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Our Online Resource Library provides over 750 resources to Alliance members. Resources include template bylaws, workplans, budgets, and fundraising letters. You'll also find sample PSAs, annual reports, membership brochures, and a wealth of research on biking and walking issues. Search by keyword or category to find what you need.
We host 2-6 trainings a year and a biannual Leadership Retreat in different North American cities. Our trainings are geared specifically for leaders of biking and walking advocacy organizations and are great opportunities for networking and resource sharing.
Our Mutual Aid series brings at least 12 free educational conference calls a year to advocacy leaders. Call topics include capacity building for bike/ped advocacy organizations and topics of specific interest to biking and walking groups. Calls are facilitated by an Alliance staff member, last one hour, and typically draw 6-20 Alliance leaders.
Alliance members have access to on-call coaching and consulting services from qualified Alliance staff. Need help with a campaign? Want advice on growing your organization's membership? Need help navigating a tricky board situation? Contact our staff for assistance. Special consulting services such as strategic planning and meeting facilitation are also available to members at special rates.
The Alliance Benchmarking Project collects, analyzes, and reports on bicycling and walking data for the 50 U.S. states and at least the 50 most-populous U.S. cities. The project provides vital data for advocates, planners, and researchers to evaluate progress and measure results of efforts to increase biking and walking.
Alliance members can post their job opportunities for free on the Alliance Job Board. We highlight our job board in our monthly e-newsletter, Streetside.
Alliance publications are geared towards helping grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations thrive. Alliance members receive discounts on all Alliance publications.
Advocacy Advance Grants are available to Alliance member organizations through a competitive application process twice a year. Grants fund start-up organizations, capacity building, and innovative programs to increase biking and walking.
Alliance members are kept plugged into national issues affecting bicycling and walking through our Action Center. From federal legislation like the Transportation Bill and Economic Stimulus Bill to Safe Routes to School, the Alliance plugs grassroots advocates into the national issues that matter most to them.
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Bike & Ped Advocacy Resource LibraryLooking for the recordings of Mutual Aid Calls or the materials from the recent training you attended? Find the latest resources for bicycle and pedestrian advocates. Over 500 resources in this library include sample documents and publications from Alliance member organizations, research and data on bicycling and walking issues, educational resources, public service announcements, models for organizing successful events, and more.PublicationsAlliance’s publications assist our members with their work including the newly released Fundraising Ride Guide and Benchmarking Report. Reduced prices are available for members. |
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The Alliance for Biking and Walking, formerly known as Thunderhead Alliance, is the coalition of grassroots advocacy organizations working together to promote bicycling and walking in North American communities. Alliance organizations come together to help each other grow their organizations and become more effective by sharing best practices and innovations.
Here you will find the latest resources for bicycle and pedestrian advocates. Over 500 resources in this library include sample documents and publications from Alliance member organizations, research and data on bicycling and walking issues, educational resources, public service announcements, models for organizing successful events, and more.
Feel free to browse the categories for resources of interest, or enter key words into the search tool to find exactly what you need. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Submit a request for a resource by clicking the button at the top of each page. You can also submit resources you would like to share with other bicycle and pedestrian advocacy leaders.
Most of these documents and resources are password protected for the benefit of our member organizations and supporters. If you would like your non-profit state or local bicycle and/pedestrian advocacy organization to become an Alliance member organization, or if you would like to become one of our valued supporters, please
According to a press release issued by the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has announced an agreement to save the historic Katy Bridge at Boonville. This comes after Union Pacific railroad moved to abandon the railroad right-of-way through the bridge which would have threatened the legal integrity of about 165 miles of the Katy Trail (currently used for biking and walking).
According to Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation:
“Trail advocates across Missouri have been working years to save the bridge
‘The MKT Bridge at Boonville is beautiful, historic, and surprisingly important for the legal health of a long section of the Katy Trail,’ said Brent Hugh, Executive Director of the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation. ‘That is why trail lovers from across the state have been working for over six years to save and preserve the Katy Bridge.’
The Governor said that with the announcement of the bridge transfer, the Missouri Division of State Parks was prepared to discuss with Boonville officials how the bridge might eventually be incorporated into use by bicyclists, joggers and hikers using the nearby Katy Trail. Boonville is one of the most populous communities along the trail, which is used by more than 300,000 people each year.
Several groups from across the state took steps to build support for saving the bridge. Boonville’s Save the Katy Bridge Coalition has galvanized local support and fund raising, while groups like the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation have worked to develop statewide support. Great Rivers Environmental Law Center filed legal briefs in support of then-Attorney General Nixon’s state lawsuit designed to save the bridge.
‘In 2005, when the state allowed Union Pacific to abandon the Katy Bridge without taking the proper legal steps to preserve the underlying rail corridor, it put 165 miles of the Katy Trail in a very unfortunate legal situation,’ says Hugh. ‘Transferring the bridge to the City of Boonville will resolve that legal problem while also creating a historic and tourist attraction in Boonville. And some day we’d like to see the Katy Trail re-routed to use the historic bridge.’”
Background on the legal issues surrounding the Katy Bridge:
http://mobikefed.org/2005/12/map-of-rail-connections-to-katy-trail.php
http://mobikefed.org/2005/12/abandonment-of-boonville-bridge.php
http://mobikefed.org/2005/06/removal-of-mkt-bridge-at-boonville.php
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The Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation, founded in 1994, represents the interests of bicyclists, walkers, runners, and trail users throughout Missouri. Through its network of affiliated clubs and groups, MoBikeFed represents over 15,000 Missouri citizens and speaks for the 2 million Missourians who bicycle regularly and the 5.8 million who walk.
The Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation is working to realize its vision of active transportation in Missouri by creating a world-class bicycle and pedestrian network in Missouri, building a movement around walking and bicycling, encouraging more walking and bicycling, and increasing safety for all road users. Find out more or join the federation at http://MoBikeFed.org
Photo: Young bicyclist on Katy Trail with Katy Bridge at Boonville pictured in back. Courtesy of the Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Foundation.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is continuing to see its re-paving project efforts pay off with a now smooth ride from Golden Gate Park to the Pacific Ocean.
The newly paved road means a safe, smooth, and enjoyable ride for commuters and other bicyclists and a win for the Coalition. SFBC and its team of volunteers have been working hard to identify San Francisco streets and neighborhoods in need of both re-paving and adequate bike lanes through their “Good Roads” campaign. Volunteers ride the city streets and tag/spray paint the most dangerous spots. These markings are an immediate help to many cyclists, but more importantly a designated legend for the Department of Public Works (DPW) who has committed to patching and smoothing the indicated spots. To view other resurfacing updates and projects visit www.sfbike.org/?goodroads.
For more information on SFBC and the Good Roads campaign, visit www.sfbike.org
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Save the date for the 2010 Alliance Leadership Retreat
Have questions? Contact Jeremy@peoplepoweredmovement.org
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The Alliance signature Winning Campaigns© Training is focused on the following components: Issue Definition, Campaign Goals, Resources Assessment, Strategy, Communication, Tactics/Timelines, and Resource Management. Our proven curriculum will help you choose, direct, and win campaigns to promote better conditions for biking and walking in your state, province, or local community. The trainings are set up in peer-to-peer and group breakout sessions to improve communication and foster collaboration. Previous participants have won Complete Streets campaigns, Safe Routes to School campaigns, and Bike Safety campaigns at the state and local level.
You will leave the training with a detailed campaign blueprint and the support of the Alliance staff, ensuring a victorious campaign and setting your organization up for greater victories in the future.
The Alliance is offering six Winning Campaigns© Trainings across North America in 2010:
“The training not only helped me refine and combine our many organization goals into one campaign. It also pushed our group to select ways in bringing our campaign to the public conscience. The training can help isolate what advocacy tools work and what doesn't."
Numan Parada, The Transit Coalition (July 2007)
”Our campaign went from vague ideas to a timeline plan. It’s going to happen by next June!”
Roger Miller, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (April 2008)
"High energy, great camaraderie, confidence building, no wasted time. You all did a great job, you made it fun and kept I professional.”
Michelle Avola, Naples Pathways Coalition (May 2009)
“This was one of the most effective seminars I have ever attended -the entire group of trainers left us energized and with a clearer direction for success; You guys ROCK. Thank you so much.”
Toni Ferrell, BikeWalkLee (May 2009)
“The Alliance for Biking & Walking has an outstanding training opportunity with their “Winning Campaigns” training program. This workshop is beneficial for the novice as well as the seasoned staffer. In addition to the outstanding training, this training program is very conducive to establishing great relationships and an awesome peer network – We’re amped for the program - Thanks Alliance!”
Nancy Tibbett, Indiana Bicycle Coalition (July 2009)
Staff Trainers: Chanda Causer | Jeremy Grandstaff | Jeff Miller
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Alliance > Member Services > Job Board
Transportation Alternatives seeks a highly motivated and accomplished organizer to assist our campaigns to improve safety in New York City. Through community and political organizing, we aim to change public attitudes about traffic safety and raise its priority at City Hall. The public should not stand for out of control streets, and City leaders must fulfill their duty to reign in the chaos. Enforcement, prosecution and data collection are public goods that improve the city and help the people of New York.
The campaign will work to improve the safety of all road users—bicyclists and pedestrians, as well as drivers and passengers—and reach out to a broad array of experts and user groups to build a coalition that demands serious change.
Job Description
The Traffic Safety Campaign Director will work with T.A. and partner organizations to produce town hall events and public forums around the city. The Director will build partnerships with civic and community leaders, traffic safety experts, public health professions and others to assemble a street safety coalition focused on raising expectations to dramatically lower the number of deaths and injuries on our streets. The campaign will draw on research and best practices and use the media to develop public agreement citywide that the lack of safety is not acceptable and something must be done.
Qualifications
* Strong interest in Transportation Alternatives’ mission, commitment to improving street safety, government reform and strengthening traffic safety, enforcement, prosecution and information
* Accomplished campaign manager with proven successes
* Highly organized, self-motivated and able to work closely with others
* Spanish language skills a plus but not required
Compensation commensurate with experience.
Send:
1. Cover letter (the most important part of your application)
2. Resume
To: Traffic Safety and Enforcement Campaign staff search Transportation Alternatives 127 West 26th Street, Suite 1002 New York, NY 10001 Fax: 212-629-8334 job_applications [at] transalt [dot] org
Women and people of color encouraged to apply. No phone calls or walk-ins please.
On January 14, Consider Biking helped reinforce the right for bicyclists to ride in the road, and take the lane if necessary. The organization provided legal defense in Municipal Court for a cyclist who was incorrectly cited for “not riding as far to the right as possible.” According to Jeff Stephens, Consider Biking’s Executive Director, “We saw this case as a critical means to reinforce the excellent bicycling (traffic) laws we helped Columbus enhance in late 2008.”
Alliance > Member Services > Training Information
Besides our signature Winning Campaigns© Training, we offer customized trainings that are tailored to your community’s needs.
Other Alliance trainings have included a special training with the Disability Network, Train the Trainers training (focused on group facilitation dynamics), and other custom trainings on organization building and biking and walking campaigns for advocates.
The Alliance for Biking & Walking's recently released "Bicycling and Walking in the United States.: 2010 Benchmarking Report" packs nearly 200 pages full of data on bicycling and walking in the U.S. Besides ranking the 50 states and 51 largest U.S. cities on a number of benchmarks, the report shows that lack of investment in biking and walking could be contributing to higher traffic fatalities and chronic disease rates in the U.S.
Read the press release | Learn more, download the media fact sheet, and download the full report
States with the lowest levels of biking and walking have higher traffic fatalities and chronic disease
Washington, DC - January 28, 2010 - A new report released today by the Alliance for Biking & Walking shows that lack of investment in biking and walking could be contributing to higher traffic fatalities and chronic disease rates in the U.S. 
Bicycling and Walking in the United States: The 2010 Benchmarking Report reveals that in almost every state and major U.S. city, bicyclists and pedestrians are at a disproportionate risk of being killed, and receive less than their fair share of transportation dollars.
While 10% of trips in the U.S. are by bike or foot, 13% of traffic fatalities are bicyclists and pedestrians. Biking and walking receive less than 2% of federal transportation dollars. Seniors are at an even greater risk. While adults over 65 make up 9% of walking trips and 4% of biking trips, they account for 19% of pedestrian fatalities and 9% of bicyclist fatalities.
“State investment choices can be a life or death issue for people who walk and bike,” says Jeff Miller, President of the Alliance. “Creating safe streets for everyone will save lives and improve health and quality of life in communities.”
The report also highlights the fact that states with the lowest levels of biking and walking have, on average, the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. In contrast states with the highest levels of biking and walking have, on average, the lowest rates of obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. In addition, where rates of biking and walking are greater, more of the adult population is likely to achieve the 150 minutes of weekly moderate-intensity aerobic activity recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to CDC, physical activity can reduce your risk of dying early from the leading causes of death, like heart disease and some cancers.
The report also ranks states and the 51 largest U.S. cities in biking and walking levels, safety, funding, advocacy, and policies. It further compares U.S. cities to their international peers finding that overall, U.S. investment in biking and walking lags far behind that of other developed nations. This may explain why the U.S. has fewer people who bike and walk than its international peers.
Miller says, “our data show that increasing investment in biking and walking could lead to more people biking and walking. The more people bike and walk, the safer it is and the healthier the community. It’s a virtuous cycle.”
Bicycling and Walking in the United States was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and made possible through additional support from Bikes Belong Coalition and Planet Bike. For more information and to download the report visit http://www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/benchmarking.
For a fact sheet highlighting report findings click here.
About the Alliance: Alliance for Biking & Walking is the North American coalition of over 160 grassroots biking and walking advocacy organizations. The Alliance works to strengthen state and local organizations through research, sharing best practices, training, resources, and grants. For more information or to find a local organization visit www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org.
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Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.: 2010 Benchmarking Report is an essential resource and tool for government officials, advocates, and those working to promote bicycling and walking. The Benchmarking Project is an on-going effort to collect and analyze data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities. This second biennial report reveals data including: bicycling and walking levels and demographics; bicycle and pedestrian safety; bicycle and pedestrian policies and provisions; funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects; bicycle and pedestrian staffing levels; written policies on bicycling and walking; bicycle infrastructure including bike lanes, paths, signed bike routes, and bicycle parking; bike-transit integration including presence of bike racks on buses, bike parking at transit stops; bicycling and walking education and encouragement activities; and public health indicators including levels of obesity, physical activity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. The report is full of data tables and graphs so you can see how your state or city stacks up. Inside you will find unprecedented statistics to help support your case for increasing safe bicycling and walking in your community. Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.: 2010 Benchmarking Report was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and made possible through the additional support of Bikes Belong and Planet Bike.
In these times of high gas prices, a warming climate, increasing traffic congestion, and expanding waistlines, increasing bicycling and walking are goals that are clearly in the public interest. As this report shows, where bicycling and walking levels are higher, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes levels are lower. Higher levels of bicycling and walking also coincide with increased bicycle and pedestrian safety and higher levels of physical activity. Increasing bicycling and walking can help solve many of the largest problems facing our nation. As this report indicates, many states and cities are making progress toward promoting safe access for bicyclists and pedestrians, but much more remains to be done.
This report has highlighted numerous measures to promote bicycling and walking. There is no silver bullet in regard to making communities more bicycle and pedestrian friendly, and a variety of measures are likely needed. But just as it took a large investment of public money into roads, signals, signs, and education for
motorists, so too will it take an ongoing commitment of public investment in bicycling and walking to see major shifts toward these modes.
Looking Outside Our Borders
It is also crucial that the U.S. look to other countries to see what mode share levels are possible, and how other international 
cities have increased bicycling, walking, and safety. One such comparison by Pucher and Buehler (chart to right) found the U.S. to have the second lowest bicycle share of trips when compared to several European countries, Canada, and Australia. Countries like the Netherlands and Denmark with 27% and 18% of trips by bicycle, respectively, are setting the benchmark for what is possible.
The U.S. also lags far behind other countries in regards to walk share of trips. Likewise, a look at international cities (Pucher and Buehler, 2008, chart to right) shows U.S. cities far behind international peers. While benchmarking bicycling and walking in the U.S., it is important to keep an international perspective which reveals the great potential for improvement in this country.
Increasing Investment in Biking and Walking – What Data Show
Case studies show that the countries and cities that invest the most in bicycling and walking have higher bicycling and walking mode share, and are safer places to bicycle and walk. As this report shows, the U.S. overall has great disparities between bicycling and walking mode share, safety, and funding. Ten percent of trips are by bicycle or foot, yet bicyclists and pedestrians make up over 13% of traffic fatalities and receive just 1.2% of federal transportation dollars. An international comparison of bicycle funding and mode share by Gotschi and Mills and Rails to Trails Conservancy (chart to right) found that international cities that invest greater amounts per capita into bicycling have greater levels of bicycling. These cities provide strong evidence that in order to increase bicycling and walking, the U.S. must invest more heavily in these modes.
A Multi-Pronged Approach to Promoting Active Transportation and Safety
While greater investment in bicycling and walking is the primary recommendation of this report, there are many other measures that must be taken to simultaneously strengthen public policy, infrastructure, and behavior toward bicycling and walking. Over one-third of the U.S. population is under age 16 (cannot legally drive) or over age 65. Streets designed just to move cars are leaving behind the most vulnerable road users, often making them prisoners in their homes or completely reliant on others to drive them around. Less than half of states and major U.S. cities have adopted complete streets policies that require that roadways be designed and built with all users in mind. In the absence of a national complete streets policy, the Alliance encourages states and jurisdictions to pursue local policies to begin to transform their local transportation culture and guarantee access for all road users.
Other policies featured in this report, such as education for police officers and the inclusion of bicycling and walking safety in driver education, are also key to shifting toward a bicycle and pedestrian friendly culture. Adult and youth education programs, public awareness campaigns such as "Share the Road," and other promotional efforts can also help raise awareness and change attitudes around bicycling and walking.
Many of the benchmarks featured in this report contribute to making communities more bicycle and pedestrian friendly by changing the built environment, culture, attitudes, and behaviors. But continuous evaluation of efforts to promote bicycling and walking is key to better understanding the relationships between levels of bicycling and walking, safety, policies, provisions, advocacy capacity, and other measures. Benchmarking is a necessary process to better understand these relationships, identify the most strategic areas on which to focus resources, and ultimately to increase these forms of active transportation.
Looking to the Leaders
In the meantime, this report provides plenty of examples of states and cities that are leaders in a variety of efforts to promote bicycling and walking. Appendix 5, page 171, contains a number of resources and models from cities and states in this report. These are presented so that states and cities can have models to look to for inspiration when working towards their goals.
The Benchmarking Report should be used as a tool by cities and states to learn what works best to promote bicycling and walking and what is possible here in the U.S. States and cities can learn from each other's successes and failures and set their goals accordingly. The Alliance encourages all state and city officials to take an active role in benchmarking their efforts to promote bicycling and walking. Even smaller cities that are not included in this report can collect data from their city and compare it to the progress in their own community. There is no doubt that government officials and advocates seeking to grow bicycling and walking have a lot of work ahead of them. But it is crucial for advocates and officials to take the time to evaluate their efforts. While many international benchmarking efforts require huge investments of government time and money to participate, the Alliance's Benchmarking Project is a free service that requires a relatively small amount of time to complete a survey every two years. With more officials and advocates taking the time to fully participate, this project will become a better source of information and a stronger benchmarking tool for everyone.
If you would like more information about this report, please contact the Alliance at benchmarking@PeoplePoweredMovement.org.
note: The above text and illustrations are extracted and edited from Chapter 9: Conclusion of the 2010 Benchmarking Report
“Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.” was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and made possible through additional support from Bikes Belong Coalition and Planet Bike. Interested in supporting the Benchmarking Project and future reports? Contact Jeff Miller at jeff@peoplepoweredmovement.org.
The next Benchmarking Report is scheduled for publication in January 2012. State and city surveys will be distributed and collected between October 2010 and January 2011. Interested in getting involved? Contact benchmarking@peoplepoweredmovement.org.
On January 25, BikeMN attended a key US DOT listening session on Surface Transportation Reauthorization with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Congressman Jim Oberstar in Minneapolis. Dorian Grilley, Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (BikeMN), made a statement on the organization’s behalf about inconsistent spending of 402-safety money on bike/ped issues and the importance of establishing performance measures for bike/ped safety similar to those measures for motorized modes of transportation.
Taking this opportunity to highlight their issues, the MN Complete Streets steering committee also met with Barbara McCann, Executive Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition for breakfast, and the organization co-sponsored a forum for the candidates for governor, bringing 11 candidates and plenty of bike/ped advocates.
For more information on BikeMN, please visit:
http://www.bikemn.org/index.cfm
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland is delighted to introduce their very first Executive Director, Kassie Rohrbach. Kassie was one of the co-founders of Energy Action Coalition (EAC), a youth-led coalition of environmental and social justice groups. She helped grow EAC into a robust and effective organization for change. Kassie brings eight years of coalition-building, policy development, and organizational development to WOBO. Kassie recently visited the staff at the Alliance DC office, and discussed her vision and goals for WOBO. We wish her success and know that she will keep the momentum moving forward for bicycling and walking in Oakland.
For more information about Kassie and WOBO please visit http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org
On January 21 the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) of Portland, OR launched a major campaign to get the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 adopted, funded and built. According to Michelle Poyourow of the BTA, “We’re calling on Portland City Council to not just adopt this plan, but to take first steps right away toward getting it built. That means building new bike boulevards, new safe crossings, and new safe routes to schools in the first year… We cannot wait until year 5 or year 10 to know whether we’re succeeding in making Portland America’s healthiest city or not. We’ll need to start right away.”
The BTA is inviting members and supporters to get involved in the campaign and show Portland City Council how many Portlanders value the health, safety, and livability benefits that 25% of bicycling would bring to the community. Supporters are invited to testify, call or e-mail city hall, and take their picture with the Build It logo and post it on the campaign website http://www.portlandbikenetwork.org/.
The Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 is up for vote at the February 4th City Council meeting. According to the BTA, “It if adopted, funded and built, it will attract new riders, strengthen policies, build a denser bikeway network, increase bicycle parking, expand programs to support bicycling and increase funding for bicycle facilities. But it is just a document unless the Portland City Council approves the plan, funds the plan, and ultimately builds the Portland Bike Network.” Check out and add your support to the Build It Campaign at http://www.portlandbikenetwork.org.
According to the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, “Marin County Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) is pleased to announce its new Green Ways to School campaign to combat global warming, funded by a $175,000 grant from the Marin Community Foundation’s Climate Change Initiative. The Green Ways to School campaign will feature the new SchoolPool on-line trip sharing program, new contests, and cash incentives for the schools that show the greatest increase in green trips to school by walking, biking, carpooling or taking the bus.
Building on the success of Marin’s nationally recognized SR2S program, the Green Ways campaign will employ a classroom competition within schools, and challenges between schools with cash awards. Parents will be able to use the on-line SchoolPool program to build a network of friends to share the journey to school modeled after employee ridesharing programs; SchoolPool will provide parents with match-lists of schoolmates who live along their route to school. They can then form a carpool, walk or bike together, or find bus buddies for their children. Walking or bicycling in groups provides safety in numbers and provides socializing time as well as exercise on the way to school, for both the children and the parents. The program will be unveiled on January 21, 2010 at 4 p.m. “
For more information visit www.marinbike.org
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The Alliance for Biking & Walking’s Benchmarking Report is an essential resource and tool for government officials, advocates, and those working to promote bicycling and walking. The Benchmarking Project is an on-going effort to collect and analyze data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities. This second biennial report reveals data including: bicycling and walking levels and demographics; bicycle and pedestrian safety; bicycle and pedestrian policies and provisions; funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects; bicycle and pedestrian staffing levels; written policies on bicycling and walking; bicycle infrastructure including bike lanes, paths, signed bike routes, and bicycle parking; bike-transit integration including presence of bike racks on buses, bike parking at transit stops; bicycling and walking education and encouragement activities; and public health indicators including levels of obesity, physical activity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. The report is full of data tables and graphs so you can see how your state or cities stacks up. Inside you will find unprecedented statistics to help support your case for increasing safe bicycling and walking in your community. (January 2010, 192 pages, ISBN#9781449973025)
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Bike to Work Day (BTWD) Thursday, May 13, 2010 is the biggest, happiest biking day in the city. Thousands upon thousands of people, jump on their two-wheeled wonder and hit the streets. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) is the prime organizer for this event in the City, and we need some help doing it!
1. Bike to Work Day Event Planning Internship
2. Bike to Work Day Sponsorship Internship
3. Bike to Work Day Graphic Design Internship
4. Bike to Work Day Volunteer Organizing Internship
5. Bike to Work Day Media Internship
6. Bike to Work Day Employer Outreach Internship
7. Bike to Work Day Chinese Community Outreach Internship
8. Bike to Work Day Spanish-Speaking Community Outreach Internship
For more info, see http://www.sfbike.org/?btwdinterns
This is an excellent opportunity for a “people person” who’s interested in building sustainable cities to experience a vibrant and growing nonprofit organization from the inside. We are looking for someone January through May 20th. Must be able to commit 10hr/wk.
Each position includes a modest stipend to be discussed after resume submission.
To apply for one of these positions please send a cover letter and resume to kate@sfbike.org. Please include why you are interested in this position, as well as the skills and experience you will bring to the position.
$259K was awarded to organizations in innovative and start-up grants in 2009. Read About the 2009 Grant Recipients
After a month of open polls, voting for the Alliance for Biking & Walking's People Powered Movement Photo Contest closed December 31, 2009. Read more about the next steps and when the winners will be announced in the latest edition of Streetside.
People’s Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH) is launching an exciting initiative called HO’ALA - Hawaii’s Opportunity for Active Living Advancement.
According to PATH, “Ho’ala means “to waken” and the powerful word has inspired an exciting school-community-government partnership focused on improving the health of our keiki and our communities. The HO’ALA project aims to reduce childhood obesity by making it easy, fun and safe to get daily exercise by walking or bicycling to school. The project will work with 12 schools across the island to help address their traffic safety issues and improve conditions for walking and bicycling to and from school.
PATH is looking for schools to join the HOALA project. Schools must have at least 35% of students on free or reduced lunch. Schools will receive a comprehensive transportation evaluation, at no cost to the school. They will also be eligible for up to $1,000 in funding to complete their own Safe Routes to School plan with PATH’s support and guidance.
For more information, or to apply, visit the HOALA page on the PATH Web site.”
Livable Streets, MassBike, and other bicycling and walking advocates claimed a victory when the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) agreed to modify its plans to remove a portion of the bike lane on the Longfellow Bridge last week. Removal of the bike lane would have allowed for the installation of sidewalks where none currently exist. After much persistence from advocacy groups MassDOT chose to both build the sidewalks and keep the bike lane by implementing an alternative proposal submitted by MassBike, LivableStreets, WalkBoston, and the Institute for Human Centered Design.
According to MassBike, “MassDOT also agreed to perform further analysis of the traffic patterns on the bridge in order to determine whether the lane configuration currently planned for the long-term reconstruction of the bridge is necessary, or if alternative proposals to provide even more space for bicycles and pedestrians are feasible. Finally, MassDOT agreed to continue the discussion with the advocates about the future configuration of the Longfellow Bridge. “
Livable Streets, MassBike, and their partners will remain active throughout the process continuing to promote biking and walking throughout the state. For more information and to view the rehabilitation proposal visit www.massbike.org or www.livablestreets.info
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Getting the Most out of the National Bike Summit --Call on February 25
How Interns Can Work for You --Call on March 04
Put the Benchmarking Report to Use for You --Call on March 18
02/03/2010 - Bicycling and Walking in the U.S., 2010 Benchmarking Report (Members Only)
12/16/2009 - Chattanooga Regional Bicycle Summit Agenda (Bike Chattanooga)
12/16/2009 - Baltimore Bike Summit Press Release
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