info from Ray Lahood and USDOT

[Tom Wald]

At the national level, some good progress.   -Tom


-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	[People] National Bike Summit -- thank you
Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:36:30 -0400
From:	Darren Flusche <Dar...@bikeleague.org>
To:	<peo...@peoplepoweredmovement.org>

Thank you to all of the Alliance Leaders and the staff of the Alliance for helping make the 2010 National Bike Summit a huge success. It was great to meet a lot of you. I look forward to meeting the rest in the future.  If you haven’t seen this follow up from Secretary LaHood, I recommend it. He has announced a major policy revision that we need to make sure our State DOT colleagues know about.

Key recommendations for state DOTs and communities:

• Treat walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes.
• Ensure convenient access for people of all ages and abilities.
• Go beyond minimum design standards.
• Collect data on walking and biking trips.
• Set a mode share target for walking and bicycling.
• Protect sidewalks and shared-use paths the same way roadways are protected (for example, snow removal)
• Improve nonmotorized facilities during maintenance projects.

 

 

Darren Flusche

Policy Analyst

League of American Bicyclists

1612 K St. NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: 202-822-1333 x 235

www.bikeleague.org/blog

 

-- 

Tom Wald
tom...@gmail.com
512-203-7626  (mobile)