Event Alert – Bike Seminar: Policy to Practice: Planning for Bicycles (Free): Approved for 2.0 AICP CM Credits

March 30, 2011 at 10:08 pm

Where: Arlington Transportation Partners, 1501 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209
2 blocks from the Rosslyn Metro station.
When: 4:00-6:00 pm on May 4, 2011
Please join us for Happy Hour at The Continental after the session.
Approved for 2.0 AICP CM Credits
Free and open to the public, RSVP required
RSVP to Sonali Soneji preferably by email: sonalisoneji2@gmail.com or call: 703-867-6042
Bicycling as a mode for commuting and recreation has made great strides in recent years in the Washington metro area. Three speakers will discuss: Policy Development; Implementation and Infrastructure provision; and Marketing and Community Outreach. The session will conclude with a demonstration of a Capital Bikeshare bike station in Rosslyn.
Jim Sebastian will discuss integration of bicycle infrastructure with urban planning and development, and innovative bike lane design. Mr. Sebastian is a Supervisory Transportation Planner at the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Washington D.C., where he manages the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Transportation Demand Management Programs.
Paul DeMaio will speak about planning and launching of Capital Bikeshare, including how station locations were determined, the RFP process for the program, and expansion plans. He will also touch on the history of bikesharing and different models for provision of service. Paul DeMaio is the founder of MetroBike LLC, a company that assists organizations in implementing bike-sharing programs, and writes The Bike-sharing Blog, an international news resource about the field.
Chris Eatough will discuss increasing bicycle use for transportation through encouragement and education of the community, as well as the activities and structure of BikeArlington and the impact of the program. Chris Eatough, program manager for BikeArlington, has an engineering background and was a professional endurance mountain bike racer, winning six 24-hour solo world titles and five US 24-hour national championships. He also has extensive experience as a mountain bike coach and product tester.

Beefing Up For More Bikes – Copenhagen plans super highways … for bikes

December 2, 2010 at 8:19 pm

(Source: AFP via Yahoo)

Copenhagen, one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities, has begun turning its extensive network of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters to leave their cars at home.

Considered one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals” along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become congested.

Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare used by around 36,000 cyclists a day.

  • The currently jammed bike paths will be widened up to four metres (yards) on either side of the road, which will itself will be reserved for buses only.
  • The goal is to hike the percentage of suburban commuters cycling to and from the city from the 37 percent it is today to over 50 percent by 2015.
  • Within the city, 55 percent of all commuters already travel by bike, according to the municipality.
  • Already Copenhagen stands out among other European capitals for its cycling infrastructure, counting more than 390 kilometres (242 miles) of bike paths.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, it spent 250 million kroner (33.6 million euros) in bike infrastructure and an extra 75 million kroner were allotted for 2011.
  • The first two city-to-suburb bicycle highways are due to open at the end of 2011 and reach a distance of 15 kilometres from central Copenhagen, while a third, going as far as 20 kilometres from the capital’s centre, will be put into service in 2012.

Click here to read the entire story.

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The Perfect Holiday Gift – Cycle Chic Calendar for 2011

November 21, 2010 at 5:54 pm

(Source: Copenhagen Cycle Chic)

A Sample from Cycle Chic Calendar 2011

This incredibly awesome Cycle Chic Calendar for 2011 by the Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhangen Cycle Chic would make a great holiday gift for the Treehugger, biker, Transportation geeks (like me).  Oh well, I’d say go off the limb and say this: in general this is for anyone who likes beautiful things – beautiful women, beautiful city streets and beautiful bikes carrying beautiful women.  Available for purchase [and in time for Christmas] over at Lulu.com.

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:45 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:37 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:28 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:15 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:10 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

Progress Report! BBC profiles Americas growing love for biking

October 20, 2010 at 11:07 pm

Britain’s BBC explores the rising interest for cycling in the U.S. Cities. It is good to see our efforts get a bit of attention and PR from such unexpected sources. If the following statistic is to be considered an indicator of what’s to come in the years ahead, the biking in the United States is poised for a significant growth: According to the League of American Bicyclists, the most bicycle friendly cities saw a 69% increase in bike commuting between 2000 and 2008, compared to 48% for the top 70 US cities on average.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

America is a land of long distances, of thousands of virtually empty square miles of prairie, farmland and baking desert and frozen tundra.

US cities sprawl on a level unseen in Europe, Canada, and Australia, a consequence of transport priorities that have long favoured motor vehicles. And in all but a handful of US cities, it is virtually impossible to get by without a car.

But in recent years, amid widespread concern about US dependence on foreign oil, high petrol prices, signs of global warming and an obesity epidemic, a number of US cities have taken steps to increase bicycle usage.

These cities hope that by adding relatively low-cost bicycle lanes, bike parking and bike sharing programmes and making other city plan adjustments, they can lessen traffic congestion, reduce the strain on public transport, and promote healthier citizens.

Jim Sebastian, head of Washington DC’s bicycle and pedestrian programme, says his goal is to make the nation’s capital “one of the most bike friendly cities in the country”.

  • Portland – 5.96%
  • Minneapolis – 4.27%
  • Seattle – 2.94%
  • Sacramento – 2.72%
  • San Francisco – 2.72%
  • Washington – 2.33%
  • Oakland – 2.15%
  • Tucson – 2.04%
  • Albuquerque – 1.75%
  • US – 0.55%

Read more at www.bbc.co.uk