Fwd: [FCBCboard] City of Fresno Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan
Edward Smith
Please read the important message below from Bryan Jones, City of Fresno Traffic Engineer. The City of Fresno is entering into a critical phase of the adoption of the newly-written Bicycle Master Plan. If you haven't read it yet, I encourage you to head over to www.fresno.gov/bmp to check it out.
The Bicycle Master Plan needs your support. Please plan to attend the Planning Commission Meeting this next Wednesday at 6 PM (details below). Ride your bike to the meeting and the Fresno County Bicycle Coalition will provide free valet parking!
The Fresno County Bicycle Coalition supports the Bicycle Master Plan, and urges the City of Fresno to adopt it so that staff my begin its implementation.
Read More:
- City of Fresno Bicycle Master Plan
- Planning Commission meeting details and Agenda
- League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Community Program
- My map of Bicycle Friendly Communities in California
Thank you for your time and attention. Bring you bicycle helmet into the meeting on Wednesday! Let me know if you have any questions. Forward this email to your cycling friends.
Ed Smith
esmith...@gmail.com
(559) 325-4818
From: Bryan Jones <Bryan...@fresno.gov>
Date: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Subject: City of Fresno Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan
To: Bryan Jones <Bryan...@fresno.gov>
The time has finally come for the adoption of the City of Fresno Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan. The BMP will be going before Planning Commission on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 6pm and City Council on Thursday, October 28, 2010 time TBA. Please come out and show your support so your leaders in Fresno can see how important transforming the City of Fresno into a more Bicycle Friendly Community is to each one of you.
Please feel free to share this information with your friends, co-workers, family, and other bike enthusiasts so we can show that the VOTE for bikes is important one!rming the City of Fresno into a more Bicycle Friendly Community is to each one of you!
2010 Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan
transforming the City of Fresno into a more bicycle friendly community…
Go to www.fresno.gov/BMP to review!
In addition this BMP, when adopted, will greatly enhance the City of Fresno’s ability to successfully apply for and become a medal award recipient as a Bicycle Friendly Community, as determined by the League of American Bicyclists. This award is an incredible prestige and honor to receive as it denotes that the City of Fresno is a bikable community, which is one instrumental characteristic and attribute of a sustainable, livable, and quality City. The City of Fresno would be the first City in the valley from the Tehachapi Mountain Range to Sacramento and from the Sierra Mountain Range to the Coastal Mountain Range to receive such an honor. There are currently over 30 cities in California that are a medal award recipient (Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze) as a Bicycle Friendly Community including such cities as Davis, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Folsom, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Chico, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Long Beach, Oakland, Oceanside, Riverside, Roseville, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Clara, Santa Monica, Sonoma, South Lake Tahoe, Sunnyvale, and Thousand Oaks. The City of Fresno, with this Bicycle Master Plan, is emerging as a leader and role model in the central valley on how to transform a city into a Bicycle Friendly Community and show that this prestige is achievable in the valley.
You can see the gap that exists in California of Bicycle Friendly Communities…and we can start to fill in that vacant spot right in the middle!
Bryan D. Jones, TE, PTP, AICP
City Traffic Engineer/ Division Manager
Traffic & Engineering Services Division
City of Fresno Public Works Department