Bicycle Committees Tomorrow Re: CP298 Courses: (1) Cities and Climate Change; (2) Bike Ped Transport (fwd)
Jason Meggs
FYI, Bicycle Committees for both the campus and City of Berkeley are
meeting tomorrow (different times and places). It would be nice to have
some representation from the Bike Ped Transport course, to announce it and
to get a feel for what's going on in Berkeley as good prep for next
semester (for those taking the course).
A: UC Bicycle Committee
The UC Berkeley Bicycle Committee will be meeting:
Thursday, November 29, 2007: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Parking & Transportation 3rd Floor Conference Room
2150 Kittredge Street, Berkeley
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B: City of Berkeley Bicycle (Sub)committee:
The next Bicycle Subcommittee of the Transportation Commission will meet next
Thursday, Nov. 29th, 5 - 6:30 p.m., in the Dawn Redwood Room, 3rd floor, 1947
Center St.
NOTE:
If you arrive after 5:00 you may not be able to get in unless someone else is
leaving. The door is locked after 5:00. If you remember, take my cell #
510-407-5240 as a back up in case you need someone to come down to let you in.
Please feel free to invite folks interested in bicycling in Berkeley.
See attached agenda (pasted below as well).
Marcy
1) Introductions (1 min.)
2) Agenda order approval (1 min.)
3) Review of last meeting. Notes here:
http://www.ebbc.org:80/?q=node/714 (please do this ahead of time and bring
changes with you to mtg.) (2 min.)
4) Invited Guest: Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) Staff Sandra Padilla: hear
overview of the program; learn how Bike Subcom and SR2S can work together to
encourage bicycling to school. Marcy/Sandra Padilla, TALC staff (25 min.)
5) Update on staffing from Nov. 15th Transportation Commission (TC) mtg.:
Marcy/Eric (10min.)
6) Report back on potential sign changes (from stop to all-way yield) at
traffic
circles on bike boulevards: Phil and Aaron; update from TC mtg., Hamid
Mostowfi
plan: Marcy/Eric (12 min.)
7) Report back on Emeryville, Oakland, Berkeley joint B/PAC mtg. Bryce(?) (12
min.)
8) Shattuck at Woolsey: SR2Transit money access to Ashby BART; what steps can
be taken without Bike Planner? (12 min.)
9) Virginia St. traffic controls: Eric (12 min.)
Total: 87 minutes, if we stay within times listed (which is probably
unrealistic).
<Agenda Nov 29 07.doc>
Jason
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Chris Ganson wrote:
> FYI: Both Cities and Climate Change and Bicycle and Pedestrian
> Transportation have been finalized for Spring '08 and given timeslots, room
> numbers, and CCNs:
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> Cities and Climate Change: The Local Government Role in Greenhouse Gas
> Emissions Reduction (CP 298 004 - 1 unit)
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> 6-8pm Mondays first 12 weeks of the semester, 106 Wurster Hall, Pass/Fail
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> CCN: 1362
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> Taught/Facilitated by Chris Ganson, MCP and MS Transportation Engineering
> Candidate, Faculty Sponsor Karen Frick
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> Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation (CP 298 005, 2 Units)
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> 5-7pm Tuesdays, 214B Wurster Hall, Pass/Fail
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> CCN: 13697
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> Taught by Robert Schneider, AICP, DCRP PhD Candidate, Faculty Sponsor Karen
> Frick
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> Details:
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> Cities and Climate Change
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> Course Purpose: Scientific consensus holds that greenhouse gas emissions
> must be reduced by 80% by 2050 in order to avoid catastrophic climate
> change. Thus, within our lifetimes, the great majority of the work in
> mitigating global warming will need to be accomplished.
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> To achieve the necessary emissions reduction, policy will need to come from
> the top down, via international treaty and federal (or occasionally state)
> legislation; efforts will also be needed from the bottom up, via individual
> and advocacy group action. However, a tradition and legal framework of
> local control over land use in the United States (and elsewhere) creates an
> essential role for "middle out" strategies from the city and county level,
> in implementing changes in our settlement and transportation patterns,
> without which the 80% target will be unreachable. City planners,
> transportation engineers, and other local policymakers are positioned to
> affect this change, and this course is designed to inform that work.
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> Course Structure: In order to complement the typical semester workload,
> this course will be structured to have the majority of its reading and all
> of its assignments completed in the first six weeks. Additionally, there
> will be ample opportunity to tailor assignments to your specific interest
> areas if you so choose.
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> Classes after week 6 will be devoted to guest speaker presentations and
> class discussion. We can look forward to both presenters and our fellow
> students bringing a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the table.
> Depending on guest speaker availability and student preference, the course
> may terminate around week 12.
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> Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
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> Pedestrian and Bicycle transportation planning links issues of mobility,
> access, air quality, global warming, and public health. As cities try to
> tackle growing concerns in these areas, more cities are incorporating
> bicycle and pedestrian networks as key elements of their transportation
> systems. This course will include practical methods of establishing
> community-wide networks, designing facilities, improving safety, estimating
> demand, and more.
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> The course will include lectures, guest speakers, field trips, and one class
> project. Most classes will include a presentation by the course leader.
> Key references from the reading list will also be discussed in class. These
> readings will be divided among class members, and different students will be
> responsible for providing an overview and two to three discussion questions
> for the readings each week.
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> Chris Ganson
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> UC Berkeley MCP/MS Candidate, 2008
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> <mailto:cga...@berkeley.edu> cga...@berkeley.edu
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> Mobile: 916/832-8055
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> "All of us, if we are reasonably comfortable, healthy and safe, owe immense
> debts to the past. There is no way, of course, to repay the past. We can
> only repay those debts by making gifts to the future." -Jane Jacobs
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