Connecting Our Cities Lessons for Building Protected Bike Lane Networks

Connecting Our Cities

Lessons for Building Protected Bike Lane Networks

Mary Lauran Hall Alliance for Biking & Walking

Chema Hernández Gil San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Rob Sadowsky Bicycle Transportation Alliance (OR)

Ron Burke Active Transportation Alliance

Mary Lauran Hall Alliance for Biking & Walking

Chema Hernández Gil San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Rob Sadowsky Bicycle Transportation Alliance (OR)

Ron Burke Active Transportation Alliance

Connecting the City: 100 Miles of Crosstown Bikeways for Everyone Connecting Our Cities: Lessons for Building Protected Bike Lane Networks Pro Walk Pro Bike Pro Place September 2014 Pittsburgh, PA

The Goal: Three “8-80” Routes

The Need: More and More People are Biking

Market Street: The Heart of SF

Polk Street: Ebb and Flow From protected contraflow lane… to bike lane… to sharrows

The Bike Funding Challenge To meet current need and future demand, San Francisco needs to invest $10 billion in transportation infrastructure through 2030. With $3.7 billion already identified, that leaves a $6.3 billion gap.

Building Power and Allies Connecting the City requires allies.

Vision Zero Complementing CTC Building alliances with pedestrian and community advocates for safer streets and more transportation funding.

Mary Lauran Hall Alliance for Biking & Walking

Chema Hernández Gil San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Rob Sadowsky Bicycle Transportation Alliance (OR)

Ron Burke Active Transportation Alliance

The  Portland  Experience  

Portlandia  -­‐-­‐  #4?  Hah!  

It  always  takes  work  

Numbers up but slowing down

Gentrifica?on  &  Community  Needs  

Campaigns  That  Engage  

Mary Lauran Hall Alliance for Biking & Walking

Chema Hernández Gil San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Rob Sadowsky Bicycle Transportation Alliance (OR)

Ron Burke Active Transportation Alliance

Advancing Protected Bike

Lanes in Chicago

Ron Burke, Active

Transportation Alliance

“When Richard M. Daley took office in 1989, bicycling was not very visible in Chicago. There were a few riders, very few. There were no bike lanes, no racks on the sidewalks and no city promotion of cycling. He has taken us from a city where bikes were fringe to a place where cycling is a planned-for and cared-for part of Chicago. For that we’re grateful. We still need to get to where bikes are mainstream, but we’re well on our way because of Mayor Daley’s leadership.” - Randy Neufeld, commenting shortly before Mayor Daley left office in 2011.

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Chicago Sun Times Protected bike lanes help business  

1  As business owners on Milwaukee Avenue, we fully support the city’s proposal to install protected bike lanes, reconfigure parking and make safety improvements on our street from Kinzie to Elston. We appreciate the city’s thorough outreach on this project. Unfortunately, the perspective of the many residents and businesses that support the project wasn’t included in the Sun-Times May 1 article, “Tension rises at city bike plan hearing.” These street improvements for the city’s most popular street for cycling will make our neighborhood safer for everyone and help our businesses grow by creating a more livable street. By framing the issue in terms of cyclists vs. anti-cyclists, your coverage overlooks the fact that most city dwellers (and business owners) don’t fit into exclusive categories when it comes to how we get around. We all benefit from safer streets with more orderly traffic. A close look at the public plans shows that there’s a lot more than just bike lanes and parking spaces going on — overall it will make our street a more comfortable place to hang out, helping us to attract more customers and greater investment into our neighborhood. What we’re up against here is a chaotic and unsafe roadway that stifles economic activity. This is the story you should be telling. Tim Coonan, Big Shoulders Cafe; Chris Dunstatter, 694 Wine and Spirits; Angelo Karras, Windy City Cafe

"But the direction Chicago -- and so many other cities -- is taking to enhance bike lanes and provide healthy, convenient and safe transportation options for all is an exciting one that we all need to embrace.” Beth Mosher, director of public affairs for AAA Chicago.

Milwaukee Ave: Before and After New Bike Lane and Complete

Sts Design

Bicycling Magazine  Chicago Named Second Best U.S. City for Cycling  

Mary Lauran Hall MLHall@BikeWalkAlliance.org

Chema Hernández Gil Chema@SFBike.org

Rob Sadowsky Rob@BTAOregon.org

Ron Burke Ron@ActiveTrans.org