tompkins WOMEN’S RIDE Michelle Heck, Finger Lakes Cycling Club ride organizer and Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute MOVING TOWARD A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY Victoria Armstrong, Director of Bike Walk Tompkins

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Teresa Bowick, Conkey Cruisers

Rochester NY

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Multi-Use Trails

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Connected Network

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Protected Bike Lanes

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Protected Bike Lanes

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Road Diets

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Not This

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Barrier: Safety Concerns Solution: Not This Either

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Barrier: All Concerns Solution: Better Plans

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Barrier: Access to Bikes Solution: Bike Share

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What you can do

  • support the building of multi-use trails
  • support improved infrastructure for biking
  • support your employees coming to work by bike
  • create or sponsor skills training programs
  • sponsor bike share
  • participate in planning
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Thank you!

For further information contact director@bikewalktompkins.org