Interstate Bicycle System

Here’s an article in Yes! Magazine about the Interstate Bicycle System proposed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

Mia Birk to present in Syracuse 11/18.

Mia Birk, who is presenting at the Active Transportation Symposium in Ithaca this weekend, will be speaking at ESF on Thursday evening.  All are invited.

Mia Birk, Principal and CEO

Alta Planning + Design

 

Joyride: Transforming Communities and Empowering People, One Pedal Stroke at a Time

Thursday, November 18, 2010

5:15 p.m.

409 Marshall Hall

SUNY ESF

 

Please join us on Thursday afternoon for a presentation by Mia Birk, author of Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet.  A dedicated bicyclist, Ms. Birk is an international environmental advocate who has twenty years of experience in “sustainable transportation focused on pedestrian, bicycle, trail, and greenway planning, design and implementation”.   Her firm, Alta Planning + Design which employs a staff of 60 in 7 offices nationwide, specializes in bicycle, pedestrian, and trail planning, design, and implementation.

 

After completing her BA in Government and French at the University of Texas she received her M.A. in International Relations & Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy and Washington, DC.  In her position as Adjunct Professor at Portland State University (PSU) she founded their Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI).

For more information on Ms. Birk and her work please visit www.miabirk.com.

Active Transportation Symposium in Ithaca November 18-20

Mia Birk is coming to Ithaca for the Active Transportation Symposium on November 18-20.

Mia is CEO of Alta Planning + Design, co-founder of the Institute for Bike and Pedestrian Foundation, adviser to the Post Carbon Institute, author of Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet, and former Bike Program Manager of Portland, Oregon.

Mia has been a lifelong advocate for bicycle infrastructure, and has pushed forward many of the most dramatic streetscape changes in the nation.  Alta Planning + Design has partnered with Syracuse, NY to plan and inform bicycle developments, and her mission of transforming roads to accommodate daily cycling for transportation, fitness, sustainability, and recreation is directly in line with BikeCNY’s mission.

I hope you can find your way down to Ithaca for all or part of this symposium.

StreetFilms

Check out this site for StreetFilms, where you can find videos of transformations of cityscapes around the world.  Interesting stuff, including right here in New York!

Bike Lanes in NYC – slower and more dangerous?

Take a look at this video of bike lane use in New York City.  Slow riders, pedestrians, trucks, taxis, left-turning cars, car doors… and a carpet… add up to lack of safety for riders who have a long way to go and are comfortable riding faster.

Onondaga County Transportation and Community Planning Survey

Onondaga County is conducting an online survey (as well as a statistically sampled mailed survey) addressing issues of community planning and transportation.  Please fill out the online form here: http://ongov.net/planning/plan/survey.html.  If you also receive a paper copy in the mail, please fill that out also, as they are being tabulated separately.

• assess residents’ values and attitudes toward land development and infrastructure investments,
• test acceptance of a variety of concepts in land use and transportation planning, and
• help understand residents travel habits and desired improvements to the transportation system.

Feds Deem Pedestrians, Cyclists and Motorists Equals

This article was just posted on Autopia.  Thanks to DT for pointing it out.

Syracuse adding new lanes for bicyclists – NewsChannel 9 WSYR

The new bike lanes are in on S. Salina from Dorwin to Seneca Turnpike.  Here’s a brief article about it:

Syracuse adding new lanes for bicyclists – NewsChannel 9 WSYR

Bike Laws

MassBike has created a page on its site that links to the bike laws for the 50 states.  Here it is. http://www.massbike.org/bikelaw/statelaws.htm.  This is now a link on the right side of this page, so you can find it in the future.

NHTSA – Bicyclist and Pedestrian Survey now Online

The New York Bicycle Coalition just reported:

The National Survey of Bicyclist and Pedestrian Attitudes and Behavior has been released and is now available online: click here.

This report presents findings from the National Survey of Bicyclist and Pedestrian Attitudes and Behavior, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and administered by The Gallup Organization. The goals of the survey were to ascertain the scope and magnitude of bicycle and pedestrian activity and the public’s behavior and attitudes regarding bicycling and walking.

This survey is the source of the statistic that 57 million American adults ride bikes, and offers a wealth of other information on cyclist attitudes and behavior which planners, city officials, and bicycle & pedestrian advocates might find useful and informative.